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Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education

Outcomes

Student Outcomes (SOs)

Knowledge for Nursing Practice
Effective Communicator
Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines.
Articulates clear position/ purpose throughout the writing
Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences.
Demonstrates control of layout/presentation, vocabulary, and uses of discipline-specific language
Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
Demonstrates control of diction, tone, or register appropriate to a diverse audience throughout the writing
Demonstrates proper usage of grammar and syntax throughout the writing (i.e., spelling, capitalization, punctuation, varied sentence structure)
Demonstrates proper documentation of direct quotes, paraphrasing, references, and citing sources
Person-Centered Care
Innovative Thinking
Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.
Presents adequate information using sources that consider other perspectives
Communicate effectively with individuals.
Selects evidence that appropriately supports the position/purpose
Integrate assessment skills in practice.
Develops position/purpose with reasoning and consistency
Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs.
States a conclusion aligned to development
Develop a plan of care.
Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.
Evaluate outcomes of care.
Promote self-care management.
Provide care coordination.
Population Health
Christian Worldview
Manage population health.
Examine the ideological foundation of the Christian worldview.
Engage in effective partnerships.
Analyze the implications of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity.
Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.
Analyze ethical decisions made from the Christian worldview.
Advance population health policy that emphasizes collective well-being for populations served.
Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.
Demonstrate advocacy strategies.
Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
Transformative Leader
Advance the scholarship of nursing.

Demonstrates personal accountability and responsibility with awareness of purpose
Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.
Incorporates best practices with decision making, in alignment with goals
Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.
Articulates aspects of respectful collaboration with all individuals (i.e., listening, open minded, sharing ideas, follow-through, conflict resolution, etc.)
Demonstrates transformative actions to inspire and motivate growth in others (i.e., developing trust, servant leader, impact on others, being intentional, clear goals, authentic, credible/trustworthy, etc.)
Quality and Safety
Global Contributor
Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
Demonstrates knowledge of societal aspects of the world (i.e. languages, cultures, religions, art, history, political/social issues, etc.)
Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
Demonstrates an awareness and understanding toward diverse backgrounds, ideas and perspectives
Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.
Expresses the value and dignity of others through Christian virtues (i.e., compassion, respect, belonging, equity, acceptance, empathy, grace, objectivity, etc.).
Interprofessional Partnerships
Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.
Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs.
Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
Systems-Based Practice
Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care.
Incorporate consideration of cost-effectiveness of care.
Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice.
Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients,communities, and populations.
Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generateknowledge.
Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to populations served in a variety of settings.
Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels.
Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
Professionalism
Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society.
Employ participatory approach to nursing care.
Demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession.
Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.
Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing.
Integrate access, connection, and engagement as core to one’s professional identity.
Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development
Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being.
Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
Develop capacity for leadership.

Domains

Program Domains

Knowledge for Nursing Practice -
Integration, translation, and application of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, as well as knowledge fromother disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines.
- Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences.
- Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
Person-Centered Care -
Person-centered care focuses on the individual within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others. Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care builds on a scientific body of knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of specialty or functional area.
- Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.
- Communicate effectively with individuals.
- Integrate assessment skills in practice.
- Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs.
- Develop a plan of care.
- Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.
- Evaluate outcomes of care.
- Promote self-care management.
- Provide care coordination.
Population Health -
Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, healthcare, local government entities, and others for the improvement of population health outcomes by addressing variability in access, quality and results.
- Manage population health.
- Engage in effective partnerships.
- Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.
- Advance population health policy that emphasizes collective well-being for populations served.
- Demonstrate advocacy strategies.
- Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline -
The generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
- Advance the scholarship of nursing.
- Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.
- Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.
Quality and Safety -
Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
- Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
- Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.

Interprofessional Partnerships -
Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
- Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
- Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.
- Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs.
- Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
Systems-Based Practice -
Responding to and leading within complex systems of healthcare. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, and compassionate care to all populations.
- Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care.
- Incorporate consideration of cost-effectiveness of care.
- Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice.
Informatics and Healthcare Technologies -
Information and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information to drive decision making, and support professionals as they expand knowledge and wisdom for practice. Informatics processes and technologies are used to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
- Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients,communities, and populations.
- Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generateknowledge.
- Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to populations served in a variety of settings.
- Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels.
- Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
Professionalism -
Formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional nursing identity, accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values.
- Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society.
- Employ participatory approach to nursing care.
- Demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession.
- Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.
- Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing.
- Integrate access, connection, and engagement as core to one’s professional identity.
Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development -
Participation in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.
- Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being.
- Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
- Develop capacity for leadership.

Faculty

Program Faculty

Our faculty are committed to bringing their abundant knowledge, enthusiasm, and experience to GCU and its students every day.

Disclosures

Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education

Outcomes

Student Outcomes (SOs)

Knowledge for Nursing Practice
Effective Communicator
Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines.
Articulates clear position/ purpose throughout the writing
Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences.
Demonstrates control of layout/presentation, vocabulary, and uses of discipline-specific language
Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
Demonstrates control of diction, tone, or register appropriate to a diverse audience throughout the writing
Demonstrates proper usage of grammar and syntax throughout the writing (i.e., spelling, capitalization, punctuation, varied sentence structure)
Demonstrates proper documentation of direct quotes, paraphrasing, references, and citing sources
Person-Centered Care
Innovative Thinking
Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.
Presents adequate information using sources that consider other perspectives
Communicate effectively with individuals.
Selects evidence that appropriately supports the position/purpose
Integrate assessment skills in practice.
Develops position/purpose with reasoning and consistency
Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs.
States a conclusion aligned to development
Develop a plan of care.
Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.
Evaluate outcomes of care.
Promote self-care management.
Provide care coordination.
Population Health
Christian Worldview
Manage population health.
Examine the ideological foundation of the Christian worldview.
Engage in effective partnerships.
Analyze the implications of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity.
Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.
Analyze ethical decisions made from the Christian worldview.
Advance population health policy that emphasizes collective well-being for populations served.
Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.
Demonstrate advocacy strategies.
Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
Transformative Leader
Advance the scholarship of nursing.

Demonstrates personal accountability and responsibility with awareness of purpose
Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.
Incorporates best practices with decision making, in alignment with goals
Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.
Articulates aspects of respectful collaboration with all individuals (i.e., listening, open minded, sharing ideas, follow-through, conflict resolution, etc.)
Demonstrates transformative actions to inspire and motivate growth in others (i.e., developing trust, servant leader, impact on others, being intentional, clear goals, authentic, credible/trustworthy, etc.)
Quality and Safety
Global Contributor
Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
Demonstrates knowledge of societal aspects of the world (i.e. languages, cultures, religions, art, history, political/social issues, etc.)
Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
Demonstrates an awareness and understanding toward diverse backgrounds, ideas and perspectives
Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.
Expresses the value and dignity of others through Christian virtues (i.e., compassion, respect, belonging, equity, acceptance, empathy, grace, objectivity, etc.).
Interprofessional Partnerships
Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.
Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs.
Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
Systems-Based Practice
Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care.
Incorporate consideration of cost-effectiveness of care.
Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice.
Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients,communities, and populations.
Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generateknowledge.
Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to populations served in a variety of settings.
Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels.
Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
Professionalism
Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society.
Employ participatory approach to nursing care.
Demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession.
Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.
Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing.
Integrate access, connection, and engagement as core to one’s professional identity.
Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development
Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being.
Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
Develop capacity for leadership.

Domains

Program Domains

Knowledge for Nursing Practice -
Integration, translation, and application of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, as well as knowledge fromother disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines.
- Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences.
- Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
Person-Centered Care -
Person-centered care focuses on the individual within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others. Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care builds on a scientific body of knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of specialty or functional area.
- Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.
- Communicate effectively with individuals.
- Integrate assessment skills in practice.
- Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs.
- Develop a plan of care.
- Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.
- Evaluate outcomes of care.
- Promote self-care management.
- Provide care coordination.
Population Health -
Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, healthcare, local government entities, and others for the improvement of population health outcomes by addressing variability in access, quality and results.
- Manage population health.
- Engage in effective partnerships.
- Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.
- Advance population health policy that emphasizes collective well-being for populations served.
- Demonstrate advocacy strategies.
- Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline -
The generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
- Advance the scholarship of nursing.
- Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.
- Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.
Quality and Safety -
Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
- Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
- Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.

Interprofessional Partnerships -
Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
- Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
- Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.
- Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs.
- Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
Systems-Based Practice -
Responding to and leading within complex systems of healthcare. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, and compassionate care to all populations.
- Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care.
- Incorporate consideration of cost-effectiveness of care.
- Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice.
Informatics and Healthcare Technologies -
Information and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information to drive decision making, and support professionals as they expand knowledge and wisdom for practice. Informatics processes and technologies are used to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
- Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients,communities, and populations.
- Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generateknowledge.
- Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to populations served in a variety of settings.
- Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels.
- Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
Professionalism -
Formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional nursing identity, accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values.
- Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society.
- Employ participatory approach to nursing care.
- Demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession.
- Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.
- Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing.
- Integrate access, connection, and engagement as core to one’s professional identity.
Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development -
Participation in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.
- Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being.
- Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
- Develop capacity for leadership.

Faculty

Program Faculty

Our faculty are committed to bringing their abundant knowledge, enthusiasm, and experience to GCU and its students every day.

Disclosures

Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education

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Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education

Student Outcomes (SOs)

Program Domains

Program Faculty

Disclosure Categories Related to Professional Licensure

Alabama

Alaska

American Samoa

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Federated States of Micronesia