Nursing (B.S.N.)

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Nursing program can:

1. Comprehend foundational content knowledge pertaining to nursing by
   
   1. discussing the metaparadigm concepts basic to nursing from a Christian worldview: person, environment, health, and nursing.
   2. identifying key concepts in selected nursing theories with a focus on the Neuman Systems Model.
   3. discussing of the historical development of professional nursing with an emphasis on the Christian influence
   4. discussing of the legal parameters of nursing.
   5. describing the influence of culture and worldview on health beliefs and practices
   6. comparing of a Christian view of suffering and death with that of other religions
   7. discussing of spirituality and the nurse’s role in spiritual care
   8. identifying of an ethical framework with a Biblical foundation.
   9.  applying a model of ethical decision making to a case study.
2. Engage in scholarly research in the nursing field and apply it for evidence-based practice by completing an evidence-based practice project in collaboration with professional nurses for the advancement of care within a clinical setting.
3. Demonstrate skills sufficient to pursue a nursing career and/or continue education at the graduate level by completing professional responsibilities for RN license application.
4. Articulate employment and or graduate study options and their suitability for those options.
5. Articulate how faith connects to the field of nursing. 

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

Three credits from the following:

QuEST Requirements

*The choice of either a third semester of a language, a cross cultural, or a non-western studies course applies only to the Nursing major.