Central Colleges of the Philippines

In its 50th founding year, the Central Colleges of the Philippines opened its College of Nursing. CCP has added to its list of degree courses, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. This is a four-year degree course, which is described as the art and science of caring for people, whether sick or well. Nursing is both a profession and a lifetime calling. In June 2004, the school welcomed the first batch of nursing freshmen and sophomore students.

From the time that the cause of educated nurses was championed by Florence Nightingale, Nursing has blossomed into a well-respected and well-compensated profession. The global demand for nurses, especially Filipino nurses, exceeds their availability. Statisticians, labor departments, practical observers, and even government leaders declare that the immediate and pressing global need for nurses may take 20 to 30 years to fulfill. Besides, for as long as humankind exists, so will there be the need for compassionate nursing care.

Nursing has grown into a modern, dynamic, and complex professional field of study and practice. This change was brought about by diversified changes in people's health care needs and conditions as influenced by environment and related factors. All countries are now affected by the global as well as local changes in nursing education and practice. What the nursing profession is now experiencing is actually a very important part, as well as effect, of globalization.

The urgent global demand for the world-tested Filipino brand of quality professional and compassionate nursing services must be attended to immediately. CCP is answering the call just in time with its new five-story Nursing building. The new College of Nursing meets the highest standards with a state-of-the-art structure complete with a fully air-conditioned amphitheater, nursing skills laboratory, mini-hospital, and community set-ups, as well as furnished anatomy-physiology, microbiology-parasitology, chemistry and physics laboratories and classrooms.

In line with the philosophy of the Central Colleges, the Nursing College leadership outlined clear statements of its own philosophy, vision and mission.

Philosophy
The College of Nursing of Central Colleges of the Philippines is committed to the central philosophy of the mother institution-that of the pursuit of knowledge, truth, and excellence toward the holistic formation of the human person. The Filipino professional nursing graduates of CCP will join the country's population of strong professionals who provide the foundation for national pride, discipline, and development directed at the total fulfillment of the educational goals of the country.

Vision
The College of Nursing envisions holistic nursing professionals fully equipped with intellectual, artistic, scientific, and technological skills consistent with the loving care that Filipino nurses are known for.

Mission
The College of Nursing aims to focus on the following mission statements:

1. To provide the highest possible relevant nursing education for all nursing students;
2. To inculcate in the students the need for personal discipline as well as for caring and creative minds;
3. To train how to provide solicitous and compassionate care;
4. To produce realistic and dedicated nursing professionals imbued with the ideals necessary to serve the welfare of the global society.

On top of these, the college has committed highly qualified faculty members both from the general education and professional nursing groups. CCP's competent school administrators and staff will continuously provide their full support to the new College of Nursing.

COURSES OFFERED:
      Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
      Caregiving Course (Course Description)
      Practical Nursing (Health Care Services) (Course Description)

For more information, email the Dean or the Secretary.