Baccalaureate Nursing Program Outcomes

Graduates of the program will:

  • Formulate a philosophy of nursing which is holistic and focused from a health perspective. (Nursing Practice)
  • Provide health care to clients and support for colleagues which demonstrate a personal commitment to the value of caring. (Caring)
  • Evaluate knowledge from sciences, humanities and nursing to form a framework for nursing practice. (Critical Thinking)
  • Implement the nursing process with clients (individuals, families, groups in community) presenting complex health problems in structured and unstructured health care settings, using concepts of selfcare. (Self-Care)
  • Incorporate therapeutic interpersonal processes when interacting with clients, communities and colleagues. (Interpersonal Processes)
  • Provide health care rooted in the concepts of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice. (Ethics)
  • Adhere to legal standards of practice. (Legal Dimensions)
  • Design and manage professional nursing care as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team.(Professionalism/Leadership)
  • Integrate cultural competence into the delivery of nursing care. (Sociocultural Influences)
  • Effect change in health care delivery within specific health care systems. (Health Care Systems)
  • Integrate economic, political, technological, and social trends that influence health care policy. (Political Influences)
  • Apply evidence based findings to nursing practice. (Evidenced Based Practice)
  • Actualize a commitment to professionalism and lifelong learning. (Teaching Learning)