EAST TENNESEE STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Relationship of College of Nursing Goals and Program Outcomes
College of Nursing Goal
Provide high-quality nursing
education programs.
BSN Program Outcome
1. Integrate knowledge
from nursing, the arts, and
sciences for the practice of
nursing.
MSN Program Outcome
1. Synthesize specialized
knowledge and theories
from nursing and related
disciplines as an advanced
practice nurse.
Engage in interprofessional
education, research, service,
scholarship, and health care
delivery.
2. Communicate effectively
with clients, colleagues, and
other members of
interprofessional teams.
2. Practice advanced
nursing in collaborative
interprofessional
relationships and in
partnership with
communities.
Deliver innovative health
care in partnership with
communities.
3. Coordinate health care in
collaboration with
community members in a
variety of settings.
4. Perform safe therapeutic
nursing interventions in
caring relationships with
clients.
5. Practice nursing in
compliance with current
legal, ethical, and
professional standards.
3. Manage the health care of
clients within current legal,
ethical, and professional
standards.
DNP Program Outcome
1. Integrate specialized
knowledge, theories, and
research from nursing
science and related
disciplines for application to
nursing practice.
2. Assume leadership roles
as advanced clinicians, nurse
educators, and/ or
administrators.
PhD Program Outcome
1. Evaluate specialized
knowledge, theories, and
research from nursing
science and related
disciplines for application to
nursing practice.
2. Collaborate with
communities and other
disciplines in research,
practice, and service.
3. Demonstrate
accountability in nursing
practice according to
accepted standards of
patient care and safety.
3. Assume leadership
roles as nurse researchers,
advanced clinicians, nurse
educators, and/or
administrators.
College of Nursing Goal
Provide culturally diverse
and international
opportunities for students
and faculty.
BSN Program Outcome
6. Implement health
promotion practices across
the life span and among
diverse cultures to improve
the health of a community.
MSN Program Outcome
4. Design health promotion
strategies across the life
span and among diverse
cultures to improve the
health of a community.
Engage in faculty, staff
and/or student research and
scholarly activities that
improve health and advance
nursing knowledge.
7. Use research findings and
quality data to improve client
outcomes and nursing
practice.
5. Apply research findings in
advanced nursing practice
and the delivery of health
care services.
Influence systems and
policies, through
professional leadership and
collaboration, to improve
individual and community
health.
8. Provide leadership for
activities that effect health
policy and change within
organizations and
communities.
6. Use leadership skills to
effect health policy and
promote change.
Provide BSN, MSN, DNP and
PhD graduates to address
nursing workforce needs.
All BSN program outcomes
are related to meeting
nursing workforce needs.
Approved by Faculty Council 12/6/04
Amended by Faculty Council 3/20/06
Revised and Approved by Curriculum Committee 10/5/09
Approved by Faculty Council 10/26/09
Addition of DNP Outcomes August 2012
Editorial Changes 7/1/15
DNP Program Outcome
4. Use information
technology to translate
research findings into
evidence-based practice at
the individual and health
system levels.
5. Affect desired change by
developing and
implementing policies at
different levels of the health
care system and with
different constituencies.
6. Provide multidisciplinary
leadership through analysis
of critical indicators within
health care systems to
provide optimal client care
and safety.
7. Demonstrate advanced
knowledge and skill in
planning and delivery of
health management.
All MSN program outcomes
All DNP program outcomes
are related to meeting nursing are related to meeting
workforce needs.
nursing workforce needs.
PhD Program Outcome
4. Analyze outcomes of
health promotion strategies
using theory and research
findings to improve the
health of communities.
5. Conduct research
that contributes to
nursing science and
practice.
6. Initiate change in health
care delivery systems, health
policy, and the nursing
profession.
All PhD program outcomes
are related to meeting
nursing workforce needs.