King University Mission and Core Values

Fulfillment of the King University Mission & Core Values

King's mission is to build meaningful lives of achievement and cultural transformation in Christ. The Core Values are Christian faith, scholarship, service, and career.

KU MSN curriculum has given me a strong, solid foundation in advanced sciences and humanities, informatics, research, health policy and advocacy, and patient care throughout the lifespan. I am now poised to enter the advanced practice nursing workforce competent to provide evidenced based, high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care to my patients. I am committed to caring for my patients through health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling with a unique emphasis on the health and well-being of the whole person.

I used the King University School of Nursing Professional

Pillar Definitions and Scriptures to guide me

through my studies and clinicals.

Integrity: "The ability to walk morally upright in all actions and communications"- For me this means being truthful, honest, and reliable. This is key to getting my patient to trust me.
Commitment: "The dedication and service to patients, the profession, collaboration, and continued learning while holding oneself to the highest standards of performance and accountability"-Commitment is what helped me start and finish this challenging curriculum. It is what kept me going to clinical and class. I have a strong commitment to the people I serve.
Service: " Committing oneself to assist others and placing others needs before thy own"- This includes intentional actions that show that I have a deep love for others.
Accountability: " Making a decision based upon a knowledgeable understanding of the circumstances, acting on that decision, supporting the decision with evidence-based rationale and reason, and accepting responsibility for the outcome"- This is ultimately the essence of the scientific base of my education and what all of my classes boil down to. It is an advanced education and preparation from which my patients will learn to trust me with their well being.
Civility: "A polite, respectful, and purposefully kind verbal and non-verbal interpersonal communications and behaviors"- For me this is "do unto others" and this is how I approach my interactions with my colleagues, my patients, my friends and my family.
Compassion: " The feeling of deep sympathy or sorrow for another who is experiencing perceived or actual challenges or suffering, with the desire to alleviate the suffering"- I find it very hard to be in this profession without possessing compassion and I strive to care for people with a very caring, loving and non-judgemental heart.

Service Learning Project

The Service Learning Project I completed was a program on Medication Safety for Seniors at the Senior Center in Kingsport, TN with three other student colleagues. Below is an excerpt from our Geriatric Health Promotion Project paper that explains the importance of this presentation topic:

“Older adults are among the fastest growing age groups, and the first “baby boomers” (adults born between 1946 and 1964) will turn 65 in 2011. More than 37 million people in this group (60 percent) will manage more than 1 chronic condition by 2030” ("Older adults," 2016, para. 2). The care of older adults has become so important that it is incorporated into the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’s “Healthy People 2020” initiative (“Older adults,” 2016). The chronic conditions that older adults are facing include diabetes mellitus, arthritis, congestive heart failure, and dementia, among others. With chronic conditions come management with medications. “When used appropriately, prescription and over the counter medications can enhance the quality of life by limiting loss of function and alleviating troublesome symptoms, and even extend life ("Feature article," 2010, para. 2). Since older adults take more medications than any other age group in the United States, they are more likely to experience adverse drug events which can lead to additional illnesses, drug-related hospitalizations, and even death ("Feature article," 2010).

Geriatric Health Promotion