Mission Statement

Mission

Bay Area College of Nursing, Inc. (BACN, Inc.) will offer programs to provide a learning environment which promotes the development of the individual’s intellect, nursing skills, and social values. By application of this process the student is prepared to pass the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX). The programs are also designed to support the community health care structure and to stimulate continual growth of each student.

Philosophy

The Bay Area College of Nursing Program’s philosophy is congruent and consistent with its mission to provide educational excellence for healthcare professionals.  To this end, it is the goal of the nursing program to educate or develop quality nurses who possess the knowledge and the skills required for safe and effective client practice.  The faculty set forth the following beliefs:

Man

The faculty believes that man is unique and is a part of a family, a culture, and a community.  Maslow states that human existence is based on needs that arise in hierarchical order: The first and foundation level is the basic physiological needs; the second is safety and security; the third is love and belonging; the fourth level is self-esteem; the fifth level is self-actualization.  Based upon Maslow’s Hierarchy of human needs, this humanistic theory focuses upon the whole person including the qualities that make people distinctive and how these qualities develop.  This hierarchy of human needs allows the nurse to explore the client on the health-illness continuum beginning with basic concepts and building upon these to explore various normal and abnormal human conditions and related nursing care.  The way or method such needs are met is unique to the individual

Health and Illness

Health and illness are parts of a dynamic continuum that result from either the balance or the imbalance of man’s physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual components.

Society

Man is a community of diverse cultures.  While all cultures share common needs, the way in those needs are met are unique to the individual culture.

Education

Education is the responsibility shared by the faculty and student to reach the desired goal.  Education is not fully realized without an interaction between faculty and the student.  With that interaction, it is the responsibility of the faculty to provide accurate nursing knowledge according to the current professional practice.  On the other hand, it is the role of the student to receive that information, absorb the knowledge, and internalize the practice so the information becomes a part of them.  Nursing is an art and a science requiring scientific principles, technical skills, and empathetic care.  This education should incorporate moral, ethical, and legal principles to prepare the student to assume personal accountability for his/her professional behavior.

Nursing

The nursing program will provide activities by which changes in knowledge, attitude, and skills occur resulting in measurable behavior.  The internal environment and the external environment are intended to stimulate intellectual curiosity, self-discipline, and self-direction.  Since each client is a unique part of family, culture, and community, it is essential that the nurse adapt care to meet these varied needs which include physical, emotional, social, economic, spiritual, and intellectual components.  The rights and dignity of each client are respected.

The nursing program is committed to the educational standards of excellence that will ensure marketable skills for the graduate and will permit advancement in the nursing profession.

The Nightingale Pledge

I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the present of this assembly; to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully.   I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.  I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling.  With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician, in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.