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SEMESTER
OBJECTIVES FOR NURSING STUDENTS
Semester 1
The student will:
Provider of Care
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a health
assessment on an individual client.
- Select goals and develop plans of care for
individuals based on analysis of available data using theoretical
knowledge.
- Provide nursing care within legal and ethical
parameters to the individual client.
- Identify learning needs for individuals with
common health problems.
- Assist in evaluating and modifying the plan of
care for individual client responses to nursing interventions.
- Provide direct nursing care to culturally diverse
client(s) in a structured care setting.
- Use nursing process to guide delivery of nursing
care to individual clients.
Member of Profession
- Provide safe holistic care to individual clients
under instructor supervision.
- Identify situations requiring advocacy.
- Recognize the role of the professional nurse in
the delivery of health care.
Coordinator of Care
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Identify resources needed for the
delivery of care to individual clients in in-patient (acute care and
residential) settings.
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Participate in the planning and delivery
of nursing care to individual clients as a supervised member of the
interdisciplinary health care team.
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Identify need for individual client
referrals.
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Identify roles and functions of members
of the interdisciplinary health care team.
Semester
2
The student will:
Provider of
Care
1.
Apply knowledge based on theoretical and conceptual principles and
research methodology to assess persons and families with identified physical
and or psychiatric problems.
2.
Formulate goals and develop plans of care for individuals and
families based on analysis of available data using theoretical knowledge in
collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team.
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Provide legal, ethical, and
collaborative care to individuals and family members in the acute care,
residential and community settings.
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Develop and implement teaching plans for
individual clients with health care needs.
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Evaluate and modify the plan of care for
individual clients in collaboration with the interdisciplinary health
care team.
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Provide for care of culturally diverse
individual client(s) in collaboration with the interdisciplinary health
care team.
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Use critical thinking along with
evidence-based practice to guide delivery of nursing care to individual
clients.
Member of Profession
1.
Assume responsibility and accountability for providing safe,
effective nursing to individuals and families.
2.
Act as an advocate for individuals and families in the various care
settings. Critique research studies for application/use to guide nursing
practice.
3.
Identify avenues for promoting the profession and improving
quality of health care.
Coordinator of Care
1.
Identify appropriate resources available to clients and their
families in community and acute care settings
2.
Include collaborative interventions in planning and delivering care
to clients.
3.
Assess and identify necessary resources and services based on
changing needs of clients and their families and refer to the
interdisciplinary health care team for necessary services.
4.
Identify changes needed in policies and procedures. Adapt to changing
roles and functions of the professional nurse in varied health care
settings.
Semester 3
The student will:
Provider of Care
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Apply knowledge based on theoretical,
conceptual, and research methodology to assess persons throughout the
life cycle. Apply knowledge based on theoretical, conceptual, and
research methodology to assess communities
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Formulate goals and develop plans of
care for individuals, families, and communities based on analysis of
available data using theoretical knowledge in collaboration with members
of the interdisciplinary health care team.
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Provide legal, ethical, and
collaborative care to individuals, families, and communities in the
acute and community settings.
- Develop and implement
teaching plans and be a resource for health education and information
for individual clients and their families.
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Analyze, evaluate, and modify the plan
of care for culturally diverse individuals and families.
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Identify priorities and organize nursing
care of multiple clients and families.
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Apply evidence-based practice and
research findings to delivery of care to individual clients and
families.
Member of Profession
1.
Assume responsibility and accountability for providing safe,
effective nursing care to individuals, families and groups.
2.
Identify problems in delivering health care and advocate for
individuals, families, and groups using research based nursing knowledge.
3.
Participate in activities which promote consumer awareness of Nursing’s
contribution to society.
Coordinator of Care
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Manage peers and material resources in
the delivery of care to individuals, families, and groups.
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Implement care for individuals,
families, and groups in collaboration with clients and the
interdisciplinary health care team.
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Assess, identify, and refer individuals,
families, and groups to the interdisciplinary health care team and
community resources for necessary services.
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Assess changing roles and functions of
the professional nurse as a facilitator for the client within the
organization and environmental structure.
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Assess organizational environments to
promote safe and effective care of individuals, families, and groups.
Semester 4
Terminal Objectives
(Outcomes)
The student will:
1. Apply knowledge of the physical, social and
behavioral sciences in the provision of nursing care based on theory,
research and evidence-based practice.
2. Deliver nursing care within established legal and
ethical parameters in collaboration with clients and members of the
interdisciplinary health care team.
3. Provide holistic nursing care to individuals,
families, communities, and society as a whole while respecting individual
and cultural diversity.
4. Demonstrate effective leadership that fosters
independent thinking and collaborative communication in the management of
nursing care.
5. Assume responsibility and accountability for
delivery of safe and effective nursing care.
6. Serve as an advocate for clients and for the
profession of nursing.
7. Demonstrate continuing
competence, growth and development in the profession
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