Doctor of Nursing Practice, Organizational and Systems Leadership (BSN to DNP) Overview

Program Outcomes

1. Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, educational, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.
2. Develop and evaluate care delivery approaches that meet current and future needs of patient populations based upon scientific findings in nursing science, clinical sciences, and organizational, political, and economic sciences.
3. Use analytic methods to appraise existing literature and other evidence to determine and implement the best evidence for practice.
4. Serve as a leader in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and international health policy.
5. Advocate for the patients and the nursing profession within government, business, education, and healthcare communities.
6. Collaborate with interprofessional teams to analyze complex practice and organizational issues in leading change to improve patient, population, and system health outcomes.
7. Analyze epidemiological, bio-statistical, environmental, and other scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health.
8. Integrate advanced level of judgment, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, teaching, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient and healthcare outcomes.

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