Nursing - Traditional Program (BSN)

Program Educational Goals

The Nursing - Traditional Program (BSN) program is accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). These goals are aligned with the AACN’s domains of competence and the University of Delaware’s General Education objectives.

Students who complete the Nursing - Traditional Program (BSN) program will be able to:

1. Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines; apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences; and demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.
2. Person-Centered Care: Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship; communicate effectively with individuals; integrate assessment skills in practice; diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs; develop a plan of care; demonstrate accountability for care delivery; evaluate outcomes of care; promote self-care management; provide care coordination.
3. Population Health: Manage population health; engage in effective partnerships; consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care’ advance equitable population health policy; demonstrate advocacy strategies; advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
4. Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline: Advance the scholarship of nursing; integrate best evidence into nursing practice; promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities; apply quality improvement principles in care delivery; contribute to a culture of patient safety; contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.
5. Quality and Safety: Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery; contribute to a culture of patient safety; contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.
6. Interprofessional Partnerships: Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery; perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics; use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs; work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
7. Systems-Based Practice: Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care; incorporate consideration of cost-effectiveness of care; optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice.
8. Informatics and Healthcare Technologies: Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients, communities, and populations; use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generate knowledge; use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to diverse populations in a variety of settings; use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels; use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
9. Professionalism: Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society; employ participatory approach to nursing care; demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession; comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations; demonstrate the professional identity of nursing; integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional identity.
10. Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development: Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being; demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity; develop capacity for leadership