Bachelor of Science in Nursing
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a four-year program which aims to prepare a fully functioning nurse who upon completion of the program is expected to demonstrate beginning professional competencies and shall continue to assume responsibility for personal and professional development, and who further uses research findings or results in the practice of the profession. At the start of the first year, students are already exposed to professional courses and are continued through the fourth year to ensure that competencies are developed at each particular level. The program also provides an intensive nursing practicum that will refine the clinical skills learned at each level to ensure that the basic clinical competencies required of a beginning nurse practitioner are developed.
Professional Core Values
Within the context of the Philippine society, nursing education, with caring as its foundation, subscribes to the following core values which are vital components in the development of a professional nurse and are therefore emphasized in the BSN program:
1.1 Love of God
1.2 Caring as the core of nursing
- Compassion
- Competence
- Confidence
- Conscience
- Commitment (commitment to a culture of excellence, discipline, integrity and professionalism)
1.3 Love of People
a. Respect for the dignity of each person regardless of creed, color, gender and political affiliation.
1.4 Love of Country
a. Patriotism (Civic duty, social responsibility and good governance)
b. Preservation and enrichment of the environment and culture heritage
Three roles expected of a Nurse to perform after graduation
1. Beginning Nurse’s Role on Client Care
2. Beginning Nurse’s Role on Management and Leadership
3. Beginning Nurse’s Role on Research
11 Key Area Responsibilities
- Safe and Quality Care Management
- Management of Resources and Environment
- Health Education
- Legal Responsibility
- Ethico-Moral Responsibiity
- Personal and Professional Development
- Quality Improvement
- Research
- Record Management
- Communication
- Collaboration and Teamwork
Therefore, graduate of this program must perform with competence abilities such as critical thinking, judgment, decision-making, problem-solving, communicating and interpersonal relationship.
As a licensed/registered nurse after passing the National Licensure Examination, a nurse automatically becomes a member of the Accredited Professional Organization for nurses which is the Philippine Nurses Association. Depending on the field of specialization that the Registered Nurse (RN) may choose, he/she may pursue membership under the following organizations but not limited to:
- The National League of Government Nurses (NLGN)
- Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines (ANSAP)
- Association of Deans of Colleges of Nursing in the Philippines (ADPCN)
- Military Nurses Association of the Philippines
- Occupational Health Nurses Association of the Philippines
- Philippine Association of Public Health Nursing Faculty
- Private Duty Nurses Association of the Philippines
- Operating Room Nurses Association of the Philippines
- Psychiatric Nursing Specialists Foundation of the Philippines (PNSI)
- The Catholic Nurses Guild
- Integrated Registered Nurses of the Philippines (IRNUP)
- Mother and Child Nurses Association of the Philippines, Inc. (MCNAP)
- International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Graduates of this program as beginning nurse practitioner may pursue
the following career paths but not limited to:
- Clinical Nursing
- Community Health Nursing
- Private-duty Nursing
- Occupational Health Nursing
- School Nursing
- Military Nursing
- Health Education
- Research
- Entrepreneurship