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Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the
Nursing Technology program is to provide health education programs
for emerging and practicing healthcare providers, accomplished
through the values of integrity, quality, leadership, affordability
and innovation.
Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the ADN Program, the student will:
safe effective care ENVIRONMENT
1.
Promote achievement of client outcomes by providing and directing
nursing care that enhances the care delivery setting in order to
protect clients, family/significant others and other health care
personnel.
1.1.
Management of Care:
Provide and direct nursing care that enhances the care delivery
setting to protect clients, family/significant others and health
care personnel.
1.2.
Safety and Infection Control:
Protect clients, family/significant others and health care personnel
from health and environmental hazards.
HEALTH PROMOTION
AND MAINTENANCE
2.
Provide and direct nursing care of the client and family/significant
other that incorporates knowledge of expected growth and development
principles; prevention and/or early detection of health problems;
and strategies to achieve optimal health.
PSYCHOSOCIAL
INTEGRITY
3.
Provide and direct nursing care that promotes and supports the
emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and
family/significant others experiencing stressful events, as well as
clients with acute or chronic mental illness.
PHYSIOLOGICAL
INTEGRITY
4.
Promote physical health and wellness by providing care and comfort,
reducing risk potential and managing health alterations.
4.1.
Basic Care and Comfort:
Provide comfort to clients and assist in the performance of their
activities of daily living.
4.2.
Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies:
Provide care related to the administration of medications and
parenteral therapies.
4.3.
Reduction of Risk Potential:
Reduce the potential for clients to develop complications or health
problems related to treatments, procedures or existing conditions.
4.4.
Physiological Adaptation:
Manage and provide care for clients with acute, chronic or
life-threatening physical health conditions.
PROFESSIONALISM
5.
Model professional nursing behaviors.
5.1.
Practice within established ethical guidelines
5.2.
Apply the principles of accountability to their practice .
5.3.
Initiate own learning.
5.4.
Evaluate own strengths and areas needing improvement.
5.5.
Take
action to enhance learning.
5.6.
Articulate the importance of professional growth through lifelong
learning activities
6.
Practice within the profession's ethical and legal framework in
providing nursing care for clients throughout the life span.
7.
Value the individual members of the nursing profession for their
unique contributions to the discipline of nursing
8.
Pass
the NCLEX-RN successfully.
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Central Ohio Technical College
The Ohio State University at Newark
