Program Outcomes

DNP Program Outcomes

The UTC DNP curriculum is based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (AACN, 2006). Regardless of the individual’s entry point, DNP curricula are designed so that all students attain DNP Program outcomes:

1. Practice in a specialized advanced nursing role through comprehensive assessment, ethically and culturally sensitive planning, therapeutic intervention and evidence-based evaluation. (Essentials 8)
2. Apply evidence-based prevention by integrating epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental and other scientific data in providing health services to individuals, aggregates and/or populations. (Essentials 7)
3. Employ organizational and systems leadership competencies to address current and future health, safety and other quality improvement issues for health services. (Essentials 2)
4. Critically appraise information systems and advanced technical resources to support and improve health care. (Essentials 4)
5. Critically seek and appraise new knowledge from nursing and other sciences and translate this knowledge in developing, implementing and evaluating new practice approaches to meet goals for improving health care. (Essentials 1, 3)
6. Initiate, analyze and/or influence proposals for health policy, respecting the perspectives of the consumer, other health care providers and the affected communities or public entities, while incorporating principles of business, finance and economics. (Essentials 5)
7. Stimulate effective system change as a leader or a member of a collaborative and/or inter-professional team. (Essentials 6)

 

MSN Program Outcomes - Current Students

Upon the completion of the Master of Science of Nursing program, the graduate:

1. Synthesizes concepts and theories from nursing and related sciences into the delivery of advanced nursing care to diverse groups. (Essential I, Essential IX)

2. Understands how healthcare delivery systems are organized and financed, the impact of healthcare delivery systems on patient care, and identify economic, legal, and political factors that influence healthcare. (Essential II, Essential VI)

3. Promotes a professional environment that includes accountability, high-level communication skills, advocacy for patients, and abilities to analyze information regarding quality initiatives for improvement of patient care across nursing and interprofessional teams. (Essential III, Essential VII)

4. Integrates theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, practice guidelines and translational processes to improve practice and patient outcomes. (Essential I, Essential IV, Essential V, Essential VIII)

5. Examines impact of national and state policy, legal, and regulatory processes on nursing practice and population or patient health outcomes. (Essential VI)

6. Advocates for the value and role of the profession nurse while employing collaborative strategies in the design, coordination, and evaluation of patient-centered care. (Essential VII)

7. Synthesizes social determinants of health and research data to design and deliver evidence-based, culturally relevant clinical interventions and strategies. (Essential III, Essential IV, Essential VIII, Essential IX)

8. Incorporates the best available evidence from nursing and related sciences to build a foundation for practice. (Essential I, Essential IV, Essential IX)

9. Includes core scientific and ethical principles in identifying potential and actual ethical issues arising from practice to assist patients and members of the health care team to address these issues. (Essential II, Essential VI, Essential VII)

10. For Advanced Practice Registered Nurse MSN: Demonstrates the ability to assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, evaluate, and revise patient care to positively impact health outcomes using advanced knowledge in health assessment, pharmacology, pathophysiology, cultural competency, organizations and systems theories, communication, healthcare policy, advocacy, and inter-professional practice. (Essential I, Essential VIII, Essential IX)