1989-1990 Academic Catalog

138 Nursing BecJ..)' Dm•is Profile Cedarville College, through the Department of Nursing, offers a bacca– laureate program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN degree), Titls four-year nursing program builds upon Bible, liberal ru1s, sciences, psychology, management, and research courses to challenge students to develop the skills ru1d theory base necessruy for professional nursing: Goals The goals of the Depru1ment of Nursing are to: 1. Offer a program that results in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. 2. Provide ru1 opportunity for Department of Nursing faculty to influence the lives of Christian students. 3. Develop a theory based curriculum in nursing that allows integration of Scripture into the content taught in all classroom and clinical experiences. 4. Graduate BSN prepared nurses who can think critically, demonstrate caring for the people wiU1 whom they interact, and administer comprehen– sive quality nursing as beginning generalists. 5. Encourage graduate study in nursing. 6. Have an international itnpact via missionary nursing by preparing nurses for seivice in foreign n1ission fields. "I chose Cedarvl/le because I felt It had the best nursing programofany Christian college in the country. The education I received was excellent. Yet what I appreciatedmost was the genuine personal concern by the nursing faculty. I neverdoubted that they truly caredabout me andmy development as acompetent Christian nurse." - Becky Davis, a 1989 nursing graduate, works in the cardiac telemetry unit at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.