Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum is designed to make nursing education relevant to the national development goals and to prepare students for a profession that serves as a vital component of the country’s health system. In accordance with the Policies and Standards of Nursing Education, 1984, the curriculum aims to produce a fully functioning nurse.

Health is the dynamic process of becoming the person one wants to be while upholding the ideals of Christian faith across one’s lifespan. Nursing Education is a holistic discipline that facilitates the Person’s acquisition of attitudes, knowledge, and skills towards professional nursing practice and a Christian quality of life. The Practitioner in Nursing is one who has acquired attitudes, knowledge, and skills in order to continually respond constructively to the changing needs of the profession, the health care delivery system and society. The baccalaureate program is aimed at developing students to become well-balanced and well-adjusted needs of the community, country and the world. It is also aimed at preparing them for effective and personally satisfying service as a nurse generalist and providing them with a foundation for graduate study.

Students learn to apply theories and principles in nursing at the Silliman University Medical Center and the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital. For practice in rural and community health nursing, they serve at nearby rural health units and at the Dumaguete City Health Department. In addition, the College avails of the facilities of the IPHO Psychiatric Extension Ward for psychiatric nursing experience, the Looc Elementary School, Cantile Elementary School and the S.U. Elementary School for school nursing.