Department of Nursing
About the Department
VISION STATEMENT
The Lander University Nursing Program will be known globally for educating excellent professional nurses to provide holistic care.
HISTORY
The Department of Nursing was established in 1957 as the first nursing program in South Carolina to offer an associate degree. After graduating 632 nurses, the ADN program was replaced in the mid eighties with a Bachelor of Science degree program which has currently graduated over 630 nurses.
In 2006 our name was changed to the William Preston Turner Department of Nursing, recognizing the continuing support of the Self Family Foundation and the contributions of the Turner family to healthcare in the Greenwood community.
MISSION
The program of nursing offers a baccalaureate nursing program which prepares men and women who demonstrate evidence of potential academic success to provide high quality, holistic nursing care in a variety of settings to diverse clients across the lifespan. The purpose of the program of nursing is to prepare graduates for entry level professional nursing roles of caregiver, leader, and consumer of research, and for graduate study in nursing.
The graduates are prepared to:
1. Apply the nursing process within the Neuman Systems Model to promote an optimal level of wellness through the use of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention/interventions strategies for individuals, families, and communities.
2. Synthesize nursing theory with knowledge from selected other disciplines as a basis for care giving, communication, therapeutic interventions, and critical thinking;
3. Use appropriate problem-solving approaches in varied settings to promote wellness for diverse client systems;
4. Demonstrate leadership strategies to advance nursing practice and the nursing profession;
5. Utilize nursing research findings to improve the quality of nursing practice;
6. Incorporate established standards of professional nursing as the foundation for own nursing practic; and
7. Generic program graduates are eligible to take the licensing examination to qualify as registered nurses.
ACCREDITATION
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is approved by the State Board of Nursing for South Carolina (110 Centerview Dr. Suite 202, Columbia, SC 29210; telephone number: 803-896-4550) and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006; telephone number: 212-363-5555) and the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone number 404-679-4501).
