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

• Master of Nursing – Generalist
• Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner

Program learning outcomes

When you successfully complete the Post-LPN BN program, you will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:

1. 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.
2. Integrate concepts of population health, primary health care and health promotion while working with individuals, families and communities with complex alterations in health.
3. Synthesize theory, evidence-based practice and research while working with individuals, families and communities with complex alterations in health.
4. Model leadership behaviours such as reflection, advocacy and integrity to influence self and others toward goal achievement.
5. Function effectively as a baccalaureate Registered Nurse using critical inquiry processes to act in situations of uncertainty and ambiguity.
6. Work collaboratively with other disciplines and across health care sectors.
7. Incorporate personal integrity, responsibility and accountability in employment, community activities and further study.
8. Demonstrate commitment to scholarship and lifelong learning that includes self-reflection, self-direction and technological innovation.

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