The Dean and Faculty measure undergraduate program outcomes in order to foster continual quality improvement.
Selected program outcomes related to new graduate achievement include the first time pass rate on the national licensing exam, the program completion rate and the employment rate after graduation. The findings are presented below:
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
| NCLEX Pass Rate |
97.9% |
93.48% |
98.36% |
100% |
86.36% |
| BSN Completion Rate |
98.11% |
95.24% |
85.29% |
86.96% |
95.24% |
| BSN Job Rate at 9 months |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Other program outcomes are related to student learning. These student learning outcomes are measured in class and clinical activities. In the undergraduate program, student learning outcomes are summarized below:
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Curriculum Strand
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Competencies/Outcomes
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Nursing Process
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Provides person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and is culturally and developmentally appropriate and uses the nursing process as a basis for making evolving clinical judgment to restore, maintain, and promote health, and to prevent illness.
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Critical Thinking
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Uses critical thinking to integrate established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge, knowledge from other disciplines, and a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences, into holistic care of the patient.
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Research
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Synthesizes, applies, and disseminates research to support evidence-based nursing knowledge and practice to enhance quality of care, improve health outcomes, and transform health care.
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Communication
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Communicates and collaborates across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other constituents to optimize care, provide health education, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
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Leadership
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Engages in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, contribute to lifelong learning; and supports the roles of advocate, change agent, leader, and follower within the nursing profession.
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Quality Improvement and Safety
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Applies established and emerging principles of safety and quality improvement to create and support safe nursing practice that enhances quality of care and minimizes harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
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Christian Principles
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Cultivate a sustainable professional identity grounded in Christian principles that include a spiritual perspective, accountability, humility, curiosity, integrity, and caring behaviors reflective of Christian nursing's characteristics and values.
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Global Perspective
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From a global perspective participates in the delivery of population health care from prevention to disease management, through servant-leadership and collaborative activities with community partners; such as public health agencies, schools, health care systems, and others for the improvement of equitable local and global population health outcomes.
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A summary report of all program outcomes, including student learning outcomes, can be obtained by contacting Dr. Kim Cooper, Dean of Nursing, at nursing@harding.edu.
Outcomes of all nursing programs
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