College of Nursing

Established in July 18, 1977, General Emilio Aguinaldo College (GEAC) Cavite initially included the College of Nursing and Midwifery among its Division of Health Sciences. With six (6) faculty members and separate leadership for nursing and midwifery, the first graduates of the General Nursing (GN) Curriculum succeeded in 1979. By 1981, two sections of the BSN Curriculum received their diplomas. Leadership for nursing and midwifery merged in 1983.

In 1987, management and ownership transferred to Frere (Saint) Benilde Romancon Educational Foundation, leading to changes aligned with Catholic principles. Enrollment surged with the institution renamed De La Salle University-Emilio Aguinaldo College (DLSU-EAC), particularly as the demand for nurses abroad grew in the 1990s. Faculty members pursued graduate studies to enhance their skills.

Renamed DLSU-Aguinaldo and eventually DLSU-Dasmariñas, plans to consolidate health sciences courses led to the establishment of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI) in 2000. The College of Nursing and School of Midwifery (CNSM) joined the Health Sciences Campus, witnessing shifts in the nursing profession. Although the School of Midwifery closed in 2010, the College of Nursing (CN) maintained its high standards, consistently ranking among top-performing schools in the Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination (PNLE). With increasing job opportunities, the College aims to develop globally competitive nurses while sustaining excellence in education.

 

The College of Nursing of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute aims to develop a community-oriented, Christian professional nurse who is caring, committed, confident, competent, compassionate and prepared to function as a generalist at the first level of nursing practice; can communicate effectively with members of the health team; has developed responsiveness to national and global concerns; assumes responsibility for personal and professional growth; and initiates nursing research towards the upliftment of the quality of the nursing profession in the Philippines.

 

Specific Objectives

To attain the above-mentioned curricular aims, the Lasallian professional nurse shall demonstrate the ability to:

  1. exhibit Christian values and principles in daily living in spite of the continuous changes in society;
  2. respond to the needs and concerns of the individual, families, communities, the country and the world as a Christian Filipino in accordance with existing ethico-legal and moral principles;
  3. take care of clients across the life span utilizing the nursing process at a beginning professional competency in collaboration with the members of the health team;
  4. communicate by oral and written means to the health team in any professional competency;
  5. seek lifelong teaching and learning so as to grow personally and professionally;
  6. exemplify leadership skills in the care of the clients, groups, families and communities; and
  7. conduct and utilize nursing research in the practice of the profession.

 

 

The LAMP with a flame signifies that members of the College would always uphold the standards of the nursing profession which is inspired by Florence Nightingale, the “Lady with a Lamp.” Equally important, the light represents the nursing students’ vigilance to the needs of the people they serve as they embrace the flames of passion for service.

The CROSS evokes that the Members of the College of Nursing root their education and service in faith, and that they work to become Christian Achievers for God, country and the world.

The RAYS which are directed to the different sides of the logo embody the different qualities which make up a nursing product of DLSMHSI. These are truthfulness, patience, gratefulness, forgiveness, responsibility, dependability, cleanliness, hard work, discipline, initiative, humility and generosity.

The PEOPLE encompass the different levels of clientele nursing students are duty bound to give service to, respectful of age, color, creed, culture, gender, sexual orientation, politics, race and social status.

The FIVE-POINT RADIANT STAR with white and green color represents the Signum Fidei, a sign of faith and a worldwide symbol of the De La Salle Brothers (Fraternum Scholarum Christianarum). As Lasallians, student nurses have a mission to render our services even to the Least, The Last and The Lost.

The LAUREL LEAVES symbolize the Lasallian culture of excellence, recognizing nursing as an art and a science.

 

Contact Us

Governor D. Mangubat Avenue, City of Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines 4114

Telephone: (+632) 8988 - 3100 or (+6346) 481-8000

Email Address : webteam@dlsmhsi.edu.ph