Program Outcomes

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
MARCH 1ST FOR FALL SEMESTER
JULY 1ST FOR WINTER SEMESTER

NOTE: This information is applicable only to AS nursing students admitted for the 2011-12 school year. Kettering College has admitted its final AS nursing class and will no longer be offering an AS in nursing option. Please check out our 3-year BS in nursing degree instead. Contact the Division of Nursing for more information.

2011-12

The graduate of the Associate of Science nursing program:

1. Critically reasons and effectively uses the nursing process to resolve health care issues with clients from diverse groups/populations.
2. Is a compassionate and conscientious nurse who serves humanity and the nursing profession in the spirit of Christian ideals.
3. Engages in learning experiences that promote ongoing personal and professional growth.
4. Uses Christian principles, professional nursing standards, and the code of nursing practice in the provision of client care.
5. Uses communication that is effective and therapeutic, along with information technology, to implement problem-solving processes in the evidence-based management of client care.
6. Functions collaboratively with other providers in acute, long-term, and community-based settings where policies and procedures are specified and professional guidance is available.
7. Uses the human functioning patterns framework to provide whole-person nursing care for the promotion of client wellness.
8. Incorporates knowledge of the impact of physical surroundings; social, religious and cultural communities; and economic, political, and demographic influences in planning whole-person health care.
9. Competently provides evidence-based whole-person nursing care that recognizes the values and beliefs of the clients.