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Nursing
Nursing Applications for the Fall 2010 entering class will be available in the Nursing Office beginning January 5, 2010.
B.S. in Nursing Curriculum Guide (PDF)
R.N. to B.S.N. Online Course Program
Description of Program
During the freshman year of the nursing program, students are expected to complete many of the core courses. Students may be admitted to the nursing clinical sequence in the fall semester of the sophomore year. During this semester the students enroll in two non-clinical nursing courses and complete the core and science courses that are the foundation of the nursing program. Nursing courses are serial and are concentrated at the junior and senior level of the program. A practicum is required in each clinical nursing course.
There is a residency requirement for nursing majors that at least one quarter of the total number of credit hours for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree be completed at Our Lady of Holy Cross College.
The purposes of the nursing program are to:
- provide a professional nursing program which transmits the ethical and human values of the Gospel and the values of the founders of the Marianites of Holy Cross to its students to enrich their own lives and to enable them to bring compassion and healing in the Catholic tradition of Jesus and Mary, His Mother, to those committed to their care;
- prepare a professional nurse-generalist for beginning practice who values the worth and dignity of the person in a multicultural, changing society;
- provide a professional nursing program based on a strong liberal arts foundation;
- prepare graduates to successfully complete the licensing examination for registered nurses;
- provide a foundation for graduate study;
- prepare the graduates to assume the responsibility for lifelong learning.
Upon successful completion of the program in nursing the graduate will:
- practice professional nursing within the scope of a multicultural, changing society;
- synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge from psychological, sociological, and biological sciences, humanities, and nursing;
- assess health status and health potential, utilizing the nursing process for nursing care of individuals, families, and communities;
- demonstrate the ability to engage in critical thinking, decision-making, and independent judgment;
- evaluate research in nursing and related disciplines for its applicability to nursing theory and nursing practice;
- practice leadership skills in collaboration with members of the health care team in promoting the health and welfare of the client;
- evaluate the impact of nursing as it relates to assisting the client to achieve the optimum level of health;
- demonstrate the advocacy role within the Christian perspective of respect for the uniqueness, dignity, and worth of the client and others;
- accept individual responsibility and accountability for nursing decisions, actions, and their outcomes;
- exemplify responsibility and accountability for personal and professional growth;
- formulate strategies for the improvement of health care and enhancement of nursing as a practice discipline;
- contribute to affecting change in the health care delivery system through actions as a nurse and as a citizen.
The Department of Nursing of Our Lady of Holy Cross College is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission www.nlnac.org
(3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30326; Phone: 404-975-5000, Fax: 404-975-5020) to award the baccalaureate degree.
