Nursing

MCC Nursing Vision: MaricopaNursing is committed to empowering novice nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes to assume nursing roles across the healthcare system.

MCC Nursing Mission: Congruent with the mission of Maricopa Community Colleges, MaricopaNursing provides accessible, affordable, quality nursing education that prepares graduates to serve in diverse communities.

MCC Nursing Values: MaricopaNursing is aligned with Nurse of the Future Competencies: Patient-Centered Care, Professionalism, Leadership, Systems-Based Practice, Informatics and Technology, Communication, Teamwork and Collaboration, Safety, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice. Demonstrating competencies signifies preparation for a successful transition into nursing practice and further professional development. MaricopaNursing has adopted a constructivist framework, which guides the delivery of educational experiences, acknowledging the uniqueness and complexity of the individual learner and the importance of active learning and personal engagement in the process of learning.

• Patient-Centered Care: Provide advocacy and individualized care for diverse populations.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate accountability for legal and ethical behaviors that reflect standards of professional nursing practice. 
• Leadership: Coordinate nursing care for multiple patients in collaboration with health team members for the acquisition/ achievement of shared outcomes. 
• System-Based Practice: Understand healthcare micro and macro systems and their impact on patient care. 
• Informatics and Technology: Integrate technology to provide safe, quality care and improve patient outcomes, managing information confidentially and effectively. 
• Communication: Demonstrate effective communication skills while fostering mutual respect and shared decision-making with patients, families, and colleagues. 
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Function effectively within interdisciplinary teams, fostering open communication, shared decision-making, and team development. 
• Safety: Provide safe, quality care while minimizing the risk of harm to patients and providers. 
• Quality Improvement: Demonstrate accountability for quality improvement of personal performance, patient care, and health care systems. 
• Evidence-Based Practice: Utilize evidence-based practice to meet individualized needs across the healthcare continuum.