Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, the graduate practical nurse will demonstrate the following entry-level competencies:

1) Utilize, apply, and evaluate the nursing process effectively in the provision of care and health promotion of individual patients experiencing multiple states in chronic and acute health problems.

2) Demonstrate satisfactory performance of psychomotor skills in caring for individual patients experiencing chronic and acute health problems.

3) Utilize critical thinking, clinical judgment, and problem-solving skills to make decisions concerning nursing care of individual patients.

4) Communicate, apply, and evaluate effectively, via verbal, non-verbal, written and electronic means, in interactions with individual patients, families, faculty members, and menbers of the health care team.

5) Demonstrate accountability in personal practice by:

a) Complying with the scope of practice of the LPN as governed by the PA State Board of Nursing     

b) Adhering to a nursing code of ethics

c) Functioning with guidance as an advocate for the health care consumer

d) Dssuming responsibility for personal actions in providing nursing care

6) Utilizes educational opportunities for personal and professional growth in the provision of care and health promotion of individual patients experiencing chronic and acute health care problems.

7) Demonstrates values, attitudes, and personal qualities reflecting a commitment to respect human dignity and individual rights.