Nursing (Practical-Diploma)
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The following belief of ECPI’s faculty provides a foundation that guides the program of learning:
The individual is a unique being. Nursing focuses on the bio-psychosocial-cultural aspects of an individual or family regardless of age, race, color, creed, or sexual orientation.
Individuals, families, and communities form a society for the purpose of monitoring human needs. Individuals interact within larger interdependent systems of the family, community, and society.
Practical nursing as a discipline assists clients/families in the achievement of optimal function. Practical nursing is conceptualized as a dynamic health care service that blends science and the humanities with a caring response.
Practical nursing education utilizes instruction in the basic sciences, communication skills, care-giving activities, critical thinking, concepts of the nursing process and collaboration, and prepares graduates who can focus on safe, client-centered care using evidence-based practice.
Following licensure, the LPN functions as a member of the health care team performing dependent practical nursing actions, commensurate with his/her education and demonstrated competencies within the statute defined scope. They provide care to clients in a variety of settings.
Learning is a self-directed, life-long, personal process resulting in a change in affective, cognitive, and psycho-social behavior. A collaborative practice environment in which the teacher and student share responsibility for the educational process enhances learning. The faculty plans, implements, and evaluates the curriculum in cooperation with the student. The curriculum model, which utilizes information to emphasize and value individuality, respects and responds to individual and professional needs.
Practical nursing education is the integration of planned theory, critical thinking, and evidence-based clinical experience through which the student progresses within the practical nursing practice.
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