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Certificate, Practical Nursing

At the completion of the Practical Nursing program:

1. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Relationship-centered care: provide nursing care that is relationship-centered, caring, culturally sensitive and based on the physiological, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of clients with commonly occurring health alterations that have predictable outcomes.
2. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Teamwork and Collaboration: collaborate with the client and members of the interprofessional health care team to promote continuity of client care and shared decision-making.
3. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Evidence based practice: use current evidence as a basis for nursing practice.
4. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Informatics: use information and client care technology to support the delivery of safe, quality client care.
5. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Quality Improvement: participate in quality improvement activities assessing their effect on client outcomes.
6. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Safety: provide an environment that is safe and reduces risk of harm for clients, self, and others.
7. The graduate will demonstrate the following in a structured setting: Professionalism: demonstrate accountability for client care that incorporates legal and ethical principles, regulatory guidelines, and standards of nursing practice.