834 - Nursing Dual Degree (AAS/BS)

1. Patient-centered care - Acquires self-empowerment to provide holistic care to a diverse population while providing health education using learner-centered focused principles. (AAS)

2. Teamwork and collaboration - Demonstrates accountability and effective interpersonal relationships with clients and members of the health care team, and works collaboratively in professional practice. (AAS)

3. Evidence-based practice - Implements evidence-based practice to promote a caring environment that ensures client's safety, comfort, dignity, and self-esteem consistent with his/her developmental stage in an effective and efficient manner. (AAS)

4. Quality improvement - Demonstrates responsibility for continued learning and further growth. (AAS)

5. Safety - Manages care for clients while evaluating own performance to improve professional practice, quality of care, and safety in a timely and cost-effective manner. (AAS)

6. Informatics - Applies technology and information management skills to retrieve data, communicate, support decision making, and submit information. (AAS)

7. Reference: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, 2019 (AAS)

1. Synthesize theory and concepts from nursing, the liberal education domain, and other professions to expand knowledge. (BS)

2. Create a plan to foster social justice through civic engagement. (BS)

3. Apply principles of critical reflection, inquiry, and evidence-based practice to resolve nursing issues. (BS)

4. Integrate leadership principles to design, manage, and coordinate care for individuals and populations in complex and changing health care delivery systems. (BS)

5. Appraise issues related to health promotion and disease prevention to promote healthy life for individuals, families, groups, and populations across the life span, with attention to rural communities, maintenance, and end of life. (BS)

6. Apply knowledge of informatics to foster inter- and intra-professional communication and collaboration in the delivery of safe, quality health care. (BS)

7. Create a philosophy as a foundation for commitment to the profession, advancement, and lifelong learning. (BS)

8. Use a variety of methods to communicate in written and oral form throughout the program. (BS)