Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Outcomes

As competent beginning professional nurses, the graduates of the Mark and Huldah Buntain College of Nursing at Northwest University effectively:

• Practice critical thinking using logical and sequential reasoning, tempered with creative, aesthetic, and intuitive processes.
• Apply the nursing process to plan and deliver care that is holistic, compassionate, culturally competent, and client centered autonomously and collaboratively with interprofessional teams.
• Provide nursing care in the framework of organizational leadership and systems management processes.
• Integrate health care policies and economics to accomplish equitable access to healthcare and continuity of care for diverse populations.
• Apply research methods in the investigation of clinical nursing problems and health care delivery.
• Evaluate quality indicators, evidence, and outcomes of health care planning and implementation.
• Design health care for diverse populations and communities considering limited resources and environmental impact.
• Demonstrate the use of nursing informatics, client care technologies, and interprofessional communication strategies.
• Articulate the unique characteristics of professional nursing and the role of professional nurses in direct and indirect client care.
• Propose a plan for formal academic and life-long education that enhances personal and professional growth.
• Practice professional nursing from a Christian worldview, demonstrating personal integration of faith, service, and cultural competence.