Student Outcomes

MSN Student End of Program Learning Outcomes (EPLOs)

1. Demonstrate expert clinical reasoning and decision-making by integrating comprehensive assessment, diagnostic acumen, and evidence-based therapeutic management to deliver safe, culturally sensitive, and compassionate patient-centered care across diverse populations and practice settings.
   Domains 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice, and 2: Person-Centered Care (AACN Essentials, 2021)
2. Collaborate with interprofessional teams to drive system-based practice using advanced communication, leadership skills, and knowledge of social determinants of health to optimize care coordination and enhance patient and population health outcomes.
   Domains 3: Population Health, 6: Interprofessional Partnerships, 7: Systems-Based Practice, and 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development (AACN Essentials, 2021)
3. Critically appraise, synthesize, and apply current research and evidence-based guidelines to inform clinical practice and policy, enhancing patient care and improving health outcomes at individual and population levels.
   Domain 4: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline (AACN Essentials, 2021)
4. Cultivate a robust professional identity by integrating effective communication, lifelong learning, mentorship, compassionate care, and ethical practice to enhance the standards of advanced nursing practice.
   Domains 9: Professionalism, and 10: Personal, Professional and Leadership Development (AACN Essentials, 2021)
5. Propose quality improvement initiatives that enhance clinical practice, patient safety, and healthcare delivery systems by employing reflective, data-driven strategies for continuous personal and organizational development.
   Domains 5: Quality and Safety, 7: Systems-Based Practice, and 8: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies (AACN Essentials, 2021)