Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
Based on Essentials of Masters Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AANC, 2011 )- (Updates to align with the 2021 AACN – The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education in progress.
The anticipated outcomes for the Master of Science in Nursing Program are to produce graduates who:
PLO 1. Integrates scientific underpinnings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings (evidence- based practice) in the role of the master prepared nurse. (Derived from Master Essential I).
PLO 2. Utilizes principles of organizational and systems leadership critical to the promotion of high quality and safe patientt care emphasizing ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships and a systems-perspective (Derived from Master Essential II).
PLO 3. Articulates the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards relate to quality, as well as are prepared to apply these principles within an organization (Derived from Master Essential III).
PLO 4. Translates and integrates scholarship into practice by applying research outcomes within the practice setting, resolving practice problems, and working as change agents to disseminate results (Derived from Master Essential IV).
PLO 5. Utilizes informatics and health care technologies to deliver and enhance care and use communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care (Derived from Master Essential V).
PLO 6. Uses interprofessional collaboration to improve patient and population health outcomes as a member and leader of interprofessional teams while communicating, collaborating, and consulting with others to manage and coordinate care (Derived from Master Essential VI).
PLO 7. Applies and integrate broad, organizational, client- centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregate populations (Derived from Master Essential VII).
PLO 8. Practices with an advanced knowledge of nursing and relevant sciences background and integrate this knowledge into practice (Derived from Master Essential VIII).
PLO 9. Demonstrates practice that is broadly defined to include any evidence-based nursing intervention resulting in the influence of healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, and/or systems with the intention to impact care directly and indirectly (Derived from Master Essential IX).