RN Program Outcomes At the completion of the Registered Nursing Program, the graduate will be able to: 1. Provide legal and ethical nursing care within the scope of practice of the Registered Nurse. 2. Operate healthcare technology to collect, manage, and communicate data in the provision of nursing care. 3. Collaborate through effective communication with the interprofessional team and diverse patient populations in the provision of comprehensive patient-centered care across various settings. 4. Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in clinical reasoning and clinical judgment. 5. Model professionalism and nursing excellence through a commitment to quality improvement and lifelong learning. 6. Demonstrate culturally congruent nursing care for a diverse patient population. 7. Provide safe, effective, and caring interventions with a diverse patient population across the lifespan. The sequence of the nursing program guides the student learning from simple to complex. The course student learning outcomes align to the end-of-program student learning outcomes to ensure learning progresses throughout the program. Each course outcome is marked with PO for Program Outcome to identify the program student learning outcome that the course outcome supports. Learning activities are directly tied to course student learning outcomes that are aligned to the program student learning outcomes. Clinical/Lab Experience The nursing program provides faculty-supervised clinical experiences to serve the diverse needs of the program. These external clinical experiences develop competencies at the registered nursing scope of practice and include providing safe, clinically competent, culturally sensitive, client-centered, and evidence-based care to promote, restore and maintain wellness across the lifespan. Direct patient care hours reflected in the program outline are adequate to achieve identified competencies, course, and program outcomes. The clinical/performance lab outcomes are based on the American Nurses Association (ANA) clinical standards for nursing practice, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency standards for nursing, and the Oregon State Board of Nursing (SBN) Division 45 Standards and Scope of Practice for the Registered Nurse. The essentials of OMEGA-7 provide the conceptual framework for critical thinking in approaching healthcare and the nursing process. The clinical/lab outcomes build the student’s progress towards the end-of-program student learning outcomes and are noted as to which program outcomes they support. The OMEGA-7 data collection or assessment includes: • Orientation : Is the person oriented to person, place, time, and situation? • Medication: Does the person know what medications they
are taking and for what? Are there any special instructions, monitoring, side effects to watch for, or nursing interventions for any of the medications? • Emergency: What is the person’s code status? Full code? Part code and conditions? No code When is the last time they had an emergency need? • Gait: Does the person require any assistive devices for ambulation? What risk does the person have for falling? • Allergies: Does the person have any allergies to medications or anything in the environment? • Air: Does the person require any assistive devices for breathing? Is the person able to breathe on his/her own? Are there any potential or real air toxins or pollutants that could affect the person? What is the appearance of the person’s skin or oxygenation level? • Food: Does the person require a special diet related to allergies, diabetes (sugar), hypertension (salt), heart disease (fat/cholesterol), edentulous (soft foods), dysphagia (pureed foods), NPO (nothing by mouth), small amounts (gastric procedure), parenteral feedings (unable to eat on own)? Does the person appear hungry? • Water: What is the recommended amount of water intake for this person? What sources of water has the person had to drink today? Are there any potential toxins or pollutants in the environments to affect the supply of water? How does the person prefer the water (hot, cold, icy, room temperature)? • Safety: Is the person’s safety at risk? Are there potential factors for the person’s safety? Is the patient hard of hearing or having visual problems? Is the floor cluttered or wet? Are there toxic chemicals in the environment? Is the person under the influence of drugs? • Hygiene : Is the person able to care for self? When was the last bath, shower, or linen change? Are the linens damp or wet? What are the environmental factors that affect the person’s hygiene? Is oral care being completed? When was the last clothing change? How is the person’s skin integrity? • Pain : Is the person in pain? Ask the person to rate the severity of the pain (0 – 10). What has worked in the past to relieve this pain? Is the pain chronic or acute? Does the person have prescribed pain medications? What else in the person’s environment can be modified to promote comfort (fresh air, water, food, rest)? • Sleep: How much sleep has the person had today? What helps assist the person’s rest or relaxation? Are there potential factors in the environment that inhibit sleep (sounds, smells, light)? How has the lack of sleep affected the person’s activities of daily living?
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