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Outcome #1: A critical thinker who is able to demonstrate intellectual curiosity, rational inquiry, problem-solving skills, and creativity in framing problems.

	Competency #1: Evaluates decisions through logical organization, validation of information, critical examination of assumptions underlying the processing of information and analyzes the conclusions drawn from the information (evaluation). (1.1)	Competency #2: Presents reasoned arguments to support stated views (explanation).(1.2)	Competency #3: Guides own thinking processes towards positive personal and professional development (self-regulation). (1.3)
Level #1 Sophomore	Participates in selected problem-solving exercises that promote critical examination of the professional nurse role. (1.1.1)	Presents reasoned arguments to support stated views with consultation or guidance. (1.2.1)	Identifies factors that affect development of the professional nurse role. (1.3.1)
Level #2 Junior	Validates care decisions made with appropriate persons to determine the degree to which decisions are consistent with client -system information and environmental cues. (1.1.2)	Presents reasoned arguments to support stated views with increasing self direction. (1.2.2)	Analyzes student experiences for how they shape the understanding of nursing practice and professional development. (1.3.2)
Level #3 Senior	Evaluates decisions through logical organization, validation of information, critical examination of assumptions underlying the processing of information and analyzes the conclusions drawn from the information (evaluation). (1.1.3)	Presents reasoned arguments to support stated views (explanation) (1.2.3)	Guides own thinking processes towards positive personal and professional development. (self-regulation) (1.3.3)

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	Competency #4: Applies previous/current knowledge to new contexts and situations (interpretation and analysis). (1.4)	Competency #5: Analyzes arguments to determine their context and validity (analysis) (1.5)	Competency #6: Critiques professional and research literature for use in nursing practice (evaluation). (1.6)	Competency #7: Examines multiple potential approaches to health issues (evaluation and inference). (1.7)
Level #1 Sophomore	Examines new information within the context of previous knowledge. (1.4.1)	Identifies the contextual variables that affect specific issues. (1.5.1)	Critiques professional and research findings for applicability to common health problems. (1.6.1)	Identifies important health care issues that might have an effect on health care and nursing practice. (1.7.1)
Level #2 Junior	Applies previously learned information to new situations.(1.4.2)	Analyzes arguments for validity and relevance to issues being discussed. (1.5.2)	Applies nursing research and professional literature findings to specific client-system care problems. (1.6.2)	Uses standard approaches when seeking solutions to identified health care issues. (1.7.2)
Level #3 Senior	Applies previous/current knowledge to new contexts and situations (interpretation and analysis) (1.4.3)	Analyzes arguments to determine their context and validity (analysis). (1.5.3)	Critiques professional and research literature for use in nursing practice (evaluation). (1.6.3)	Examine multiple potential approaches to health issues (evaluation and inference) (1.7.3)

Outcome#2: A culturally competent person who provides holistic nursing care to a variety of individuals, families, and communities.

	Competency #1: Integrates cultural beliefs, values, and practices of individuals, families, and communities when providing nursing therapeutics. (2.1)	Competency #2: Evaluates the influence of culturally-tied health beliefs and practices on care providers' and recipients' abilities to maximize health potential. (2.2)
Level #1 Sophomore	Examines own and various cultural beliefs, values, and practices. (2.1.1)	Assesses culturally-tied health beliefs and practices to maximize health potential. (2.2.1)
Level #2 Junior	Integrates the cultural beliefs, values, and practices of individual, families and communities into relevant nursing therapeutics with increasing self-direction. (2.1.2)	Incorporates culturally-tied health beliefs and practices to facilitate recipients' abilities to maximize health potential. (2.2.2)
Level #3 Senior	Integrates cultural beliefs, values and practices of individuals, families, and communities when providing nursing therapeutics. (2.1.3)	Evaluates the influence of culturally-tied health beliefs and practices on care providers' and recipients' abilities to maximize health potential. (2.2.3)

Outcome #3: A knowledgeable coordinator of community resources who facilitates individuals', families', and communities' access to resources necessary to meet health care needs.

	Competency #1: Accesses community resources to maximize individuals', families' and communities' health potential. (3.1)	Competency #2:  Advocates for health care resources in targeted communities.(3.2)	Competency #3:  Enables individuals, families, and communities to access appropriate resources to meet identified health care needs. (3.3)
Level #1 Sophomore	Examines community resources that maximize health potential. (3.1.1)	Assesses communities for health care resources. (3.2.1)	Examines potential enabling behaviors to meet identified health care needs. (3.3.1)
Level #2 Junior	Facilitates access to community resources with increasing self-direction. (3.1.2)	Advocates for health care resources in targeted communities with appropriate consultation and increasing self-direction. (3.2.2)	Enables individuals, families, and communities to access appropriate resources to meet identified health care needs with increasing self-direction. (3.3.2)
Level #3 Senior	Accesses community resources to maximize individuals', families' and communities' health potential. (3.1.3)	Advocates for health care resources in targeted communities. (3.2.3)	Enables individuals, families, and communities to access appropriate resources to meet identified health care needs.(3.3.3)

Outcome #4: A politically aware individual who participates in the profession and practice of nursing with a global perspective.

	Competency #1: Examines the effectiveness of professional nursing's involvement in setting local, state, national, and international health care policy decisions. (4.1)	Competency #2: Analyzes the impact of global trends on local health care issues. (4.2)	Competency #3: Examines how the political arenas (government, workplace, professional organizations, and community) shape health care delivery. (4.4)	Competency #4: Examines processes that shape health policies at local and state levels. (4.4)	Competency #5: Advocates for policy changes that promote health for individuals, families, and communities. (4.5)
Level #1 Sophomore	Discusses nursing's role in shaping health care policies, and how these policies influence nursing practice. (4.1.1)	Explores current global trends.(4.2.1)	Identifies the effect of politics on health care policy and the health care system. (4.3.1)	Defines processes that shape health policies at local and state levels. (4.4.1)	Identifies the influence of health policy on individuals, families, and communities. (4.5.1)
Level #2 Junior	Identifies actual and potential strategies that may be used by professional nursing to influence health care policies at the community, state, national, and international level of decision-making. (4.1.2)	Relates the impact of global trends to local health issues. (4.2.2)	Analyzes the positive and negative impact that politics can have on health care policy decisions.  (4.3.2)	Explores processes that shape health policies at local and state levels. (4.4.2)	Analyzes factors influencing health policy for individuals, families, and communities. (4.5.2)
Level #3 Senior	Examines the effectiveness of professional nursing's involvement in setting local, state, national, and international health care policy decisions. (4.1.3)	Analyzes the impact of global trends on local health care issues. (4.2.3)	Examines how the political arenas (government, workplace, professional organizations, and community) shape health care delivery. (4.3.3)	Examines processes that shape health policies at local and state levels. (4.4.3)	Advocates for policy changes that promote health for individuals, families, and communities. (4.5.3)

Outcome #5: An individual who practices within an ethical and legal framework of the nursing profession.

	Competency #1: Articulates personal beliefs and values and how they affect individual nursing practice. (5.1)	Competency #2: Articulates ethical and legal standards relating to health care dilemmas. (5.2.)	Competency #3: Enables individuals and families to make informed health care decisions that respect their beliefs, values, and rights.(5.3)	Competency #4: Uses a decision model to resolve ethical dilemmas. (5.4)
Level #1 Sophomore	Clarifies personal beliefs and values. (5.1.1)	Identifies health care situations that create an ethical or legal dilemma for nurses or their client-systems. (5.2.1)	Examines beliefs, values, and rights of others in making decisions that influence health.(5.3.1)	Applies decision models to personal dilemmas. (5.4.1)
Level #2 Junior	Examines own beliefs and values and how they influence individual nursing practice. (5.1.2)	Examines ethical and legal standards and models that have application to healthcare dilemmas. (5.2.2)	Analyzes the strengths and limitations of existing ethical/legal decision models in seeking solutions to health care issues. (5.3.2)	Applies a selected decision model with guidance in resolving real or hypothetical ethical health care dilemmas.(5.4.2)
Level #3 Senior	Articulates personal beliefs and values and how they affect individual nursing practice. (5.1.3)	Articulates ethical and legal standards relating to health care dilemmas. (5.2.3)	Enables individuals and families to make informed health care decisions that respect their beliefs, values, and rights. (5.3.3)	Uses a decision model to resolve ethical dilemmas. (5.4.3)

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	Competency #5: Advocates for individuals, families, and communities by informing them of their legal and ethical rights. (5.5)	Competency #6: Incorporates professional standards and statutory rules and regulations pertinent to nursing into individual nursing practice. (5.6)	Competency #7: Demonstrates accountability and responsibility for nursing judgments and actions. (5.7)
Level #1 Sophomore	Examines legal and ethical right of individuals, families, and communities. (5.5.1)	Recognizes the need for statutory rules and regulations in defining professional nursing practice. (5.6.1)	Values personal accountability and responsibility for individual judgments and actions. (5.7.1)
Level #2 Junior	Advocates for individuals, families, and communities by informing them of their legal and ethical rights with guidance. (5.5.2)	Examines the professional standards and statutory rules and regulations pertinent to nursing (5.6.2)	Demonstrates accountability and responsibility for nursing judgments and actions with guidance (5.7.2)
Level #3 Senior	Advocates for individuals, families, and communities by informing them of their legal and ethical rights. (5.5.3)	Incorporates professional standards and statutory rules and regulations pertinent to nursing into individual nursing practice. (5.6.3)	Demonstrates accountability and responsibility for nursing judgments and actions. (5.7.3)

Outcome #6: An effective communicator who is able to share accurate information.

	Competency #1: Demonstrates effective writing skills consistent with the School of Nursing's published writing expectations. (6.1)	Competency #2: Communicates clearly and effectively with individuals, families, communities and other health care providers for the purpose of positively affecting care outcomes. (6.2)	Competency #3: Uses information technology when facilitating communication, managing information data sets and seeking solutions to problems. (6.3)	Competency #4: Incorporates therapeutic interpersonal communication techniques in client-system interactions. (6.4)	Competency #5: Shares information and ideas in various professional and public arenas. (6.5)
Level #1 Sophomore	Incorporates a critique of expert professional sources in written work. (6.1.1)	Applies communication models to specific interactions . (6.2.1)	Uses information technology for library use and to enhance communication with faculty, peers, and others. (6.3.1)	Identifies opportunities for using communication as a therapeutic technique. (6.4.1)	Shares information and ideas with students peers and faculty. (6.5.1)
Level #2 Junior	Produces writing consistent with University standards that includes clarity of thoughts, coherency of arguments, organization of ideas, and grammatical accuracy. (6.1.2)	Demonstrates awareness of how the communication patterns of self and others affect client care outcomes.  (6.2.2)	Uses information technology to facilitate the coordination of nursing care (i.e. care planning). (6.3.2)	Differentiates therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques in client-system interactions. (6.4.2)	Shares information and ideas with immediate health team members. (6.5.2)
Level #3 Senior	Demonstrates effective writing skills consistent with the School of Nursing's published writing expectations.(6.1.3)	Communicates clearly and effectively with individuals, families, communities and other health care providers for the purpose of positively affecting care outcomes. (6.2.3)	Uses information technology when facilitating communication, managing information data sets and seeking solutions to problems. (6.3.3)	Incorporates therapeutic inter personal communication techniques in client-system interactions. (6.4.3)	Shares information and ideas in various professional and public arenas. (6.5.3)

Outcome #7: A competent provider of health care who assumes the multiple role dimensions in structured and semi-structured health care settings.

	Competency #1: Collaborates in a variety of settings to deliver health care. (7.1)	Competency #2: Maximizes client-systems' health potentials by assisting them in meeting their needs. (7.2)	Competency #3: Individualizes therapeutic care of individuals, families, and communities.(7.3)	Competency #4: Provides safe, effective, nurturing care to promote the health of individuals, families, and communities. (7.4)	Competency #5: Implements teaching-learning processes that promote health and prevent illness of individuals, families, and communities. (7.5)
Level #1 Sophomore	Recognizes the meaning and value of collaboration within health care settings. (7.1.1)	Recognizes real and potential health needs of individuals, families, and communities. (7.2.1)	Recognizes normal health patterns of individuals and families. (7.3.1)	Provides safe, effective nursing care with guidance that is consistent with the student's level of knowledge and skills and promotes the health of individuals and families. (7.4.1)	Recognizes personal readiness to learn and teaching strategies consistent with personal learning styles. (7.5.1)
Level #2 Junior	Collaborates with specific health team members involved in the care of assigned individuals and families. (7.1.2)	Assists individuals and families in meeting health needs under the guidance of instructor/preceptor. (7.2.2)	Individualizes nursing and medical regimens in consultation with members of the healthcare team, the individual, and family. (7.3.2)	Provides safe, effective nurturing care that is consistent with student's level of knowledge and skills promotes the health of individuals and families. (7.4.2)	Delivers established teaching strategies to individuals, families, and communities that promote learning, health, and illness prevention. (7.5.2)
Level #3 Senior	Collaborates in a variety of settings to deliver health care. (7.1.3)	Maximizes client-systems' health potentials by assisting them in meeting their needs. (7.2.3)	Individualizes therapeutic care of individuals, families, and communities. (7.3.3)	Provides safe, effective, nurturing care to promote the health of individuals, families and communities.(7.4.3)	Implements teaching learning processes that promote health and prevent illness of individuals, families, and communities. (7.5.3)

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	Competency #6:  Intervenes with individuals, families, and communities identified as at risk for developing health problems. (7.6)	Competency #7:  Consults appropriately with expert resources in the provision of nursing care. (7.7)	Competency #8: Assumes responsibility for increasing professional skills and knowledge base. (7.8)	Competency #9: Refers individuals, families, and communities to other health care providers as indicated. (7.9)	Competency #10: Evaluates outcomes of health care.(7.10)
Level #1 Sophomore	Identifies behaviors that place self and others at risk for developing health problems. (7.6.1)	Identifies nursing resources available for consultation and learning. (7.7.1)	Begins developing nursing knowledge base and skills as an outcome of guided self-evaluation. (7.8.1)	Demonstrates an understanding of common community health resources available to targeted individuals and their families. (7.9.1)	Identifies outcomes that are consistent with health of individuals, families, and communities. (7.10.1)
Level #2 Junior	Implements care strategies designed to reduce real or potential risk in targeted individuals and their families. (7.6.2)	Consults with expert resources in the provision of nursing care with supervision. (7.7.2)	Uses expert resources to increase individual knowledge base and skill acquisition. (7.8.2)	Makes referrals to other appropriate care providers with guidance of instructor. (7.9.2)	Assess, with guidance, the degree to which outcomes of health care needs have been met for individuals and families. (7.10.2)
Level #3 Senior	Intervenes with individuals, families, and communities identified as at risk for developing health problems. (7.6.3)	Consults appropriately with expert resources in the provision of nursing care. (7.7.3)	Assumes responsibility for increasing professional skills and knowledge base. (7.8.3)	Refers individuals, families, and communities to other health care providers as indicated. (7.9.3)	Evaluates outcomes of health care. (7.10.3)

Outcome #8: A professional role model who promotes a positive public image of nursing.

	Competency #1: Exhibits professional behaviors that foster a positive public image of nursing.(8.1)	Competency #2: Speaks for the profession of nursing by articulating nursing's contributions to the promotion of the public's health and well-being. (8.2)
Level #1 Sophomore	Recognizes the positive professional image desired by the public and professional nursing. (8.1.1)	Recognize nursing's contribution to the public's health and its well-being. (8.2.1)
Level #2 Junior	Compares and contrasts the public image of nursing and the desired professional role model (8.1.2)	Defines the profession of nursing and nursing's contribution to the public's health and well-being to others. (8.2.2)
Level #3 Senior	Exhibits professional behaviors that foster a positive public image of nursing. (8.1.3)	Speaks for the profession of nursing by articulating nursing's contributions to the promotion of the public's health and well-being. (8.2.3)

Outcome #9: A responsible manage who balances human, fiscal, and material resources to achieve quality health care outcomes.

	Competency #1: Evaluates the impact of human, fiscal, and material resourceson health care. (9.1)	Competency #2: Makes decisions based on an analysis of costs and quality care outcomes. (9.2)	Competency #3: Delegates responsibilities in a manner consistent with the Nurse Practice Act to those individuals who are best qualified to complete them. (9.3)	Competency #4: Assumes responsibility for evaluating the actions of individuals working under their direct supervision. (9.4)
Level #1 Sophomore	Identifies the human, fiscal, and material resources necessary to effectively and efficiently provide health care. (9.1.1)	Examines the relationship between cost and quality care outcomes. (9.2.1)	Identifies job descriptions for health care providers. (9.3.2)	Assumes personal responsibilities for meeting expectations of specified assignments. (9.4.1)
Level #2 Junior	Discusses the relationships among adequate human, fiscal, and material resources and effective, efficient provision of health care. (9.1.2)	Makes practice decisions based on a preliminary analysis of costs associated with achieving quality care outcomes with guidance of instructor. (9.2.2)	Differentiates between the knowledge and skills of members of the health care team in relationship to contextual variables and interacts with the members according to those differences. (9.3.2)	Evaluates the appropriateness and efficiency of own actions in carrying out assignments. (9.4.2)
Level #3 Senior	Evalutes the impact of human, fiscal, and material resources necessary to effectively and efficiently provide healthcare outcomes. (9.1.3)	Makes decisions based on an analysis of costs and quality care outcomes. (9.2.3)	Delegates responsibilities in a manner consistent with the Nurse Practice Act to those individuals who are best qualified to complete them. (9.3.3)	Assumes responsibility for evaluating the actions of individuals working under their direct supervision. (9.4.3)