NLN and QSEN ADN Program Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program, the graduate will
1. NLN Human Flourishing
Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and
ongoing growth as human beings.
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1A. QSEN: Patient Centered Care
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing
compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and
needs.
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2. NLN Nursing Judgment
Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the
provision of safe, quality care and that promote the health of patients within a family and community
context.
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2A. QSEN: Safety
Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and
individual performance.
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2B. QSEN: Informatics
Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and
support decision making.
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3. NLN Professional Identity
Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an
evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality
care for diverse patients within a family and community context
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CIP Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of the Associate Degree
Nursing Program, the graduate will upon
licensure
1. Practice professional nursing behaviors
incorporating personal responsibility and
accountability for continued competence.
2. Communicate professionally and
effectively with individuals, significant
support person(s), and members of the
interdisciplinary healthcare team
3. Integrate knowledge of the holistic needs of
the individual to provide an individual
centered assessment.
4. Incorporate informatics to formulate
evidence-based clinical judgments
and management decisions.
5. Implement caring interventions
incorporating documented best
practices for individuals in diverse
settings.
6. Develop a teaching plan for individuals,
and/or the nursing team, incorporating
teaching and learning principles.
7. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary
healthcare team to advocate for
positive individual and organizational
outcomes.
8. Manage health care for the individual
using cost effective nursing strategies,
quality improvement processes, and
current technologies.
3A. QSEN: Teamwork and Collaboration
The student will function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering
open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient
care.
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4. NLN Spirit of Inquiry
Examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question
underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families,
and communities.
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4A. QSEN: Quality Improvement
Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to
design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care
systems.
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4B. QSEN: Evidence Based Practice
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and
values for delivery of optimal health care.
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