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Core Concepts
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End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO)
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Patient-Centered Care
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1. Perform a focus and/or comprehensive assessment on assigned client and develop
a holistic plan of care that is priority-based using the nursing process as well as
recognizes an individual鈥檚 preferences, values, and needs and respects the client
or designed as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated, age and culturally
appropriate, safe and effective care.
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Professionalism
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2. Demonstrate accountability for the delivery of own nursing practice that is consistent
with moral, altruistic, legal, ethical, and humanistic principles, incorporate American
Nursing Association Code of Ethics into daily practice, and participate in life-long
learning.
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Leadership
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3. Influence the behavior of individuals or groups of individuals within their environment
in a way that will facilitate the establishment and acquisition/achievement of shared
goals by using critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills to meet
client care needs.
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System-Based Practice
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4. Plan, organize, and deliver client care in the context of the work unit using available
resources to achieve quality client outcomes and recognizing interrelationships among
nursing, the nursing work unit, and organizational goals.
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Informatics & Technology
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5. Organize information and use technology to communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary team, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
to improve client outcomes and nursing practice.
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Communication
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6. Use clear, concise, and effective written, electronic, and verbal communication
skills with clients, families, and colleagues, fostering mutual respect and shared
decision making to enhance client satisfaction and health outcomes.
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Teamwork & Collaboration
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7. Function effectively within own scope of practice, fostering open communication,
mutual respect, shared decision making, team learning, and development of all health
team members, integrate contributions of others in assisting client/family to achieve
health goals.
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Safety
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8. Minimize risk of harm to clients, colleagues, and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance; participate in analyzing errors and designing
systems to improvements.
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Quality Improvement
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9. Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes, and uses improvement methods
to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health
care systems (Adopted from QSEN, 2007).
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Evidence-Based Practice
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10. Identify, evaluate, and use the best current evidence coupled with clinical expertise
and consideration of client鈥檚 preference, experience and values to make practice decisions
and value the need for continuous improvement in clinical practice based on new knowledge
(Adopted from QSEN, 2007).
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