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The Philosophy of Pinelands School of Practical Nursing and Allied Health Inc. is consistent with the beliefs of the Administration and Faculty in its commitment to meet the needs of the community.

We the Administration and Faculty believe that each individual is a complex being who is constantly interacting with the internal and external environment to meet basic human needs.  Furthermore, we support a philosophy that is 'wholistic' in nature.  A 'wholistic' approach addresses the totality of the individual's physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and economic needs.

Organizing Framework

The Curriculum is organized on Maslow's Theory of Basic Human Needs and Erickson's Theory of Growth and Development.  These theoretical concepts are integrated and threaded through the entire nursing program.

Specifically, the faculty subscribes to the following organizing structure:

• Needs vary throughout the growth and development continuum.

• Unmet needs, whether actual or potential, result in an alteration of health or illness.

• The student practical nurse will utilize the nursing process to address these alterations of health or illness within his/her scope of practice

• The student practical nurse will collaborate with the members of the health care team particularly with the registered nurse in order to deliver a 'wholistic' care.