Program Outcomes

Outcomes

The School of Nursing D.N.P. graduate is prepared to:

• Integrate evolving scientific knowledge from nursing and other disciplines as the basis for clinical judgement to inform and influence advanced professional nursing practice.
• Evaluate and lead the implementation of evidence-based strategies within diverse populations to provide person-centered care for individuals, families, organizations, and communities that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated and developmentally appropriate to maximize health outcomes.
• Evaluate and lead the implementation of evidence-based strategies within diverse populations to provide person-centered care for individuals, families, organizations, and communities that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated and developmentally appropriate to maximize health outcomes.
• Integrate epidemiologic, ethical, and resource management principles to lead collaborative initiatives that influence public policy, contribute to emergency preparedness, and improve equitable population health outcomes reflective of local, national, and global attributes that contribute to individual, community, organizational and planetary health.
• Lead the translation of evidence-based practice methodologies to collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate scholarship and knowledge from advanced nursing practice to improve health and transform health care.
• Evaluate and lead organizations and systems using data and emerging principles of safety and implementation science to enhance quality, promote a just culture, mitigate barriers, and minimize risk of harm to improve patient, provider, population, and organizational effectiveness.
• Create and evaluate interprofessional models of care that promote teamwork, foster mutual respect, and incorporate knowledge of the contributions of nursing and other professions to enhance patient and population health outcomes.
• Evaluate and develop initiatives to address complex systems of health care to effectively and proactively enhance value, access, quality, and cost-effective care to diverse populations.
• Critically appraise information technology documentation standards, modeling, and transmission of high quality, reliable data for clinical and administrative decision-making, and delivery of safe, high quality, and efficient services.
• Cultivate, engage in, and advocate for a sustainable professional nursing identity that incorporates principles of ethics, diversity, equity, and inclusion to promote optimal care outcomes.
• Incorporate practices that foster resiliency, flexibility, and 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 professions, organizations, populations and beyond.

Expectations for student learning outcomes are clearly articulated in each course and contribute to the achievement of overall program outcomes.