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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