Learning Outcomes

Outcomes for the Class of 2008 and forward

Within the context of a liberal learning environment informed by Catholic and Benedictine traditions and values, graduates will improve the human condition and maximize health outcomes in professional nursing practice by:

1. Synthesizing core competencies of critical thinking, communication, assessment, and technical skills.
2. Modeling professional values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice.
3. Synthesizing core knowledge of Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, and Disease Prevention; Illness and Disease Management; Information and Health Care Technologies; Ethics; Human Diversity; Global health Care; and Care Systems and Policy across a variety of healthcare situations.
4. Upholding the professional standards of demonstrating practice and describing performance;
   a.  Practice: Assessment; Diagnosis; Outcomes Identification; Planning; Implementation; Evaluation
   b.  Performance: Quality of Practice; Education; Professional Practice Evaluation; Collegiality; Collaboration; Ethics; Research; Resource Utilization; leadership.
5. Integrating the elements of the professional role: Provider, Designer/Coordinator, and Member of a Profession.