• VISION

  To be a Pre-eminent Leading Nurse Education Provider of Qualified Graduates, Regionally and Globally, Delivering Excellence in Service, Innovation and Research.

  MISSION

  • Provide flexible, dynamic, and culturally sensitive, student- centered Nursing curricula that fosters qualified Nursing graduates.
  • Develop Graduates who are Independent Critical Thinkers, Patient-Centered, Competent evidence-based Nursing Care Providers, Technologically Savvy, and able to work across Diverse health care settings.
  • Conduct clinically relevant applied nursing research that promotes innovation, and industrial impact, in collaboration with Industry partners.
  • Enhance the Nursing Profession Regionally and Globally, in alignment with National and International standards.

  VALUES

  In addition to FCHS values, the student nurse in the Nursing program at FCHS will foster the following values:

  • Caring: Fundamental to nursing, it permits the nurse to connect to clients, appreciate human dignity, increase empathy, and respond with compassion.
  • Teamwork: The ability of to work with nursing and inter-disciplinary teams, through open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality client care.
  • Leadership: To develop the ability to inspire, influence and motivate; to achieve highest potential and collective organizational goals.
  • Life – long Learning: A dynamic learning process involving both formal and informal, personal and professional life – including reflecting, questioning and seeking new learning opportunities.

Accreditation

The FCHS nursing department used to offer a dedicated bridging program from diploma to BSN. Currently that program is not accepting new applicants. However, nurses with a higher degree (Associates, Diploma, Higher Degree) may apply to the BSN program. Each application will be evaluated and equivancy against the current plan of study. Currently Practicing nurses may receive up to ½ the Plan credits (~60 credit hours) for previous course work. A typical applicant would require two years of full time study to convert a diploma to a bachelors degree.

FCHS is also planning to offer a BSM in Midwifery when approved by the CAA.  Anticipated date of starting that program is Fall 2022.

• Combine patient assessment, diagnostics and health informatics to formulate person-centered nursing care that results in delivering evidence-based care according to current policy and procedure requirements.
• While considering interprofessional communications and respecting patient, person, family, community, and clinicians viewpoints, compose treatment plans generating culturally competent clinical decisions.
• Respecting the context of civil, religious, ethical, and legal standards, design autonomous nursing interventions leveraging change management in a collegial and respectable workplace setting.
• Through lifelong learning using health technology and scholarly literature, invent innovative solutions for health promotion and education to deliver JCI level care for inpatient, home, community, and mental health settings.
• Assess nursing as a profession and devise research to test ethical, legal, and culturally compliant interventions to meet professional guideline benchmarks.

• 2023 Newsletter
• Curriculum Structure, Credit Hours, and Graduation Requirements
• 2019-2022 BSN Curriciulum
• Study / Guidance Plan
• Course Description
• Cost of Studying the Program