Program Learning Outcomes
| Title |
Description |
| Critical Thinking Skills |
Creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information |
| Communication Skills |
Effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication |
| Empirical and Quantitative Skills |
Manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions |
| Personal Responsibility |
Ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making |
| Social Responsibility |
Intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities |
| Teamwork |
Ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal |
| To be determined |
This is a placeholder for course goals that have not been mapped to program learning outcomes |
| Enhance care delivery |
Provide and direct nursing care that enhances the care delivery setting in order to protect clients and promote client outcomes. |
| Assess health and environment |
Assess for and identify health and environmental hazards and implement appropriate interventions to protect clients and health care personnel. |
| Promote optimal health |
Promote optimal health by providing and directing nursing care of the client that incorporates knowledge of expected growth and development, prevention and early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health. |
| Support well-being |
Manage and provide nursing care that supports the emotional, mental, and social well-being of the client experiencing stressful events, as well as acute or chronic mental illness. |
| Provide care and comfort |
Provide care and comfort to clients, reduce client risk potential, and manage health alterations in order to promote physical health and wellness. |
| Principles of medication |
Apply principles of medication administration and parenteral therapies in the provision of patient care. |
| Reduce complications |
Plan and implement appropriate care for the client to reduce the likelihood of complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments, or procedures. |
| Acute physical conditions |
Manage and provide care for clients with acute, chronic, or life-threatening physical health conditions. |