Traditional (Pre-Licensure) Nursing B.S. Program

Learning Outcomes

Curricular Elements

• Knowledge: Integrates knowledge of nursing and other supportive disciplines in the design, provision, and management of systematic, holistic outcomes for individuals, families, and communities at all points on the health care continuum.
• Communication: Uses communication appropriately and effectively to achieve desired health care outcomes.
• Holism: Provides and advocates for access to compassionate nursing care that recognizes biopsychosocial and spiritual dimensions.
• Praxis: Uses critical thinking and decision-making to systematically assess, analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing and/or interdisciplinary strategies used to promote quality outcomes for individuals, families, or communities.
• Professional Values: Demonstrates the ethical and legal practice of professional nursing.
• Role: Demonstrates the knowledge, self-direction, and communication/collaboration skills essential to being a leader in the provision and management of health care and as a member of a profession.
• Diversity: Recognizes the uniqueness and rights of individuals, families, and communities by providing care to all ages, socioeconomic groups, and cultures.
• Lifelong Learning: Engages in self-directed collaborative learning, ongoing self-evaluation, and professional goal-setting.

Undergraduate Program Outcomes

• Integrate the liberal arts and sciences and nursing courses to promote holistic outcomes for clients.
• Support interprofessional communication and collaboration for improving client health outcomes.
• Advocate for clients and support their right to safe, compassionate, and holistic nursing care.
• Integrate critical thinking and decision-making throughout the nursing process to improve the care of clients.
• Practice as a responsible member of the nursing profession reflecting current standards of practice including ethical and legal accountability.
• Apply basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care and patient safety in the provision and management of health care.
• Practice patient-centered care respectfully and non-judgmentally with diverse populations of individuals, families, and communities.
• Engage in ongoing, self-directed learning, self-evaluation, and goal setting throughout your nursing career.
• Engage in the scholarship of evidence-based practice and research to support high quality health outcomes and safe nursing care.
• Promote clinical prevention and population health based on an understanding of global health care issues.
• Use information management systems and apply patient care technologies for clinical decision-making