A graduate of the BSN program will:
- Integrate theories and content from the sciences, arts, humanities, nursing and other disciplines to enhance the practice of nursing.
- Demonstrate individual, organizational and system leadership in the provision of safe, high quality patient care.
- Evaluate research to improve evidence-based nursing practice.
- Demonstrate the application of a variety of information systems and patient care technologies.
- Discuss healthcare policy, finance and regulatory processes as they impact individuals, families, groups, communities and populations.
- Determine intraprofessional and interprofessional communication and collaboration for improving health outcomes.
- Develop safety, health promotion, education and disease prevention strategies to optimize health across the lifespan in a variety of environments.
- Model behaviors of personal integrity and professional values.
- Illustrate competent baccalaureate generalist nursing practice.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education, 2008.
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A graduate of the MSN program will:
- Integrate theories and research from nursing science and other disciplines to improve nursing care. (AACN Essentials 1)
- Evaluate organizational and systems leadership to promote quality and safety in patient care, primarily in the rural setting. (AACN Essentials 2)
- Articulate analytical methods to determine quality in evidence-based patient care. (AACN Essentials 3)
- Advance the translation and integration of scholarship into nursing practice. (AACN Essentials 4)
- Contribute to improving nursing through information systems, communication, and patient care technology with emphasis in the rural setting. (AACN Essentials 5)
- Intervene in healthcare policy and advocacy to influence health and healthcare, at the systems level, particularly in the rural setting. (AACN Essentials 6)
- Communicate, collaborate, and consult with inter-professional teams. (AACN Essentials 7)
- Improve health status for populations, particularly in rural settings, by evaluating the planning, delivery, and management of evidence-based nursing practice and prevention services. (AACN Essentials 8)
- Support nursing practice through interventions for individuals, populations, or systems healthcare outcomes. (AACN Essentials 9)
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Essentials for Master’s Education in Nursing, October 2011.
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A graduate of the DNP program will:
- Integrate theories and research from nursing science and other disciplines in provision of the highest level of evidence-based nursing practice. (AACN Essentials 1)
- Evaluate organizational and systems leadership for the improvement of nursing care and healthcare delivery outcomes in primarily rural settings. (AACN Essentials 2)
- Use analytical methods in dissemination of findings of clinical scholarship in support of evidence-based practice. (AACN Essentials 3)
- Contribute to improving nursing and healthcare through managing information systems and patient care technology. (AACN Essentials 4)
- Synthesize healthcare policy in advocacy for patient/family care in all populations with emphasis in rural settings. (AACN Essentials 5)
- Communicate and collaborate to lead inter-professional teams in advancing population health particularly in rural settings. (AACN Essentials 6)
- Improve health status in the nation, particularly in rural settings, by evaluating nursing and health care delivery and using concepts and scientific data sources of health promotion, disease prevention, epidemiology, environment, community, culture, and socioeconomics among others. (AACN Essentials 7)
- Consider long-term and short-term personal and professional goals for advancement of doctoral level practice. (AACN Essentials 8)
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Essentials for Doctoral Education for Advanced Practice, October 2006.
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