School of Nursing Program Learning Objectives

• Nursing, Advanced Certificate
  1. Integrate scientific findings from nursing and related sciences to improve nursing care across diverse settings.
  2. Demonstrate leadership by collaborating and consulting with key stakeholders in the design, coordination and evaluation of patient care outcomes.
  3. Apply quality and safety principles within an organization to be an effective leader and change agent.
  4. Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research and interprofessional perspectives to improve practice and health outcomes for patient aggregates.
  5. Ethically utilize date, information and appropriate technology to evaluate and achieve optimal health outcomes.
  6. Demonstrate political efficacy and competence to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and health outcomes to populations.
  7. Integrate the concepts of interprofessional communication, collaboration and consultation to effectively manage and coordinate care across systems.
  8. Synthesize ecological, global and social determinants of health design and deliver culturallyrelevant clinical prevention interventions and strategies.
  9. Demonstrate behaviors of professional engagement and lifelong learning. 
• Nursing, B.S.
  Upon completion of the program the student will be able to:

  1. Utilize the scientific method to provide health promotion, maintenance, and restoration of diverse populations of patients.
  2. Use theory to conceptualize health responses of diverse populations.
  3. Apply research findings to guide nursing practice.
  4. Apply principles of leadership and management in nursing and healthcare delivery.
  5. Use information and patient care technologies to provide safe, quality care.
• Nursing, M.S.
  Upon completion of the program the student will be able to:

  1. Integrate clinical prevention and population health concepts in the provision of evidence-based, culturally relevant healthcare.
  2. Incorporate knowledge from nursing and related sciences into the delivery of advanced nursing care across diverse populations.
  3. Translate relevant research to improve practice and associated health outcomes for diverse populations.
  4. Demonstrate leadership skills in the provision of high quality health care and within the context of an interprofessional team.
  5. Integrate current and emerging technologies into the delivery
• Nursing, D.N.P
  Upon completion of the program the student will be able to:

  1. Analyze scientific data related to healthcare models and strategies that affect population health.
  2. Integrate knowledge from nursing and other sciences as the foundation for the highest level of advanced nursing practice.
  3. Synthesize relevant findings from evidence for practice to improve healthcare outcomes.
  4. Employ leadership skills for interprofessional collaboration that improve patient and population health outcomes.
  5. Utilize information systems technology to evaluate outcomes of care, care systems, and quality management.
• Nursing, Ph.D.
  1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to master in-depth knowledge in a substantive area of study.
  2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to demonstrate distinguished expertise in scholarly writing and intellectual critique.
  3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to provide leadership in academic nursing through research, education and professional practice.
• Nursing Education, Advanced Graduate Certificate
  1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to apply quality and safety principles within an organization to be an effective leader and change agent.
• Nursing Education, M.S.
  1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to apply quality and safety principles within an organization to be an effective leader and change agent.
• Nursing Leadership, Advanced Graduate Certificate

  1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to integrate knowledge from nursing and related sciences to develop foundational thinking skills that facilitate leadership at the highest level.

• Nursing Leadership, M.S.
  1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to integrate knowledge from nursing and related sciences to develop foundational thinking skills that facilitate leadership at the highest level.