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Faculty:  Professor and Director Reilly; Assistant Professor Spinks; Clinical Assistant Professor Woods; Clinical Instructors: Evans, Thiers, and Tracy.

Evans Hall Room 242 TELEPHONE: 706-368-6397, FAX: 706-368-6399

The Division of Nursing offers a program of study in nursing leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Berry College has full approval by the Georgia Board of Nursing, 237 Coliseum Drive, Macon, Georgia 31217, and the baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Berry College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

The Division of Nursing faculty embrace the mission and educational principles of Berry College. By emphasizing an educational program committed to high academic standards within an academic, caring community, students will develop professional competence and acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes to assume professional nursing roles. Both the Division of Nursing and Berry College are dedicated to meeting the intellectual, moral, and material needs of our students as the foundation for teaching and learning. Additionally, both Berry College and the Division of Nursing affirm its support of academic integrity, as reflected in founder Martha Berry’s commitment to educating the head, heart, and hands. We believe that mutual trust and respect among Berry’s students, faculty, and staff are essential to the operation of the college and school. All members of the Berry College community are responsible for working together to establish and uphold an environment conducive to an honorable academic endeavor.
The professional practice of nursing is an art and a science, grounded in knowledge obtained through a liberal-arts education. An educational foundation, which includes the advanced analytical skills of critical thinking and clinical reasoning, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making, is essential for the professional nurse to meet the health care realities of the twenty-first century. Competent nursing practice requires possessing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide safe and effective care to patients, including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. Using critical thinking and clinical reasoning, students will collaborate with members of the health care team to deliver safe competent care in a setting that reflects a revised culture of communication. Person-centered care demands awareness and non-judgmental acceptance of diversity. Sensitivity to these differences allows the nurse to practice with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity and worth of every individual regardless of age, gender, race, culture, sexual orientation, or health care beliefs.

Programs

• Nursing, B.S.N.

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