Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes
Upon completion of the Master of Science in Nursing programs, the graduate is prepared to:
- Synthesize knowledge from nursing and related disciplines to design, implement, and evaluate health services, educational offerings, program resources, and research. (Knowledge)
- Engage in multidisciplinary communication to facilitate intervention systems, scientific inquiry, education, and collaboration/negotiation that will positively influence health care outcomes. (Communication)
- Provide and advocate for compassionate, high-quality, cost-effective, holistic nursing care in diverse settings within communities and health systems. (Holism)
- Use evidence-based intervention and educational strategies to promote, maintain, and restore health, or provide end-of-life care. (Praxis)
- Integrate into role implementation the legal principles and the professional and ethical values essential to nursing. (Professional Values)
- Serve as a leader in advancing health care by promoting expert nursing practice and education through collegial relationships. (Role)
- Promote practice and education models that are respectful of diversity and pluralism and are based on knowledge of the policies and political issues that influence outcomes of care. (Diversity)
- Develop a personal practice model which incorporates a commitment to lifelong learning and the advancement of the art and science of nursing. (Lifelong Learning)
- Engage in the development of contemporary nursing strategies and models which reflect emerging nursing practice. (Praxis)