杜鲁门州立大学

The curriculum is designed to prepare beginning practitioners of professional nursing who provide safe, effective nursing care to patients and clients of all ages in a variety of health care settings—hospital, home, community. It is characterized by a liberal education foundation at the lower level on which the upper division Nursing major is built. Lower division courses are foundational and are drawn from the sciences and humanities disciplines. The upper division courses provide knowledge of the theory and practice of nursing. Concomitant to them are opportunities for courses which enhance the nursing component, add depth and scope to the core curriculum, and/or promote a global-minded individual. The baccalaureate nursing graduate is prepared to function as a generalist in beginning positions in all areas of nursing practice, including maternal, child, mental, adult, and community health nursing. The curriculum provides a foundation for graduate study in nursing.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Truman State University Department of Nursing is to offer an exemplary community-based baccalaureate nursing education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences to support and prepare caring nurse scholars to practice in a diverse and rapidly changing health care environment.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of the Truman State University Department of Nursing is to be an exemplary baccalaureate nursing program in a public liberal arts and sciences environment.

GOALS

The Department of Nursing has two goals:

1. To prepare baccalaureate graduates who are able to function as generalists in entry level positions in all areas of nursing practice.
2. To provide graduates with the basis for life-long learning and graduate level study.

EXPECTED STUDENT OUTCOMES

At the completion of the program of study, the graduate:

Utilizes the human care nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate culturally competent care of individuals, groups, and communities in a variety of health care settings with a diversity of clients;
Integrates knowledge from the discipline of nursing and the liberal arts and sciences to provide a basis for clinical decision-making;
Collaborates with individuals from a variety of disciplines to improve client care and health care systems;
Advocates for health care that is sensitive to the needs of patients, with particular emphasis on the needs of vulnerable populations;
Demonstrates leadership to design, coordinate, and manage nursing care;
Develop an awareness of nursing within the context of global health;
Utilizes nursing research and the research process in evaluating and improving current practices for health and healing and for evidence-based practice;
Values life-long learning and scholarship; and
Acts accountably, ethically, and responsibly in personal and professional activities.