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Academic Learning Compact - Nursing

The major in nursing prepares graduates as generalists to provide holistic care that addresses the healthcare needs of diverse individuals, families, communities and populations across the lifespan. Nursing practice is built on nursing knowledge, theory and research. Graduates will translate, integrate and apply knowledge that leads to improvements in patient outcomes.

Additional information is available from your major's website.

Before Graduating You Must

• Achieve a rating of satisfactory in all clinical courses, graded according to College of Nursing rubric.
• Achieve an acceptable score on the Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) RN Exit Examination, or the equivalent, by the tenth week of semester eight for the generic nursing track and semester four for the accelerated nursing track.
• Satisfy the Florida statutes for the College-Level Academic Skills Requirement.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Integrate knowledge, skills and values derived from a solid base in liberal education to deliver quality care to individuals and groups across the lifespan and across healthcare environments.
2. Provide leadership in the delivery of safe, high-quality healthcare to diverse individuals and groups across the lifespan and across healthcare environments.
3. Utilize current evidence to improve healthcare outcomes for clients.
4. Utilize information management and healthcare technology to improve the quality of care.
5. Analyze processes through which healthcare policies are developed and changed to influence professional nursing practice and healthcare systems.
6. Utilize wellness promotion and illness prevention strategies with individuals and groups to improve population health outcomes across the lifespan.
7. Integrate professional values in the delivery of safe, culturally-sensitive care to clients across the lifespan.
8. Communicate and collaborate as members of interprofessional teams to deliver safe, high-quality healthcare.

Courses	Content	Critical Thinking						Communication
	SLO 1	SLO 2	SLO 3	SLO 4	SLO 5	SLO 6	SLO 7	SLO 8
AGR 4932	X		X		X
NUR 3069C	X			X	X	X		X
NUR 3129	X
NUR 3138 and 3138L	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
NUR 3145	X		X	X	X
NUR 3169	X		X			X
NUR 3638	X				X	X
NUR 3738 and 3738L	X		X	X		X	X
NUR 3825	X						X
NUR 3826	X				X		X
NUR 4739 and 4739L	X	X			X	X	X	X
NUR 4748 and 4748L	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
NUR 4829	X		X	X	X		X
NUR 4837	X				X
NUR 4944L	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X