Our Mission
BSN Program Mission Statement
The primary mission of the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Program of Loyola University is to prepare nurse generalists who possess professional competencies to provide and coordinate client care in a variety of settings. The curriculum is designed to achieve this end. Through upper division nursing studies, the curriculum offers the opportunity for high quality professional nursing education within the multidisciplinary context of a Jesuit university education.
BSN Program Goals
The goals of the BSN Program derive from the Program Mission and from beliefs of College of Social Sciences faculty about the non-traditional, adult learner. Program goals also reflect the philosophy and tradition of Jesuit education.
The goals of the BSN Program are to:
- Provide students with a broad base of liberal studies in the Jesuit tradition in order to enhance understanding of self, others, and the world in which we live.
- Provide students with foundational studies and experiences that ensure an appropriate level of competence in effective communication.
- Provide students with a working knowledge of concepts essential to contemporary professional nursing practice.
- Provide a flexible educational program that facilitates attainment of personal and professional career goals, and meets the health care needs of the community.
- Provide an undergraduate education that fosters continued professional growth and forms the foundation for graduate education.
BSN Program Objectives
Upon completion of Loyola University’s BSN Program, graduates will:
- Employ critical thinking and decision-making skills in professional nursing practice.
- Recognize the influence of beliefs, values, and economic status on provision of health care and client health behaviors.
- Demonstrate skills in the art of communication with individuals and groups, and competency in the use of communication tools.
- Understand the theoretical basis of nursing interventions and use nursing research findings to improve client care.
- Design and implement nursing interventions that promote the health of individuals and aggregates.
- Function as a nurse generalist in primary, secondary, or tertiary health care settings.
- Demonstrate continuing professional development.
MSN Program Mission Statement
The mission of the MSN program is to prepare nurses to function in advanced roles in a variety of health care settings. The MSN program seeks to develop critical thinking and ethical-decision making skills as primary skills needed by all nurses in advanced roles. The curriculum is designed to educate nurses to provide effective and cost-efficient nursing care, and to provide leadership in improving and extending health care to specific populations.
MSN Program Goals
The goals of the program are to:
- Provide graduate nursing education in the Jesuit tradition.
- Create opportunities for the development of expertise in an advanced role.
- Foster development of advanced interpersonal and communication skills.
- Prepare nurses capable of improving health care and initiating change in health care delivery.
- Foster professional identity as a nurse with an advanced role.
MSN Program Objectives
Upon completion of Loyola University’s MSN Program, graduates will:
- Evaluate the influence of beliefs, values, and economic status on the provision of health care and client health behaviors.
- Demonstrate critical thinking in the implementation of an advanced role.
- Function in collaborative advanced roles as members of interdisciplinary teams in a variety of health care settings.
- Demonstrate mastery in the use of contemporary communication tools and techniques.
- Contribute to the development of the discipline of nursing through the application of nursing and related theory and research to practice.
- Critically analyze current health care policies and practices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for legal and ethical standards of advanced practice.
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for advanced nursing practice.