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Graduate Nursing Program Outcome Competencies

Upon completion of the master’s program at Villanova University, graduates will be able to:

  1. Apply theories, models, concepts, and research findings in programs of nursing education, nursing care delivery, or nursing practice, based upon on a critical analysis of their relevance to and probable effect on nursing and health care.
  2. Use the research process to develop nursing’s body of knowledge, extend its sphere of influence, and identify and propose resolutions to nursing concerns, based on an analysis of the trends and needs within the profession.
  3. Articulate the status and trends in nursing and health care delivery, within the context of historical developments and current socio-political factors, in the proposal of educational, administrative, case management or nursing practice processes designed to enhance the quality of nursing care.
  4. Exercise leadership in nursing and health care through activities that provide stability and facilitate needed change and progress toward meeting collaboratively-established goals for nursing and health care.
  5. Contribute to the development of and implementation of nursing knowledge and effectiveness through various forms of communication to numerous publics, including the nursing profession, the health care system, and society in general.