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On behalf of the
faculty and
students from
the Department
of Nursing at
Briar Cliff
University, we
want to warmly
welcome you to
our home on the
web and to Briar
Cliff
University! We
look forward to
sharing our
program and
activities with
you and also
hearing from
you. Please
contact us by
phone or e-mail
if we can be of
any help to you.
The BSN program
is fully
accredited by
the Commission
on Collegiate
Nursing
Education (CCNE). You may
contact CCNE at
One Dupont
Circle, NW, Suite
530, Washington,
D.C.
30326, by phone
at 202.887.8476
or at
www.a.
Richard A.
Petersen, EdD,
MSN, RN
Associate
Professor and
Chairperson,
Department of
Nursing
712-279-1662,
1-800-662-3303
ext 1662 or
rick.petersen@briarcliff.edu
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Our faculty
believe that:
- Health
is a state
of being and
becoming, an
inherent
right, and
an
individually
chosen
value.
- Nursing
is a
discipline
with a
unique body
of knowledge
that helps
inform
nurses and
others of
health and
quality of
life.
-
Baccalaureate
education
offers
students and
opportunity
to obtain a
liberal arts
education,
to elect
areas of
study which
will benefit
them as
persons and
professionals,
and to
develop
competencies
in a chosen
discipline.
Baccalaureate
level
nursing
competencies
require the
development
of a
scholarly
approach to
the study of
nursing as
an
intellectual
discipline.
As a Catholic Franciscan
University,
inspired by our
dedication to
God as Creator,
Redeemer and
Sanctifier, we
value the
sanctity of
human life,
human community,
service,
openness to all
and hold a
reverence for
all of creation.
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Mission
Statement
The Mission of the
Department of Nursing at
Briar Cliff University
is to promote health,
healing and hope of
persons and the
community and to
advocate for social
justice and healthy
environments.
This mission is lived
primarily but not
exclusively in educating
baccalaureate and
master's prepared
nurses within an
environment that:
-
fosters wholistic
personal and
professional
development
-
prepares nurses who
engage in reflective
practice related to
health and quality
of life in a variety
of health care
settings
-
develops nurses who
participate in
ethical decision
making related to
health and quality
of life
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provides a
foundation for
critical thinking
and for the
development,
integration, and
evaluation of new or
expanded knowledge
into practice
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provides a
foundation for
continued learning,
and for graduate and
post-graduate
education in nursing
In living this mission,
The Department of
Nursing at Briar Cliff
University will be the
life-long nursing
education provider of
choice regionally for
degree and non-degree
programs. Foundational
to this mission is an
organic integration of
faith, learning, and
service and is lived in
relationship as the
Department of Nursing,
its faculty, and students
develop and continue
collaborative
partnerships with other
health care, faith
based, and social
service providers and
the public at large.
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