Clayton State University School of Nursing
School of Nursing
Nursing Student Handbook
Program Information
Outcomes
- Demonstrate human caring as a key philosophical basis
for the practice of nursing.
- Utilize effective communication skills to promote
therapeutic nurse-client interactions and good collegial
relationships.
- Engage in critical thinking by using creative problem
solving and making appropriate inferences, based on evidence
derived from clinical practice.
- Demonstrate client care that reflects the consideration
of socioeconomic, political, legal, ethical and human
diversity variables in the changing health care environment.
- Demonstrate competence in utilizing information
technology resources to advance professional practice.
- Collaborate with health care providers from other
disciplines to improve client outcomes.
- Utilize nursing therapeutics based on a synthesis of
critical thinking strategies and a theoretical knowledge
base in nursing to provide competent professional care and
maximize healthy outcomes.
- Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional
development as a life-long learner.
- Apply selected theoretical frameworks to nursing
practice in diverse settings
| KEY CONCEPT IDENTIFIED IN OUTCOME |
| 1. Caring |
6. Interdisciplinary Collaboration |
| 2. Communication |
7. Nursing Therapeutics |
| 3. Critical Thinking |
8. Professional Development |
| 4. Human Diversity |
9. Theory-based Practice |
| 5. Informatics |
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