Philosophy
The Department of Nursing is a department within California
State University San Bernardino College of Natural Sciences.
The Department of Nursing derives its philosophy and purposes
from the mission, vision, and core values of the department.
The mission and vision speak to collaboration, innovation,
and excellence. The core values are caring, excellence,
integrity, knowledge, and respect. The mission, vision,
and core values are holistic and express faculty beliefs
about the relationship of person, health, environment,
and nursing. The faculty has the responsibility for three
major functions required by the university, that is, teaching,
scholarship, and service. The departmental mission, vision,
and core values guide faculty in their practice in each
of these.
The nursing faculty believes nursing is a practice discipline
based on caring, that is both an art and science, in which
theories and knowledge from nursing and other disciplines
are used to assist clients toward maximum health and wellness.
Caring theory is used as the organizing framework for the
construction and implementation of the nursing curricula.
The four core values anchor how caring is demonstrated
in the context of teaching and learning: Respect for diversity,
integrity in all actions, caring attitudes towards learners,
faculty, and clients, and excellence in teaching.
The nursing faculty believes that teaching and learning
is a dynamic process in which students demonstrate personal
and professional accountability by taking an active role
in their learning experience. Respect for diversity, caring,
and excellence in teaching are demonstrated through instructional
delivery that is flexible in order to meet the needs of
a diverse group of learners, while at the same time adhering
to educational and professional nursing standards.
The four core values of the department provide a solid
foundation in order to support a conceptual framework based
on caring. Through this framework, faculty express their
commitment to teach students theory and evidence based
nursing practice that supports caring in every aspect of
client interaction. This is accomplished while taking into
account differing perspectives and values of the client
being served.
