Open the Pathway to New Career Opportunities with a BSN Degree
ONLINE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Committed to academic excellence, the mission of the nursing program is to educate students to become baccalaureate prepared nurses who value excellence, provide leadership, show caring attitudes in all endeavors, and foster community. Graduates are prepared to provide outcome focused, client centered, evidence-based, holistic nursing care to individuals, groups, and communities of diverse backgrounds.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Use critical thinking and decision-making in providing and directing safe nursing care in the areas of physical and mental health assessment, nursing care plan development, intervention implementation, and outcome evaluation.
- Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills.
- Integrate professional role responsibilities in the areas of provider, designer, manager, coordinator of care, and member of a profession.
- Demonstrate professional value integration of the five C's of caring: commitment, conscience, competence, compassion, confidence*.
* Roach (1991) The call to consciousness: compassion in today's health world
Online Certificate in Health Care Management
The certificate in Health Care Management is designed to assist you in developing skills necessary to be a successful manager and leader in any health care occupational field. Subjects covered include: communication and relationship building, leadership and management in health care, and other topics in health care management. The certificate takes just 6 months to complete, and you will earn college credit for each completed course (undergraduate or graduate credit is available). After successful completion of this certificate you will be able to:
- Use effective communication skills to develop relationships within and beyond the health care organization.
- Describe effective leadership characteristics and management strategies needed to achieve successful outcomes in the health care system.
- Demonstrate achievement of business skills in the health care management areas of budgeting, human resources, strategic planning, marketing, and information technology.
- Integrate knowledge of ethical practice and legal responsibilities into the management role in the health care setting.
- Develop an understanding of the health care environment to include delivery models, economics, policy, risk management, and outcome measurement in health care.
