Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Outcomes
Through the values of leadership, scholarship, collaboration, innovation, excellence, global health, humanism, learning, courage and diversity, advanced practice nurses who complete the curriculum of the program will:

  • Provide comprehensive and collaborative patient care across the lifespan utilizing the best available evidence for diverse populations across the health continuum.  
  • Synthesize scientific knowledge from diverse sources, integrating principles of change, contributing to the generation, translation and dissemination of knowledge.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of improvement sciences and peer review to achieve measurable health outcomes including value-based health care.
  • Apply technology and scientific health information to coordinate and deliver personalized health care to diverse populations.
  • Exhibit professionalism and accountability while providing population-based care that upholds ethical and legal principles.
  • Advocate strategies to impact the ethical, legal, and social factors of global health care to a diverse population. 
  • Collaborate as a leader and member of the interprofessional team to improve communication and coordination of care to achieve optimal population-health outcomes.
  • Demonstrate the ability to sustain lifelong personal and professional growth while recognizing diversity and respecting consumer preferences. 

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Outcomes

  • Prepare graduates to become competent certified registered nurse anesthetists who integrate critical analysis from the sciences and humanities, improving health outcomes.
  • Provide a full spectrum of evidence-based anesthesia care throughout populations' life span to optimize health outcomes.
  • Apply and translate nurse anesthesia practice theories based on scientific knowledge and clinical expertise while integrating and improving clinical practice.
  • Demonstrate behaviors that encourage respect for diversity, acknowledge human worth and dignity, impact the ethical, legal, and social factors of global health policy while accepting responsibility and accountability for one's own actions as a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
  • Apply technology and scientific health information to coordinate and deliver personalized healthcare across the lifespan.
  • Demonstrate clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice to improve professional nurse anesthesia practice and health outcomes.
  • Collaborate effectively as a leader and member of the interprofessional surgical team to maximize communication and coordination of care to achieve the best patient outcomes.
  • Foster an appreciation for the necessity of life-long learning, critical thinking, and continuing to grow personally and professionally while assuming accountability.
  • Demonstrate, as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, professionalism, accountability, and ownership while providing patient-centered care that recognizes the diversity and respects consumer preferences. 

Master of Science with a major in Nursing & Post Graduate Advanced Certificate Program Outcomes
Through the values of leadership, scholarship, collaboration, innovation, excellence, global health, humanism, learning, courage and diversity, advanced practice nurses who complete the curriculum of the respective track of the Master of Science program will:

  • Integrate critical analysis from the sciences and humanities to improve advanced practice nursing and health outcomes.
  • Develop innovative practice by integrating principles of change throughout health care systems.
  • Apply investigative skills in the translation of new knowledge to improve practice and health outcomes.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of improvement sciences and peer review to achieve measurable health outcomes, including, but not limited to, value-based health care.
  • Apply technology and scientific health information to coordinate and deliver personalized health care to a diverse global population.
  • Advocate strategies to impact the ethical, legal, and social factors of global health care policy.
  • Collaborate as leaders and members of the interprofessional team to maximize communication and coordination of care to achieve optimal health outcomes.
  • Provide a full spectrum of evidence-based health care services throughout the life cycle of the population served to optimize health outcomes.
  • Demonstrate professionalism, accountability and ownership while providing patient-centered care that recognizes diversity and respects consumer preferences.