College of Professional Studies
School of Nursing
Program Outcomes, Themes, and Roles
Program Outcomes
Graduates are prepared to enter the profession of nursing as contributing
members of the discipline to promote, maintain, and restore the health
of clients in a variety of settings. Graduates are prepared to:
- Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to
understand oneself and one's relationship with individuals,
families, groups, and communities.
- Appreciate the nature of and influence of beliefs,
cultures, and values on health-related human behavior.
- Demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication
and the utilization of information technology systems.
- Articulate a personal philosophy of professional nursing
practice grounded in ethical values and respect for the
uniqueness of the individual.
- Embody the caring role of therapeutic responsiveness
to promote, maintain, and restore health.
- Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data within
a relevant theoretical framework to promote, maintain,
and restore health.
- Think and reason analytically within the framework
of creative inquiry and situational context.
- Deliver safe and effective nursing interventions in
a variety of settings.
- Accept responsibility for lifelong learning, global
citizenship, and service in the nursing profession.
- Qualify to take the NCLEX-RN examination.
Program Themes
Selected themes serve to provide recurrent foci throughout the nursing
program. The themes and their definitions are:
- Caring - The therapeutic use of self which utilizes humanistic
and scientific knowledge to enable individuals, families, groups, and
communities to promote, maintain, and restore health.
- Health - The human response to the dynamic interaction of
persons and environment across the lifespan.
- Learning - Learning is a complex process that involves personal,
emotional and intellectual change. It is collaborative, evolutionary
and life long.
- Commitment to
Human Dignity - Commitment to human dignity provides the guidance
for ethical and compassionate service to others. Nurses value individuality
and are responsive to individual needs while evidencing
respect for diversity of others.
- Nursing - Nursing is an art and a science. It is the therapeutic
helping relationship devoted to promoting, restoring and maintaining
the health of individuals, families, groups and communities within
the context of human responses.
Nursing Roles
Selected nursing roles are emphasized throughout the
nursing program. The roles and their definitions are:
- Educator - The nurse educator uses communication
skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate client learning.
The nurse shares information both formally and informally
and acts as a consultant to promote, restore and maintain
health.
- Researcher - The nurse researcher uses and
participates in nursing research to increase knowledge in nursing
and improve client care.
- Advocate - The nurse advocate promotes human
dignity, respects diversity, and protects the legal rights of
clients. The nurse enhances access to health care and assists clients
in making informed decisions regarding health.
- Manager - The nurse manager demonstrates an
ability to communicate effectively, uses critical thinking skills,
coordinates cost effective care, and provides case
management. The nurse manager delegates care, guides and directs
others, and collaborates with interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary
health care teams.
- Provider - The nurse provider combines the
art of caring and the science of nursing to meet the holistic needs
of individuals, families and communities through collaboration
with other health professionals.
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