2024-2025 Graduate Catalog


Outcomes

Master's of Science in Nursing Program Outcomes

The program outcomes and curriculum are mapped to The Essentials for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), the competencies from the Statement on Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice and Education (NACNS, 2019), and the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies (NONPF, 2016). This meets requirements from the regulatory agencies of the South Dakota Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The program outcomes are congruent with Augustana University’s Mission Statement and Core Values.


Masters of Science in Nursing students will achieve the following program outcomes: 

  1. Utilize advanced nursing knowledge to provide holistic care for patients, families, communities, and populations.

  2. Collaborate with stakeholders across systems to promote equitable and fiscally responsible population health outcomes.

  3. Implement research, evidence-based practice, and quality-improvement methods to promote the safe delivery of health care and strengthen outcomes.

  4. Lead interprofessional teams to optimize care delivery in complex healthcare systems to provide equitable care for diverse populations.

  5. Utilize informatics processes and communication technologies to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient health care services. 

  6. Demonstrate professionalism in advanced nursing practice, modeling ethical comportment and moral courage that reflect nursing’s characteristics and values.

  7. Assert leadership to sustain expansion of professional knowledge and nursing expertise that fosters personal health, resilience, and well-being.



References: 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing, (2011), The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing.

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. 

 

National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. (2019). Statement on Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Education. 3rd Ed.

The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2016). Adult-Gerontology Acute Care and Primary Care NP Competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/files/np_competencies_2.pdf