Students completing this program will be able to:

Program Student Learner Outcomes

  • Demonstrate use of clinical judgment to provide evidence-based, patient centered care - with a focus on the social determinants of health utilizing, the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Utilize a caring professional identity and standards to provide ethical and legal nursing care for patients in diverse health settings.
  • Uphold professional accountability while utilizing leadership skills to delegate nursing care and evaluate patient outcomes.
  • Use information and technology to enhance therapeutic communication to support interdisciplinary patient care.
  • Use and evaluate quality improvement strategies at the individual and systems level that lead to optimal patient outcomes.
  • Establish a caring professional identity and grow as a provider of care by engaging in ongoing professional development.

Occupational Skills required
  • Lift patients and equipment up to 25 pounds safely
  • Carry and move equipment and objects up to 25 pounds safely
  • Kneel to perform CPR, work with patients, and assist patients who fall
  • Stoop, bend and twist to assist in ADL, perform transfers and operate low level equipment
  • Safely maintain balance while assisting patients in ambulation and transfer
  • Crouch to locate and plug in equipment
  • Reach to adjust equipment, to guard patient and to reach supplies
  • Walk for extended periods of time and distances over an eight hour period
  • Stand for extended periods of time over an eight hour period
  • Ability to handle equipment such as syringes, blood pressure cuffs, IV infusions, buttons, switches and touch pads
  • Dexterity to perform fine motor skills, manipulate and fine-tune knobs, dials, blood pressure cuffs, equipment, scales, and stretchers; don and remove protective clothing; safely handle sterile supplies to prevent contamination
  • Push and pull wheelchairs, stretchers, patients and Hoyer lifts
  • Palpate pulses, skin texture and bony landmarks
  • Differentiate between temperature and pressure variations
  • Accurately read numbers, letters, cursive writing in fine and other print in varying light levels
  • Detect changes in skin color, patient's facial expressions, swelling, atrophy and forms of non-verbal communication (gestures)
  • Observe patient and environment in order to assess conditions or needs
  • See BP monometer, small print on vials, syringes, dials, gauges and computer screens
  • Speak in English language in a clear, concise manner to communicate with patients, families, significant others and the health care team
  • Respond to patient with communication disorders (aphasia or hearing loss), or those who use ELL
  • Comprehend oral and written language, including health care terminology in order to communicate with patients, families, significant others, healthcare providers and community
  • Write and word process in English, clearly and legibly for charts and computer input of data
  • Hear heart sounds, breath sounds, patient distress sounds, machine timer bells and alarms; verbal directions and requests from health care team and patients
  • Function safely, effectively and calmly under stressful situations
  • Remain alert to surroundings and potential emergencies, and respond to patient situations, i.e. falls, pain, or change in physical status
  • Integrate information and make decisions based on pertinent data, in a collaborative manner
  • Interact effectively, appropriately and exhibit respect for cultural and ethnic differences of clients, peers and individuals in the classroom setting
  • Interact effectively and appropriately with patients, families, supervisors and co-workers of the same or different cultures with respect, politeness, tact, collaboration, teamwork and discretion in both the clinical and classroom settings
  • Communicate an understanding of basic principles of supervision, ethics and confidentiality
  • Display effective interpersonal skills necessary to interact in situations requiring close, personal contact
  • Display attitudes and actions consistent with the ethical standards of the profession
  • Maintain personal hygiene consistent with the close, personal contact associated with patient care
  • Maintain composure while managing multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Prioritize multiple tasks
  • Remain free from alcohol and/or chemical impairment in the clinical and classroom settings

Experiential Learning Required in Program

  • NSG101 Nursing 1
  • NSG102 Nursing 2
  • NSG201 Nursing 3
  • NSG202 Nursing 4

 
Most Common Linked Occupation Title – All Education Levels
  • Registered Nurse

Most Common Linked Occupation Title – Associate’s or Less
  • Registered Nurse

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