Upon completion of the master's degree program, the graduate will be able to:
- Implement a philosophy of nursing congruent with the Judeo-Christian values
that support the intrinsic worth of each human being;
- Synthesize theory, research, and values within a conceptual framework for
nursing practice in a specialized area of clinical nursing;
- Utilize outcome criteria to improve the quality of specialty practice;
- Generate nursing diagnostic hypotheses which guide the selection and evaluation
of nursing interventions based on outcomes;
- Use diagnostic, therapeutic, and ethical decision-making to provide therapeutic
interventions regarding complex health problems experienced by clients;
- Effectively use the research process to evaluate research findings, identify
researchable problems in clinical pracitce, and utilize research findings;
- Collaborate, consult, and coordinate continuity of care with clients and
other health professionals regarding health issues that affect individuals,
families, and groups in a multicultural society;
- Implement the role of the advanced practice nurse (clinical nurse specialist
or nurse practitioner) within a specialized area of clinical nursing practice
(adult health, gerontology, pediatrics, women’s health, community/family
nurse practitioner, psychiatric-mental health, palliative care and nurse anesthesia);
- Interpret the role of the nurse as it affects health care and health policy on a local, state, national, and global level.