College of Nursing and Allied Health
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Saint Joseph School of Nursing was founded in 1920 by the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Joliet, Illinois. In 1987, a decision was made to discontinue the diploma program and begin a collegiate program offering the upper division nursing curriculum to students who had completed the required pre-requisite courses. The last class graduated from the diploma program in 1989. The first B.S.N. class was admitted in August of 1988 and graduated in 1990. The baccalaureate nursing program received approval from the Illinois Board of Professional Regulation (1987) and the Illinois Board for Higher Education (1987), accreditation from the National League for Nursing (1994) and accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (1992). The Allied Health programs in Radiography, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Medical Technology are done in partnership with accredited health care facilities. Each program is accredited by the appropriate accrediting body.
On January 1, 1997, Saint Joseph
College of Nursing became a division of the College
of St. Francis and took on the Allied Health programs.
A year later, the move to university status was
formalized and on January 1, 1998, the division
was renamed College of Nursing and Allied Health.
In 2000, the College began offering a Master of
Science in Nursing. In January 2001, the University
started a Master of Science program in Physician
Assistant Studies in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The focus of the program is to educate individuals
as physician assistants in order to provide for
the primary health care needs of residents of
New Mexico and the Southwest region of the United
States.
Mission:
The College of Nursing and Allied
Health offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
degree, a Master of Science in Nursing, a Master
of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, and
a bachelor of science in four allied health areas.
The College's mission is the education
of the student as a whole person who can function
as an accountable practitioner of nursing or an
allied health field who has high ethical standards
and a respect for human life. The program
builds upon and integrates knowledge and values
from general education courses in the liberal
arts and sciences. The Franciscan values of respect,
compassion, service and integrity, provide direction
for carrying out the mission.
Program Goals:
The College of Nursing and Allied Health was established
to provide an educational program which will prepare
graduates to:
- Incorporate theoretical and empirical knowledge from the physical, social and behavioral sciences and humanities into nursing and allied health practices
- Incorporate respect for life and human dignity into nursing and allied health practices
- Advance social consciousness through political involvement and advocacy in issues which impact the health care system in the community and society as a whole
- Utilize the knowledge base as a foundation for graduate study
- Value learning as a lifelong process for continued personal and professional growth
- Contribute to the advancement of the profession
- Make
informed and responsible decisions both in life
and in the professions