The College of Nursing believes that each individual is unique, has values, and the right to develop throughout their life cycle with dignity and respect.

The client (individual, family, group, or community) is composed of different variables within diverse cultural backgrounds, who may be well or ill, wholly or partly dependent on others to meet self-care activities necessary for maintaining life, and who seeks health and well-being.

The environment comprises internal and external factors, including cultural barriers, wherein the client integrates and interacts to maintain varying degrees of harmony and balance.

Health is a state of optimal wellness/wellbeing, wherein all parts of an individual are in harmony with the whole system in a culturally congruent manner.

Nursing encompasses creative and deliberate decisions and actions aimed at helping clients prevent or minimize stress, protect their basic structure, and maintain the highest level of wellness through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention modes. The environment, cultural diversity, self-care demands, and various other stressors affect client health. The nurse helps the client maintain stability or regain well-being in a culturally meaningful way (Neuman, 1995; Orem, 2001; Leininger, 2002).

The bachelor's and associate degree curricula correlate concepts from biological and social sciences with nursing theory. Nursing education is a planned process of increasingly complex nursing experiences, utilizing the nursing process, that provides learners with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required of a professional graduate nurse.

The nursing faculty believes that adult learners are internally motivated, self-directed, and oriented towards goals and relevancy. Furthermore, adult learners are practical individuals who value respect and bring valuable life experiences to their learning experiences. Faculty, staff, and students work collaboratively to achieve the expected learning outcomes. Learning is enhanced in an atmosphere of trust and respect. The role of teaching is viewed as one of encouraging and guiding students toward achieving the program's goals and objectives. 

Nursing education stimulates student achievement through clinical practice, developing nursing competencies and ethical decision-making skills necessary for safe, quality practice in modern healthcare environments. Nursing faculty act as resources and role models that enhance students’ intellectual ability, and plan, implement, and evaluate varied learning experiences that facilitate student learning. This ensures that learning is a lifelong process achieved through active learner participation and multiple learning approaches.