Programs
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
BSN Program Salient Features
Students from the College of Health Sciences have unique qualities over the other nursing students in the locality in the aspects of research, leadership, sensitivity to culture and peace advocacy. They have a strong sense of care, compassion, excellence, teamwork, love of country and above all, love of God. The College envisions its graduates to exemplify the best characters of a Filipino nurse for they are the choice of the world. The present revision in the curriculum not only adds essential features of the clinical and leadership competencies needed by nursing graduates to efficiently transition into autonomous professional practitioners, it likewise aims to develop them into a total person who are receptive to their responsibility to their physical and social environment. Over the years, nurses are increasingly becoming conscious of their roles as partakers and stewards of their immediate ecological milieu. Moreover, the conservation and protection of all ecological resources found in nature are seen as crucial determinants in the promotion of human health, hence, nurses are at the frontlines in advocating for balance in the environment-health continuum. The program further reinforces the unique need for graduates to espouse the values of respect for cultural diversity. The addition of transcultural nursing in the curriculum affirms not only the profession’s objective to commit to the care of clients despite their background and affiliations, but also the University’s mandate to foster a strong sense of cultural tolerance and pluralism. The strengthening of cultural empowerment runs in consonance with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s thrust to advance peaceful co-existence and dialogue among the tribal communities in Mindanao and beyond. 9 Graduates of the program are likewise prepared to develop entrepreneurial skills for the eventuality of cross-venturing nursing knowledge and economic enterprise. Graduates will now have more leverage in selecting which particular career track in nursing is most appropriate for their preference: be it in the actual clinical floor, community, industry, and now entrepreneurship. Nurses who wish to take on the commerce side of healthcare practice will have better footing in these endeavors after having been exposed to the fundamentals of entrepreneurial engagements. The holistic learning environment ensured by the integration of Outcome-Based Education, treating each student as a customer to the educational enterprise, is one of the college’s competitive advantages over other colleges. The shift from a traditional learning sphere to a global and innovative approach is our strongest strategy. In addition, our remarkable quality of nursing education as evidenced by a very high passing percentage in the Nurse Licensure Examination and the big difference in the tuition rates and other fees are few of our biggest marketing advantages over the other nursing schools in the country.
