Learning Outcomes & Competencies

End of Program Student Learning Outcomes

The student/graduate will:

1. Distinguish how every patient is unique, made in God’s image, and deserving of compassionate and safe care.
2. Implement safe and effective care, basic to complex, based upon nursing evidence.
3. Demonstrate that every nursing decision is a priority decision which directly impacts positive patient outcomes.  
4. Examine all forms of interdisciplinary communication, from verbal/nonverbal to electronic and written.
5. Implement health promotion and patient education into all nursing measures.
6. Demonstrate leadership by advocating for the patient and ensuring a culture of safety.  

Program Competencies

• Provide safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered care.
• Collaborate with the health care team as a champion for the patient.
• Advocate holistically for the patient by using one’s faith to guide one’s actions.