Post-LPN Bachelor of Nursing - Learning outcomes
Career options
You may wish to work with patients or in administration in:
- acute, community or long-term care
- clinics
- health promotion
The skills you gain in the Post-LPN BN program will also help you to succeed in roles in:
- leadership and management
- advanced clinical practice
- education
- research
Further education options
Athabasca University
Program learning outcomes
When you successfully complete the Post-LPN BN program, you will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:
- Engage in baccalaureate registered nursing practice compliant with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) current entry-to-practice competencies for Registered Nurses while demonstrating practice consistent with the current:
- CARNA Nursing Practice Standards and all other CARNA standards and guidelines;
- CNA Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses;
- Health Professions Act (HPA), the practice statement in Schedule 24 of HPA, and the Registered Nurses Profession Regulation; and,
- common law, provincial and federal legislation that directs practice.
- Integrate concepts of population health, primary health care and health promotion while working with individuals, families and communities with complex alterations in health.
- Synthesize theory, evidence-based practice and research while working with individuals, families and communities with complex alterations in health.
- Model leadership behaviours such as reflection, advocacy and integrity to influence self and others toward goal achievement.
- Function effectively as a baccalaureate Registered Nurse using critical inquiry processes to act in situations of uncertainty and ambiguity.
- Work collaboratively with other disciplines and across health care sectors.
- Incorporate personal integrity, responsibility and accountability in employment, community activities and further study.
- Demonstrate commitment to scholarship and lifelong learning that includes self-reflection, self-direction and technological innovation.
References
Canadian Nurses Association. (2008). Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses. Ottawa, ON. Retrieved from https://hl-prod-ca-oc-download.s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/CNA/2f975e7e-4a40-45ca-863c-5ebf0a138d5e/UploadedImages/documents/Code_of_Ethics_2017_Edition_Secure_Interactive.pdf
College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. (2013, May). Entry-to-practice competencies for the Registered Nurses profession. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved from http://www.nurses.ab.ca/content/dam/carna/pdfs/DocumentList/Standards/RN_EntryPracticeCompetencies_May2013.pdf
College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (2013, January). Practice Standards for regulated members. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved from http://www.nurses.ab.ca/content/dam/carna/pdfs/DocumentList/Standards/PracticeStandards_CNA_Ethics_2008.pdf
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. (2006). Entry-to-Practice Competencies. Edmonton, AB: Author.
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. (2003). Nursing Practice Standards. Edmonton, AB: Author.
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. (2007). Ministerial Statement on Quality Assurance of Degree Education in Canada: Canadian Degree Qualifications Framework. Retrieved from http://www.cmec.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/95/QA-Statement-2007.en.pdf
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