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healthcare within the ethical principles and legal standards of safe practice. As a leader in the
healthcare system, the nurse focuses on human needs, and facilitates achievement of optimum
wellness in individuals, families, and groups. The nurse cares for individuals across the life span
by intervening to meet healthcare needs through resource management, utilization of the
National Patient Safety Goals, and customer education.

Education is the formal and informal experience(s) which incorporate past and newly acquired
knowledge, skills, and values to affect behavioral change. The process of learning is lifelong and
is unique to each individual. Learning occurs with each life experience and is influenced by the
developmental level and motivation of the learner. The methodology for teaching nursing best
practice is the use of critical thinking in the interdependent problem solving method inherent in
the nursing process and the multi-disciplinary approach of the healthcare team. Professional
nursing practice requires specialized education incorporating research and evidence-based
theoretical knowledge from nursing, medical, behavioral, physical, and natural sciences.
Professional nursing education involves progressive experiences which promote the personal and
professional development. This education is best acquired in a caring, nurturing environment
characterized by opportunities for creativity and self-direction. The faculty is committed to
providing an environment which enhances the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values while
pursuing customer satisfaction and continuous improvement for individuals from the time of
admission through graduation. The program of study provides a framework for progressing the
student through a specialized curriculum which integrates policies and classroom instruction
with clinical laboratory practice to optimize the professional development of the student.
Therefore, the faculty plans, implements, and evaluates an educational program which includes
an organized curriculum, academic advising, counseling services, utilization of computer skills,
student development, and student government. The faculty is committed to demonstrate
scholarship, evidence-based teaching and clinical practices which are then implemented in
classroom, skills laboratory, clinical laboratory, and distance/hybrid teaching methodologies and
to establish a supportive, nurturing environment for the school’s student population.

Goal
Baptist Health College Little Rock – School of Nursing exists to prepare a graduate who
demonstrates critical thinking and a commitment to the nursing profession by continuing
personal and professional growth and by serving the community as a competent healthcare
advocate, leader, manager, provider and teacher.

Admissions
Calendars
School of Nursing - Traditional
Fall 2019
Nursing Traditional – Courses Begin July 01
General Education Prep – Courses Begin August 19
Fall Break September 16-20
Nursing Traditional – Courses End December 06
Commencement December 09
General Education Prep – Courses Ed December 10

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