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Dean of Nursing and
Director of Graduate Nursing
Ellen Piskac, M.S.N., R.N.
P: 800.647.5500 or 402.552.2463
E: piskac@clarksoncollege.edu
Director of Baccalaureate and
Practical Nursing
Aubray Orduna, M.S.N., R.N.
P: 800.647.5500 or 402.552.6118
E: orduna@clarksoncollege.edu
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Assistant Director of Baccalaureate Nursing
Cynthia Schlotfeld, M.S.N., R.N.
P: 800.647.5500 or 402.552.6207
E: schlotfeld@clarksoncollege.edu
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Introduction
The Clarkson College offers a
variety of nursing programs including Practical Nursing, Baccalaureate Nursing
(BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Post-Master's certificates.
Completion of the Practical
Nursing program will lead to a diploma in practical nursing and eligibility to
write the practical nursing licensure exam (NCLEX-PN). The Practical Nursing
program is scheduled on a part-time basis only, which supports the needs of
individuals who are actively employed.
The Baccalaureate Nursing program
can be completed as a: traditional student (four-year traditional college
schedule), fast track student (for transfer students who have all non-nursing
courses completed except pathophysiology prior to entry into the nursing program),
LPN to BSN student (for individuals who are currently licensed as a Licensed
Practical Nurse), or as a RN to BSN student (for individuals who are currently
licensed as a Registered Nurse and have either an Associate Degree in Nursing
or a three-year nursing diploma).
The Master of Science in Nursing
program provides four options for graduate students including: Family Nurse
Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Education or Nursing Health Care
Leadership. For those nursing professionals who already have earned a Master of
Science degree in Nursing, each of these graduate options can be completed as a
Post-Master's certificate. The RN to MSN program is designed for individuals
who are currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) and have either an
Associate degree in Nursing or a three-year nursing diploma.
Mission
The mission of the Nursing Department
is to prepare nurses to provide high-quality, ethical and compassionate health
care to patients, their families and their communities. This is accomplished by
operationalizing the College values of: Learning, Caring, Commitment, Integrity
and Excellence, within a nursing division organizing framework based on nurse
caring.
Philosophy
We, the nursing faculty of
Clarkson College, believe we possess the knowledge, skill and attitude to
educate individuals for the professional practice of nursing. We are committed
to scholarship through lifelong learning and the pursuit of nursing knowledge.
We value trust, integrity, excellence, and caring in our professional
relationships. We are dedicated to the dignity and health of people. We are
committed professional nurses and educators who foster the learning of nursing
in a caring environment.
We profess that education
is a formal process of organizing concepts and elements, planning appropriate
activities, facilitating individualized experiences, and evaluating subsequent
outcomes. We ground nursing education in the totality of the human experience
through the study of the humanities and sciences and in accordance with the
professional and governmental standards.
We believe students are
partners in the educational process and encourage learning by discovery,
curiosity, critical thinking, experience, reflection, modeling, collaboration,
and interactive participation. We model service to the College and community
and celebrate the diversity of human beings. We actualize all of these beliefs
through the effective education of individuals as nurses.
We believe there are
various educational levels within nursing. The practical, baccalaureate and
master's nursing programs within Clarkson College represent these levels.
Practical nursing education provides for entry-level technical practice, while
the baccalaureate in nursing is the entry level for professional practice.
Graduate nursing education prepares the professional baccalaureate nurse for
advanced practice and expanded roles within the discipline. Our programs allow
for articulation from one level of nursing education to the next.
We believe the study of
nursing is consistent with and fosters the mission of Clarkson College. Nursing
is the extension and science of human interactions related to the health needs
of people and society. We believe that nursing is the human science of caring
whereby caring is the nurturing energy present in empowering relationships.
Health encompasses the human processes of readiness, receptivity, resiliency,
and resourcefulness in dynamic interaction with the environment. Nurses
contribute to the health of people and society through the artful and competent
application of the science of caring.
We, the nursing faculty of
Clarkson College, believe that nurse CARING is achieved through Connecting,
Awareness, Rhythm, Intention, Nursing Science, and Glue of Excellence.
Connecting involves the processes of relating to another; it incorporates the
physical senses with the esoteric. Awareness is the acute consciousness of
self, other people, and the universe. Rhythm is the patterned movements and
fluctuations of humans with varying degrees of intensity, repetition, and
reciprocity. Intention is the process of designing and doing nursing. Nursing
science is the incorporation of science with evidence-based nursing practice to
understand people and their health care. "Glue of Excellence" conveys the
complex integration of knowledge, art, science, and spirit, fundamental to the
development of nurses who are responsible citizens.
Post-Master's Certificates:
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Education
Nursing Health Care Leadership
Master's Degrees:
Nursing with options in:
· Adult Nurse Practitioner
· Family Nurse Practitioner
· Nursing Education
· Nursing Health Care Leadership
· RN to MSN
Bachelor Degrees:
Nursing with options in:
· Traditional
· Fast Track
· RN to BSN
· LPN to BSN
Diploma:
Practical Nursing
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