2011 College Student Handbook: Nursing Program Purpose and Outcomes - The Christ College of Nursing & Health Sciences

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2011 College Student Handbooks: Academic Affairs - Nursing Program Overview

What is the purpose of nursing education at The Christ College?

The Nursing Education Program supports the mission of The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences by providing a course of study that integrates concepts from liberal arts and sciences into a nursing curriculum emphasizing academic excellence and clinical competence. The promotion of critical thinking skills, professional behaviors and self-directed learning prepares graduates as beginning nurse generalists capable of entering practice in a dynamic health care environment. The completion of the Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing makes it possible for graduates to take the NCLEX-RN licensing examination and to pursue more advanced educational pathways.

The nursing education program shares the vision and values of the college, which are: caring, collaboration, integrity, and excellence. These core values will enable the college and its students to fulfill the vision of the institution: to be an innovative institution of higher learning providing a distinctive curriculum in nursing and health sciences.

What program outcomes, specific to nursing education and the nursing program, have our faculty and administration committed to assess student learning?

A graduate of the nursing program at The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences will be able to:

implement caring interventions in response to the diverse needs and inherent value of a person;
utilize ongoing assessment to identify a person’s adaptation to internal and external environment change;
implement prevention strategies in response to individuals’ positions on the health continuum;
implement the nursing process as a clinical decision-making strategy to provide and manage collaborative care;
utilize communications, including information technologies, effectively and appropriately;
demonstrate professional behaviors related to nursing practice;
utilize effective teaching strategies to provide accurate, relevant health instruction designed to achieve identified learning outcomes;
actively participate in the learning process to achieve desired changes in knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors.

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