Program and Student Learning Outcomes

Program Outcomes and Student Learning Outcomes

The program outcomes for the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program are to provide undergraduate students with the:

1. Critical thinking, interpersonal, and technical skills of a nurse generalist.
2. Academic foundation necessary to pursue post licensure education.

Upon completion of the ASN program, the graduate will meet the following student learning outcomes:

1. Utilizes critical thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care to patients.
2. Validates theoretical knowledge of health practices.
3. Adapts and utilizes therapeutic communication.
4. Supports other health care disciplines in coordinating holistic health care.
5. Integrates information technologies when assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating care.
6. Summarizes and applies the current trends, issues, ethical dilemmas, personal, and cultural values and practices which affect the health care of patients.
7. Anticipates and adapts the principles of teaching/learning in providing care to facilitate patient autonomy.
8. Uses and applies the nursing process through clinical judgment: assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating care of patients, families, communities, and populations.
9. Integrates evidence-based practice.
10. Demonstrates professionalism in nursing practice, encompassing accountability, integrity, and respect for the uniqueness of persons.