take Community Health Nursing, which includes certification in reporting child abuse and disaster management,followingtherequirementsofthePublicHealthCaliforniaCodeofRegulations. BSNProgramMissionStatement Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts aims to offer quality allied health and nursing programs that integrate professional skills, career-focused education, and hands-on practical experience by empowering students to developandachievetheirpersonalandcareergoals. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing aims to achieve distinction in the undergraduate nursing program and advancethemissionofGurnickAcademyofMedicalArtsthrough 1. Actively prepare the baccalaureate student to assume roles in nursing practice per the regulatory andaccrediting agencies. 2. Actively prepare the baccalaureate student to bear practice, education, and research responsibility. 3. Promoting public health by developing new knowledge and applying this knowledge to innovate healthcare delivery in a public health setting. 4. Provision of insight, assistance, and teaching of health care programs responding to the growing public health needs. 5. Championingnursingresearchandscholarships. BSNProgramGoals Thefaculty at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is committed to the following: 1. Providing a learning environment that nurtures cultural diversity and differences in learning styles andisfreeofdiscriminationandjudgment. 2. Graduate well-prepared Bachelor of Science in Nursing students who demonstrate clinical behaviors and judgments to meet the essential competencies necessary to obtain licensure and join the workforceasanentry-levelnurse. 3. Ensure that graduates have the knowledge and skills to respond to the community’s growing healthcare delivery and practice needs. 4. Produce well-rounded nurses who are culturally sensitive, situation-adaptive, and active advocates of the communityit serves. 5. Continuously revisit and revise its curriculum to ensure its nursing graduates adapt to rapid healthcare delivery and practice changes. 6. Build a learning platform to inspire nursing graduates to pursue recognition and excellence in practice, research, and community outreach. 7. Foster nurturing partnerships with its community organizations for academic programs. 8. Inspire nursing graduates to seek higher education by developing a plan for faculty growth and professional development. BSNTerminalEducationalOutcomes Bytheendofthebaccalaureatenursingprogram,thegraduatewillbeableto: 1. Apply theoretical and clinical concepts of health promotion and disease prevention practices, provide a safe and nurturing environment, and lead innovations in nursing practices according to nursing regulations and accrediting agencies. 2. Critically appraise, analyze, and create a framework integrating didactic and clinical learning into everydaypractice and leadership activities. 3. Evaluate patient care practices that are evidence-based and community-driven. 4. Express a firm commitment to nursing research through active participation in professional organizations and education advancement. 5. Demonstrate leadership by becoming well-rounded, ethical, respectful, well-informed, and fully responsive to the community’s needs. 210