| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Communication Skills | Effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication |
| Critical Thinking Skills | Creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information |
| Empirical and Quantitative Skills | Manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
Nursing students will use scientific evidence, clinical data, and mathematical calculations to support nursing decisions, medication administration, and evaluation of patient outcomes. Quantitative reasoning is applied to ensure safe and accurate patient care. (Aligns with Nursing End of Program Student Learning Outcomes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) |
| Personal Responsibility | Ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Nursing students will demonstrate accountability, ethical practice, and professional behaviors consistent with nursing standards and legal guidelines. (Aligns with Nursing End of Program Student Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) |
| Social Responsibility | Intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities
Nursing students will provide culturally sensitive, equitable, and compassionate care while advocating for the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. (Aligns with Nursing End of Program Student Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| Teamwork | Ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
Nursing students will collaborate effectively with interprofessional healthcare teams to coordinate, delegate, and evaluate patient care. (Aligns with Nursing End of Program Student Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) |
| Nursing RN Content Knowledge | Nursing students will integrate nursing knowledge and clinical competencies to provide safe, evidence-based care for individuals across the lifespan in diverse healthcare settings. |
| Content Knowledge | Recall facts, explain principles and theories, apply factual knowledge, principles and theories to solve problems in a specific discipline (note: content knowledge related to a core learning outcome is part of the core learning outcome; content knowledge that is not related to a core learning outcome is content knowledge. |