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The mission of 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÊÓƵ Baptist University School of Nursing is to educate students in a Christian environment. The goal is to prepare graduates who provide holistic nursing care at both beginning and advanced practice levels in a diverse healthcare world. The school prepares graduates committed to providing evidence-based patient care, teaching, service, and outreach.

End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes

BSN Program Outcomes

Upon graduation from the BSN nursing program, the graduate will be able to:

1. Be able to function as practitioners and leaders of nursing who will be self-directed and responsible for making continuing contributions to the healthcare delivery system as evidenced by practicing in a health care environment that fosters safe and responsible nursing care. The graduate will participate in nursing organizations that encourage professional leadership roles in the nursing community.
2. Continue lifelong learning and will have the foundation for graduate study as evidenced by the graduate participating in continuing education activities and acknowledgement by graduate nursing programs that the student is prepared for graduate study.
3. Promote involvement in both professional and community organizations and activities as evidenced by the graduate participating in these types of organizations.
4. Accept personal accountability for ethical and competent nursing practice, as well as for continuing professional and personal development as evidenced by acknowledging responsibility for the care provided to clients. The graduate will also continue to enhance her/his learning both professionally and personally to improve client care.
5. Base clinical practice on methods of scientific inquiry, including the nursing process, to meet client’s needs for increasingly complex health care in various settings.
6. Apply concepts from nursing theories and research, cultural competencies, the sciences and humanities, to assess individual client’s/families/communities’ needs for nursing intervention.
7. Collaborate with clients and other health care professionals to plan and deliver health care services.
8. Communicate effectively, orally, and in writing, and will critically think about major concepts and processes essential to nursing (legal and ethical issues, effective leadership and clinical excellence).

Program Outcomes