Program Outcomes

At the completion of the Masters degree in Nursing Administration program, the graduate will:

1. Synthesize knowledge from nursing and related sciences to fully analyze, design, implement, and evaluate nursing care.
2. Select and implement appropriate advanced leadership skills and critical decision making in the provision of health care team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery and outcomes.
3. Appraise and recommend quality improvement methods, tools, performance measures, and standards to ensure patient safety within an organization.
4. Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives to improve patient outcomes.
5. Analyze current and emerging health care information systems and patient care technology to optimize patient safety, cost-effectiveness, and quality health outcomes.
6. Interpret the effect of legal and regulatory processes, and ethical principles on nursing practice, health care delivery, and quality patient outcomes.
7. Collaborate directly with other health care professionals to improve patient and population health outcomes.
8. Evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that affect individual and population-based health outcomes.
9. Synthesize leadership theories and evidenced-based knowledge in leading the health care team in the delivery of quality patient care.