Post-RN 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-RN 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-RN BN program, you will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:
- Engage in baccalaureate registered nursing practice compliant with the Canadian Nursing College and/or Association of Registered Nurses with which students hold active licensure, while demonstrating registered nursing practice consistent with the current:
- CNA Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses;
- applicable Health Professions Act (HPA); and
- applicable 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: 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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