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Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate with a B.S.N. in Nursing should be able to …

• demonstrate knowledge of providing a safe, effective care environment for clients.
• exhibit knowledge of the ethics of research, the rights of the researcher and the subjects, and the responsibilities of nurses in protecting patients’ rights.
• formulate a nursing plan of care for all patients encountered and successfully evaluate the plan of care.
• generate clinical questions and apply evidence based nursing principles to answer clinical questions.
• incorporate evidence-based practice in the community.
• evaluate an evidence-based practice change within a defined area of health care.
• identify cultural patterns which influence health care beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
• incorporate culturally sensitive nursing in the plan of care.
• acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to perform clinical reasoning and to make clinical judgments.
• incorporate clinical reasoning in nursing interventions and plans of care.
• implement the nursing process in the clinical experience.
• apply concepts of informatics in the nursing process.
• coordinate care for patients and clients.
• integrate and apply interdisciplinary information in the nursing process.
• integrate and apply leadership roles in clinical practice.

Curriculum

See College of Nursing  for entrance requirements, progression requirements, and other regulations.