Comparison of Nurse-Midwifery and M.S.N. Program Outcomes

Nurse-Midwifery Program Learning Outcomes and Objectives:

Upon completion of the course of study, the student is expected to do the following:

  1. Demonstrate competent beginning practice of nurse midwifery as a primary provider of care to childbearing families and women in transition throughout the life span.
  2. Utilize critical thinking to incorporate research, theories, knowledge, and skills into nurse midwifery practice.
  3. Provide culturally competent care that addresses the ethical, legal, political, social, and moral issues affecting those in need of nurse midwifery care.
  4. Provide leadership to promote intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the needs of childbearing families and women throughout the life span.
  5. Contribute to the advancement of nursing and nurse-midwifery through awareness and involvement in factors affecting health policy, professional education, and the health care delivery system.
  6. Manifest the principle of cura personalis (care and respect for the individual) in implementing humanistic models of caring for the childbearing family and women throughout the life span.

M.S.N. Graduate Program Outcome and Performance Indicators

At the completion of the program, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate competence in selected scope of graduate level nursing practice.
  2. Use data and analytical processes to discover, critique, and/or synthesize nursing knowledge.
  3. Apply ethical principles to decision making in health care.
    Provide culturally appropriate care.
    Apply pertinent theories and evidence from research and related disciplines to guide advanced nursing practice.
  4. Use varied modes of communication effectively in leadership roles within health care and the profession.
    Initiate, maintain, and promote intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration in providing health care.
  5. Use varied modes of communication effectively in leadership roles within health care and the profession.
    Initiate, maintain, and promote intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration in providing health care.
  6. Demonstrate competence in selected scope of graduate level nursing practice.
    Apply ethical principles to decision making in health care.
    Provide culturally appropriate care.

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