Learning Goals & Mission
Mission
In keeping with the mission of Saint Peter’s University to educate individuals to excel intellectually, lead ethically, serve compassionately, and promote justice in our ever-changing urban and global environment, the School of Nursing offers educational programs designed to prepare nurses with the breadth of knowledge and skills requisite for competent, ethical, and empathetic practice at the entry and advanced practice levels. These scholastic programs, baccalaureate through doctoral, develop graduates to promote, maintain, or restore health for all for whom they care throughout the lifespan. And most importantly, to provide dignity in life and death in whatever setting this care is delivered.
Learning Goals: Graduate
MSN: Primary Care Adult Nurse Practitioner Student Outcomes
- Integrate advanced knowledge from nursing, physical, behavioral, medical, communication sciences, and technology for advanced practice nursing
- Demonstrate critical thinking, innovation, and creativity in problem-solving
- Integrate the nursing process, diagnostic reasoning, and advanced learning to deliver quality primary health care to adult clients
- Implement the role of the nurse practitioner using advanced assessment skills and appropriate therapeutic interventions to effectively manage the health/illness status of adult/geriatric clients
- Propose strategies to address ethical issues that impact on the care and the delivery of health care for clients
- Model specialty practice which reflects accountability, lifelong personal and professional leaning, growth, service to others, and social justice by participating in professional, community and/or scholarly activities
DNP Student Outcomes
- Utilize advanced theories from nursing, medical, physical, behavioral, information systems and technology sciences as the foundation for advanced practice.
- Demonstrate safe, efficient, and evidenced-based practice within the advanced nursing practice specialty
- Relate knowledge of organizations and financing of health care systems to improve care outcomes while remaining cost-efficient
- Collaborate for interdisciplinary approaches for health care policy development and implementation to enhance patient outcomes or create change in health care systems
- Critically appraise research literature using analytic methods to establish best practices
- Assume a leadership role to advocate for social justice, equity, and ethical polices by influencing policy and to educate others about health disparities, cultural in-sensitivity, and lack of quality care by making these known in all arenas of care