Terminal objectives/learning outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students can expect to achieve the following outcomes:

  1. The student will provide advance practice nursing care to individuals, families, and/or populations that is ethical, and science based.
  2. The student will critically appraise, disseminate, and translate evidence to advance the improvement of quality and accessibility of care.
  3. The student will develop and initiate new innovative practice approaches based on theories from nursing and other disciplines.
  4. The student will analyze, synthesize, and evaluate determinants of health, accessibility, and quality of care across diverse, underserved, and vulnerable populations.
  5. The student will critically appraise, disseminate, and translate the use of information technology and innovative technological advancements to improve the quality and accessibility of care.
  6. The student will demonstrate effective leadership in communication and collaborative skills as agents of change that improves accessibility to quality healthcare for diverse, underserved, and vulnerable populations.
  7. The student will demonstrate effective advocacy and be an active voice in policy change that shapes the healthcare system for today and tomorrow.
  8. The student will critically analyze emerging clinical patterns and develop delivery approaches to care that deal with episodic and complex problems within the practice settings, healthcare organizations, regionally, nationally, and globally.