Pre-Admissions Nursing Orientation - Fall 2019

Philosophy (cont’d)
We at Orange County Community College nursing department consider people
to be bio-psycho-social-spiritual beings whose basic human needs must be met
across the lifespan as they strive towards self-actualization. People constantly
influence, and are influenced by, their environment as they move towards optimal
levels of physiological and psychosocial health. The faculty at Orange County
Community College believes that striving towards the highest levels of health and
well-being is consistent with the concept of Human Flourishing. Through the
application of Maslow’s Basic Human Needs Theory, Erikson’s Stages of
Development, and the Health-Illness continuum, students learn to assist people in
attaining these aspects of flourishing.
The nursing process provides a scientific problem-solving method that the
student uses to develop nursing judgment and demonstrate a spirit of inquiry.
Adoption of the National League for Nursing Core Components and competencies
provides guidelines for the development of personal identity with in the discipline
of nursing.