Bridge (Master of Science In Nursing With An Emphasis in Nursing Education)

Professional Role

Effective Communicator

Exemplify professionalism in diverse health care settings.

Construct logical, cohesive, and persuasive arguments.

Manage patient care within the changing environment of the health care system.

Locate, verify, evaluate, and correctly cite print and electronic resources.

Exercise professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality care.

Exhibit proficiency in Standard American English for academic purposes.

Advocate for autonomy and social justice for individuals and diverse populations.

Demonstrate knowledge of the power and ethical ramifications of language choice and communication style.

Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice

Innovative Thinking

Comprehend nursing concepts and health theories.

Demonstrate clarity and logic in asking relevant questions and acquiring knowledge.

Understand and value the processes of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and decision making.

Apply appropriate critical inquiry strategies (e.g., inductive and deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis) to issues and questions.

Make informed decisions based on historical, current, reliable, and valid information.

Nursing Practice

Christian Worldview

Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the health-illness continuum: promoting, maintaining, and restoring health; preventing disease; and facilitating a peaceful death.

Examine the ideological foundation of the Christian worldview.

Implement patient care decisions based on evidence-based practice.

Analyze the implications of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity.

Provide individualized education to diverse patient populations in a variety of health care settings.

Analyze ethical decisions made from the Christian worldview.

Demonstrate professional standards of practice.

Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.

Communication and Informatics

Transformative Leader

Utilize patient care technology and information management systems.

Collaborate effectively with others to meet goals.

Communicate therapeutically with patients.

Recognize leaders, the results of their styles, and rationale for differences.

Professionally communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care teams to provide safe and effective care.

Examine the consequences of choice; understand the concepts of accountability and personal responsibility.

Encourage and motivate others to achieve their goals.

Holistic Patient Care

Global Contributor

Understand the human experience across the health-illness continuum.

Articulate knowledge of individual, group, and societal behavior.

Assess for the spiritual needs and provide appropriate interventions for individuals, families, and groups.

Define personal role in a larger, diverse social context.

Provide culturally sensitive care.

Acknowledge individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and belief systems, and interact appropriately.

Use knowledge of the past to develop understandings concerning the present or future.

Evaluate artistic and literary expression and how they influence and reflect society.