Nursing Philosophy

MAN is a unique, free, rational, biopsychosocial, spiritual being created in the image of God with individual aspirations. These are influenced by the stages of development, life experiences, society, culture and technological advances. Man relates with individual families, groups and communities and continuously adapts to a changing environment as an integrated whole.

HEALTH is a basic human right and a responsibility of both the individual and the state. It is a dynamic state of well-being on a continuum where the person functions at an optimum level. Health is interrelated with socio-economic, political and educational dimensions. It is achieved through people empowerment and participation.

NURSING is a dynamic discipline. It is an art and science of caring for individual, families groups and communities geared towards promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness, alleviation of suffering and assisting clients to face death with dignity and peace. It is focused on assisting the client as he/she responds to health-illness situations, utilizing the nursing process and guided by ethico-legal moral principles.

NURSING EDUCATION, consistent with the philosophy of higher education and committed to quality education, is an active teaching-learning, multidisciplinary, cyclical process aimed at seeking truth. In collaboration with nursing service, It aims to produce a professional nurse who is responsible, nationalistic, creative, and a critical thinking generalist with AKS ( attitude, knowledge, skills) in communication, nursing research and leadership. It is relevant to the needs of the philippine society in the light of global concerns.

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