Philosophy

The philosophy of Medical Surgical Nursing Department is congruent with the philosophy of SDUCON and reflects the beliefs of the faculty that each one is committed, innovative, maintains integrity throughout teaching learning process to enhance the scope of nursing profession for evidence based practice.

The faculty believes that:
• Each student is a unique being whose intellectual, developmental, clinical competencies and attributes affect his/her ability to seek relevant learning information and resources in order to be assertive in critical thinking and make decisions using Evidence- Based Information for nursing care.
• Society is comprised of individuals from diverse backgrounds, thus each graduate is empowered to contribute to society by advocating for the needs of individuals, their families, for health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitative and treatment of acute and chronic illness in a all the levels health care environment/ settings, and essential in promoting active participation in self-care management.
• Health is a dynamic state of healing; one of optimal physiological, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being. An individual’s personal definition of health is influenced by age, gender, cultural factors, and experience. An individual’s participation in self-care and health promotion behaviors is affected by his/her personal definition of health.
• Nursing is an art and a science with a unique body of knowledge and skills. Caring is the foundation for all nurse- patient relationships. Nurses are responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe environment while embracing relationship-based care.
• Nursing Education prepares the student to meet health care needs using the nursing process, applying critical thinking, evidence-based nursing, and clinical reasoning.
• Research and Innovation provides the framework for educating students to become caring professional nurses exhibiting integrity, clinical competence, effective communication, advocacy, and ethical behaviour.