Dean, Nursing
Director, Graduate Nursing
Marla Erbin-Roesemann,
Ph.D., R.N.
P: 800.647.5500 or
402.552.3310
E: roesemann@clarksoncollege.edu
Introduction
The Clarkson College
School of Nursing offers a variety of nursing programs including Practical
Nursing, Baccalaureate Nursing (BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and
Post-Master's certificates.
Completion of the
Practical Nursing program will lead to a diploma in practical nursing and
eligibility to write the practical nursing licensure exam (NCLEX-PN). The
Practical Nursing program is scheduled on a part-time basis only, which
supports the needs of individuals who are actively employed.
The Baccalaureate Nursing
program can be completed as a: traditional student (four-year traditional
college schedule), fast track student (for transfer students who have all
non-nursing courses completed except pathophysiology prior to entry into the
nursing program), LPN to BSN student (for individuals who are currently
licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse), or as a RN to BSN student (for
individuals who are currently licensed as a Registered Nurse and have either an
Associate Degree in Nursing or a three-year nursing diploma).
The Master of Science in
Nursing program provides four options for graduate students including: Family
Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Education or Nursing Health
Care Leadership. For those nursing professionals who already have earned a
Master of Science degree in Nursing, each of these graduate options can be
completed as a Post-Master's certificate. The RN to MSN program is designed for
individuals who are currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) and have
either an Associate degree in Nursing or a three-year nursing diploma.
Mission
The mission of the
Clarkson College School of Nursing is to prepare nurses to provide
high-quality, ethical and compassionate health care to patients, their families
and their communities. This is accomplished by operationalizing the College
values of: Learning, Caring, Commitment, Integrity and Excellence, within a
nursing division organizing framework based on nurse caring.
Philosophy
We, the nursing faculty of
Clarkson College, believe we possess the knowledge, skill and attitude to
educate individuals for the professional practice of nursing. We are committed
to scholarship through lifelong learning and the pursuit of nursing knowledge.
We value trust, integrity, excellence, and caring in our professional
relationships. We are dedicated to the dignity and health of people. We are
committed professional nurses and educators who foster the learning of nursing
in a caring environment.
We profess that education
is a formal process of organizing concepts and elements, planning appropriate
activities, facilitating individualized experiences, and evaluating subsequent
outcomes. We ground nursing education in the totality of the human experience
through the study of the humanities and sciences and in accordance with the
professional and governmental standards.
We believe students are
partners in the educational process and encourage learning by discovery,
curiosity, critical thinking, experience, reflection, modeling, collaboration,
and interactive participation. We model service to the College and community
and celebrate the diversity of human beings. We actualize all of these beliefs
through the effective education of individuals as nurses.
We believe there are
various educational levels within nursing. The practical, baccalaureate and
master's nursing programs within the School of Nursing at Clarkson College
represent these levels. Practical nursing education provides for entry-level
technical practice, while the baccalaureate in nursing is the entry level for
professional practice. Graduate nursing education prepares the professional
baccalaureate nurse for advanced practice and expanded roles within the
discipline. Our programs allow for articulation from one level of nursing
education to the next.
We believe the study of
nursing is consistent with and fosters the mission of Clarkson College. Nursing
is the extension and science of human interactions related to the health needs
of people and society. We believe that nursing is the human science of caring
whereby caring is the nurturing energy present in empowering relationships.
Health encompasses the human processes of readiness, receptivity, resiliency,
and resourcefulness in dynamic interaction with the environment. Nurses
contribute to the health of people and society through the artful and competent
application of the science of caring.
We, the nursing faculty of
Clarkson College, believe that nurse CARING is achieved through Connecting,
Awareness, Rhythm, Intention, Nursing Science, and Glue of Excellence.
Connecting involves the processes of relating to another; it incorporates the
physical senses with the esoteric. Awareness is the acute consciousness of
self, other people, and the universe. Rhythm is the patterned movements and
fluctuations of humans with varying degrees of intensity, repetition, and
reciprocity. Intention is the process of designing and doing nursing. Nursing
science is the incorporation of science with evidence-based nursing practice to
understand people and their health care. "Glue of Excellence" conveys the
complex integration of knowledge, art, science, and spirit, fundamental to the
development of nurses who are responsible citizens.
SCHOOL OF NURSING PROGRAMS
Post-Master's Certificates:
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Education
Nursing Health Care
Leadership
Master's Degrees:
Nursing with options in:
· Adult Nurse Practitioner
· Family Nurse Practitioner
· Nursing Education
· Nursing Health Care Leadership
· RN to MSN
Bachelor Degrees:
Nursing with options in:
· Traditional
· Fast Track
· RN to BSN
· LPN to BSN
