Outcomes
The School of Nursing master's graduate is prepared to:
- Demonstrate the application and translation of nursing knowledge and
ways of knowing from related arts and sciences in the design, delivery,
and evaluation of person-centered, population-focused care.
- Apply evidence-based strategies within diverse populations and systems
to promote holistic, evidence-based, person-centered care that is based
on a scientific body of knowledge and maximizes health outcomes.
- Evaluate epidemiologic, ethical, and resource management principles
surrounding public policy and engage in collaborative activities with
traditional and non-traditional partnerships with diverse stakeholders
to promote equitable individual, community, population, and planetary
health outcomes.
- Apply and disseminate evidence-based practice derived from the
scholarship and discipline of advanced nursing practice to optimize
patient care and improve outcomes in diverse health settings and
populations.
- Design, foster, and advocate for emerging principles of safety and
improvement science using data to enhance quality and minimize risk of
harm to improve patient, provider, population, and organizational
effectiveness.
- Model the use of effective communication and collaboration strategies to
strengthen the interprofessional team to improve health outcomes.
- Apply strategies of systems-based practice to coordinate and lead
approaches that improve health outcomes for diverse populations and
sustain system effectiveness.
- Analyze and apply information technologies, documentation, data
transmission standards, and data models for efficient clinical and
administrative communication and decision making aimed at delivery of
safe, high-quality outcomes.
- Develop a sustainable professional identity, including accountability,
perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment which is
reflective of nursing's characteristics and values.
- Contribute to activities that foster resiliency and flexibility that
lead to lifelong growth as a person, practitioner, and leader in
conjunction with the development of a professional voice used to
advocate for and mentor within healthcare.
Expectations for student learning outcomes are clearly articulated in each course and contribute to the achievement of overall program outcomes.
Master of Science in Nursing Programs 
