Since its inception, the Nursing Program at UCSG has responded to societal demands for addressing health and illness needs at the regional, provincial, and national levels. It intervenes in the comprehensive and holistic management of the various real and potential reactions experienced by patients with acute and chronic conditions, in accordance with the guidelines established by the Ministry of Health.

The development of professional competencies enables graduates in Nursing to apply their acquired knowledge through skills and abilities, guiding their practice toward scientific, technological, ethical, and moral principles aligned with the National Health System and the Organic Law of Higher Education (LOES). This allows them to manage care at all levels of the healthcare system.

The training of these healthcare professionals is geared towards fulfilling diverse administrative, technical/clinical, teaching, and research functions, utilizing the scientific method of the Nursing Process to address the various activities required in public and private healthcare institutions, companies, laboratories, industries, communities, universities, nursing homes, and other settings where professionals are needed to care for populations requiring individual, collective, and family care.

With current university training and advancements in nursing practice driven by research findings in the field, the paradigm of Registered Nurses as mere actors dependent on therapeutic and administrative decisions has shifted. Today, these professionals are fundamental to decision-making in the health-disease field, forming part of diverse work teams with scientific and technical knowledge and leadership skills, all with the sole objective of caring for healthy or ill individuals, their environment, and families at different stages of the life cycle.