Student Learning Outcomes

1. demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment informed by an integrated knowledge of the basic sciences, nursing science, ethics, law, and other relevant scientific sources of knowledge;

2. develop leadership and management skills that contribute to systems change associated with improved health care outcomes;

3. engage in evidence-based scholarship that contributes to improved health care outcomes;

4. utilize information and patient care technology to improve quality outcomes at the individual and systems level;

5. apply knowledge of local, national, and global health policy in support of effective care as well as advocacy for the needs of patients and populations;

6. collaborate with professionals within and across disciplines to improve health care outcomes;

7. apply evidence-based health promotion and health protection strategies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations; and

8. synthesize knowledge of the DNP essentials in a manner that informs the development of excellence in highly autonomous clinical practice and applies knowledge and skills in order to achieve improved health outcomes for patients and health care systems.