RN - BSN Mission and Philosophy

Program Overview

Lock Haven University offers an excellent and affordable education characterized by a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences for all students, majors in the arts and sciences, and a special emphasis on professional programs. All programs are enhanced with real-world experiences and co-curricular activities that enable students to realize their full potential. In close personal interactions with faculty who are passionate about teaching, students are challenged to develop their minds and skills in order to be responsible citizens and to succeed in a global and technologically advanced society. 

Program Philosophy

Lock Haven University, by offering a BSN degree, extends its contributions to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's ongoing commitment to excellence in education at the lowest possible cost to students and consistent with student aspirations and regional, state, national, and international needs.

According to its mission and goals, Lock Haven University is committed to an education that is based on a liberal arts foundation and includes a focus on multi-cultural and global dimensions of a changing society, a recognized need to foster the development of critical thinking, the analysis, evaluation, and creation of knowledge, and the personal attributes of resourcefulness and responsibility in preparing graduates for careers and advanced education.

The baccalaureate-prepared nurse is liberally educated; is expected to master discipline-specific knowledge and to incorporate and apply knowledge gained from other disciplines into his or her nursing practice; and is prepared to embark on a career path to include life-long learning, a commitment to the profession and recognition of personal and civic responsibilities in a multi-cultural and global community. 

• The BSN program contributes significantly to the local and regional workforce by enhancing the availability and quality of healthcare services, and improving the overall health of individuals and communities they serve.
• The BSN program provides upper division opportunities facilitating the educational mobility of graduates from the LHUP associate degree nursing program as well as other nursing programs (diploma and associate degree).
• The BSN program directly and indirectly ‘provides continuing education and community and public services in accord with the needs and aspirations of citizens and the social, cultural, economic and technical needs of the Commonwealth’ particularly as related to health care
• The BSN program helps ‘meet specialized, statewide educational needs and provides public services to the Commonwealth’ by contributing to the educational preparation of professional nurses to meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s projected needs.
• The BSN program addresses the need to provide undergraduate education for students in the professions including opportunities for research, artistic effort, scholarly achievement and personal growth and is consistent with the legislated mission of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.