Competencies of the Graduate

COMPETENCIES OF THE NURSING GRADUATE

Department of Nursing Program Outcomes:

1.  Synthesize knowledge and skills from nursing and a liberal arts education that includes both the sciences and the arts into professional nursing practice.
2. Prepare graduates to practice as baccalaureate generalist nurses to serve as a provider of care and be contributing members of the nursing profession to meet the diverse health care needs of a global society.
3. Facilitate the internalization of the values of the discipline of nursing that include altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice.
4. Prepare graduates as lifelong learners who serve as designers, managers, and coordinators of care, and who are members of the profession.