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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