Student Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes for the nursing undergraduate program

I. Graduates are prepared to integrate knowledge from liberal arts and sciences with nursing's historical foundation to make evidence-based decisions, use sound clinical judgment, and provide ethical care for patients across the lifespan.

II. Graduates are prepared to use a patient-centered, team approach that considers the physical, emotional, social, and heterogeneity aspects of individual patient well-being and includes the patient and important others in decision-making.

III. Graduates are prepared to apply holistic concepts of public health, disease prevention, and health promotion to manage, advance, and protect population health across communities.

IV. Graduates are prepared to identify how research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family values are integrated to optimize care within the evidenced-based practice (EBP) framework and articulate the impact on patient outcomes.

V. Graduates are prepared to demonstrate effective use of technology, improvement science, EBP, and a culture of patient safety to enhance and support safe practice. 

VI. Graduates are prepared to use interprofessional communication skills to develop collaborative relationships with stakeholders to improve health care delivery and patient outcomes. 

VII. Graduates are prepared to incorporate system-thinking, innovation, and EBP to optimize and improve care delivery for all.

VIII. Graduates are prepared to incorporate ethical and intentional use of innovative technology to synthesize relevant data and support clinical decision-making, patient education, error prevention, and coordination of care for all. 

IX. Graduates are prepared to demonstrate development of a professional identity that embraces nursing values, accountability, and commitment to the nursing profession. 

X. Graduates are prepared to apply leadership competencies, lifelong learning, and a spirit of inquiry to advocate for self, the nursing profession, patients, and populations.