Mercy School of Nursing - Mercilite Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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capable of self-direction and is prepared to begin her position as a professional nurse. Ideally, the experience that is a nursing education should be a broadening and awakening one. It should provide us with opporttmities not only to perfect our nursing abilities, but also to progress spiritually, and intellectually and to be- come dynamic members of society. The responsibility to avail oneself of these opportunities lies within the stu- dent, and it is to the student that we di- rect this question: Have we, in this learning ex- perience in nursing been able to recognize and fulfill our goals, to build our worlds of dreams into new realities, so that each of us has become more nearly the per- son we have longed to be? 4-1 N

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Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the pre- sent to live better for the future. Wordsworth Education , as stated in the phi- losophy of our school, is the organized development of all powers of aperson, moral, intellectual, physical, and social, by and for their individual social uses, and directed towards the union of these activities with their Creator as their final end. To give substance to this philosophy, the faculty has organized an advanced curriculum, integrating theory with clinical experience, in order to assist the student to achieve her goal -- to be- come a professional nurse. The desired results of this edu- cational program is the mature Christian nurse who, through participation in this 2 ,sf 1 gil planned program of study and clinical experience, acquires the basic knowl- edge, principles and skills in order to function effectively as a nurse. With experience she increases her ability to plan and execute comprehensive nursing care. As a member of the health team she develops an interest not only in the care a.nd rehabilitation of the sick, but, also, the preservation and promotion of health in the community. She acquaints herself with the available resources in the community in order to communicate this knowledge to others. She becomes

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