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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.
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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) |
Outcome #1: continued
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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) |
Outcome #5: continued
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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) |
Outcome #7: continued
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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.
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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.
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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) |
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