Nursing Program Welcome | About Our AAS/RN Program | One Day per Week Option | Admissions | Faculty and Staff | Clinical Partners | Virtual Laboratory About Our AAS/RN Program Philosophy The faculty of the Nursing Program subscribes to the Ocean County College philosophy that higher education teaches students about the world through the arts and the sciences. Nursing is a caring profession that uses holistic patient assessments to establish therapeutic interventions for individual patients across the life span. Critical thinking is the basis of the nursing process and is essential to the roles of provider of care, manager of care and member of the discipline. The faculty believes that people are unique, holistic beings consisting of physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual dimensions. Individuals interact with the environment, including internal and external factors and conditions that can enhance or diminish their ability to meet their health care needs. Health is achieved when individuals reach their optimum potential in the wellness continuum. Nursing is uniquely qualified to assist clients in meeting their needs through caring behaviors and interventions while maintaining each individual’s holistic integrity. This care is based on principles from the liberal arts and sciences and is administered to individuals, families or groups. The faculty believes in a caring teacher/learner relationship, which is sensitive to the unique and diverse nature of the individual, including faculty/student and nurse/client. This relationship promotes a collaborative educational environment, and teaches health maintenance and wellness promotion within a multicultural context. Associate degree graduates care for clients in a variety of settings. While providing caring interventions across a wellness continuum, nurses communicate and collaborate with clients and other health care providers, and manage care through delegation of tasks and use of technology. Legal and ethical principles guide the practices of the nurse. The Nursing Program’s competency-based performance criteria prepare graduates for entry-level positions in nursing which offer opportunities for educational enrichment. The concept of life-long learning, essential to professional nursing behaviors is emphasized throughout the program, including continuing education as well as matriculation toward advanced degrees

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