Nursing

Overview

The Department of Nursing, a department in the School of Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing, offers RN to BS undergraduate Nursing program from The City University of New York to a culturally diverse student body.

Upon Completion of the undergraduate program. students will be able to:

• Demonstrate competency in the practice of nursing by applying knowledge from nursing science, the physical and human sciences, and the humanities to promote, protect, maintain and restore optimal health.
• Apply leadership and communication skills to affect change and effectively implement patient safety initiatives to improve and monitor the quality of healthcare delivery for diverse population.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic research process and evaluate nursing research outcomes in terms of applicability to professional nursing practice.
• Integrate best practices, clinical judgment, inter-professional perspectives, and patient preference in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
• Demonstrate skills in using patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice.
• Uphold ethical standards related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality,and client’s right to privacy.
• Explore the impact of socio-cultural, economic, legal, and political factors influencing healthcare policy, delivery and practice.
• Articulate the unique nursing perspective in collaboration with other disciplines to optimize patient outcomes.
• Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations, using a human science perspective to promote health.
• Access inter-professional and intra-professional resources to resolve ethical and other practice dilemmas and to prevent unsafe, illegal, or unethical care practices.
• Demonstrate professionalism, including demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries.
• Implement holistic, patient-centered care across the health illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in a variety of healthcare settings.