Our Philosophy

Capital Health

Capital Health is an acute healthcare provider comprised of the Mercer Campus, Capital Health Regional Medical Center, and the Hamilton Center. The new Capital Health in Hamilton is a healthcare center that provides physician and specialist services, state of the art technology and same day surgery services. Capital Health is a teaching system with centers of excellence in high-risk maternal/child health, oncology, emergency service/trauma, mental health/crisis, dialysis and infectious disease. This diversity of clinical specialties at all Capital Health locations provides an unparalleled educational experience for the nursing students to apply classroom concepts to clinical practice. The Capital Health School of Nursing supports the Capital Health mission in its provision of comprehensive, quality healthcare. The school's mission is to educate and graduate students who are qualified to take NCLEX-RN Exam to become registered professional nurses at Capital Health

In 2002, Capital Health was the second health care system in the nation to receive Magnet Recognition for nursin excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In 2006, the Medical Center achieved redesignation for Magnet. This recognition has impacted upon the recruitment and retention of nurses and sets the standard of excellence for our students to emulate.

Our Philosophy

The faculty believes that humans are unique, holistic, complex, dynamic, culturally and spiritually diverse, interacting with an ever-changing environment. Individuals possess dignity, unconditional worth, and the inherent right to assume responsibility for the development of their own potential.

The environment consists of dynamic, physical, psychosocial, political, economic, and spiritual factors that interact to impact on the individual. It provides values and contributes to personal behaviors and goals.

Health encompasses multidimensional states of wellness and illness. Wellness is viewed as a dynamic state of wholeness or integrity achieved by continual repatterning for optimal functioning. This is achieved and maintained by goal-directed action and use of personal, interpersonal, and environmental resources. Nursing is a learned art and science. Nursing is a caring profession that is grounded in concepts, theory, practice and research. Caring is an inherent element of nursing based upon a humanistic value system. Nursing involves a therapeutic interaction between client and nurse designed to promote, maintain, and restore an optimal level of health or support a peaceful death. It is mediated by personal, scientific, aesthetic, and ethical human care transactions. Nurses serve as advocates, collaborators, and leaders to support the availability of basic health care for all.

Education is a dynamic process that directs and facilitates learning. As role models of critical thinking, faculty facilitates opportunities and shapes an educational environment that empowers students to become independent learners, develop professional behaviors and accept responsibility for lifelong learning. Learning is an active, participative process, sensitive to the unique and diverse nature of individuals. New learning builds on previous knowledge and experience and is a function of motivation and readiness. Nursing education occurs in an atmosphere of cooperation, collaboration, and interaction. It incorporates knowledge from the humanities and the behavioral, physical, and social sciences. The development of cognitive skills that include critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis is a vital process necessary for professional nursing practice. Nursing education involves teaching of nursing theory, skills, and attitudes that assist students to assume responsibility and accountability as registered nurses. The faculty believes that learning is a lifelong process involving changes in thought processes, attitudes and behavior. Faculty members recognize that this program serves as the beginning level of preparation for registered nurse licensure. Graduates care for clients in a variety of settings within the health care delivery system. They possess skills and competencies consistent with the humanistic values of the profession. Graduates from this program function as care providers by assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care given to clients. They communicate and collaborate with clients and other health care providers and assume a leadership role in managing care.