Nursing Program Outcomes

School of Nursing Program Outcomes/Valued Ends

Presence: Cultivate a caring environment that reveals authentic nursing presence for the provision of meaning making, cultural understanding, and reflective ethical practice in diverse settings.
Praxis: Apply nursing science and reflective practice through multiple ways of knowing to optimize quality of life for those entrusted to our care.
Advocacy: Respond to the call to protect the health and welfare of all persons and communities locally and globally, while attending to the unique needs of the vulnerable.
Scholarship: Engage in critical inquiry to advance nursing knowledge and translate research into practice.
Self-Care: Create a healing environment that fosters resiliency, personal and professional growth, and a culture of caring for self and others
Leadership: Inspire the advancement of nursing science and professional excellence through collaborative relationships and innovative leadership practices.

BSN Student Learning Outcomes

Presence: Create a space for being with diverse patients, families, communities, and health care colleagues that reveals authentic nursing presence.
Praxis: Demonstrate excellence in clinical practice through technological competence and the synthesis of evidence, theory, and reflective practice
Advocacy: Influence change by serving as an active voice through altruistic behaviors for patients, families, and community regarding health policy and social justice within an ethical framework.
Scholarship: Integrate multiple ways of knowing to promote a lively spirit of critical inquiry and innovative practice.
Self-Care: Establish a space for healing, personal and professional growth, and a culture of caring for self and others.
Leadership: Promote excellence in nursing by leading collaborative transformational practice informed by caring science within complex systems.

MSN Student Learning Outcomes – Leadership Tracks

Presence: Create a space for leaders in advanced roles for ‘being-with’ diverse students, staff, and other health care colleagues that reveal authentic nursing presence.
Praxis: Demonstrate and cultivate excellence in nursing and leadership practice through technological competence and synthesis of research, theory, and reflective practice.
Advocacy: Lead change through collaborative relationships with nurses, patients and families, communities, and organizations regarding health policy and social justice within an ethical framework.
Scholarship: Create an environment that promotes ethical critical inquiry through multiple ways of knowing for the translation and application of evidence to practice.
Self-Care: Nurture a place for healing, personal and professional growth, and a culture of caring for self and others.
Leadership: Create an environment of excellence in nursing by leading collaborative transformational practice informed by caring science within complex systems.

MSN Student Learning Outcomes – Clinical Tracks

Presence: Create a space for clinicians in advanced roles for ‘being-with’ diverse patients, students, staff, and other health care colleagues that reveal authentic nursing presence.
Praxis: Demonstrate and cultivate excellence in advanced clinical nursing practice through technological competence and synthesis of research, theory, and reflective practice.
Advocacy: Lead change through collaborative relationships with other providers, patients and families, communities, and organizations regarding health policy and social justice within an ethical framework.
Scholarship: Create an environment that promotes ethical critical inquiry through multiple ways of knowing for the translation and application of evidence to practice.
Self-Care: Nurture a place for healing, personal and professional growth, and a culture of caring for self and others.
Leadership: Create an environment of excellence for advance practice by leading collaborative transformational practice informed by caring science within complex systems.