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School ID	NRSG
School Name	Nursing Sciences
Department Name	Nursing Science
Philosopy	Realizing the challenges of a new millennium and the complex nature of our society, we at the department of Nursing Science are committed to providing competent professionals with a well structured, broad-based professional training that is relevant and functional, reflecting a Christian orientation. While upholding the importance of the highest academic standards, the uniqueness of Babcock University is to be found in the pursuance of Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education that emphasizes the harmonious development of the academic, physical, psycho-social and spiritual potentials of students, The department believes that as we seek to develop high professional competence in our students, we also desire to integrate Christian values in harmony with our conviction of what Christian education should be, to appropriate the meaning of the full restoration of dignity, value and self worth to mankind.
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Mission	The mission of the department is to provide high quality, broad-based Christian education in preparing men and women of all ethnic and religious background to become dedicated and committed nursing professionals and advocates of preventive health and healthful living, with clinical skills and research capabilities that would make a difference in our generation, placing priority on client-centered nursing care practice with a holistic approach to learning in the context that integrates faith and learning.
Objectives	i.Provide candidates with a broad-based professional training that is relevant and functional, reflecting a Christian orientation. ii.Provide the students with sufficient clinical skills and professional initiative to enable them function adequately with other members of the health care team at local, national and international settings. iii.Prepare nursing students to take up effective leadership and management positions in whatever setting they are found and to be responsive to circumstances that places demand on their professional skills. iv.Produce nursing science students with an orientation for preventive health care in harmony with universal philosophy of the World Health Organization (WHO). v.Foster educational environment for the integration of Christian values in teaching all aspects of nursing science. vi.Encourage prudent management of resources and the care of the environment.
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