Student Learning Objectives

Integrate the knowledge, theories, and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decision making.

Participate in the process of inquiry, analysis, and information literacy to promote quality care and patient safety. 

Apply leadership concepts, abilities, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. 

Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, inter-professional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care. 

Demonstrate skills in using patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that support safe nursing practice  

Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends. 

Use inter- and intra-professional communication and collaborative skills to deliver evidence-based, patient centered care. 

Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations in order to provide comprehensive care to diverse populations.  

Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct. 

Foster professional growth and development through the pursuit of lifelong learning and professional engagement, towards an understanding of the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system. 

Implement holistic, patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical and nursing management across the health/illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all healthcare settings.