NATRS 199 - Independent Study-Natural Resources 2

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NATRS 205 - Wildland Recreation

1. Demonstrate the use of common field and hand and power tools through recreation projects.
2. Demonstrate the ability to gain insight and understanding into wildland recreation management planning and design.
3. Demonstrate integration of knowledge from natural resource classes into recreation environment.
4. Demonstrate the ability to recognize the differences and similarities of wildland recreation operating procedures between federal, state, county campgrounds and private parks and campgrounds.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 210 - Introduction to Soils

1. Correctly identify key soil morphological and physical properties.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of soil forming factors, soil classification and soil nutrition.
3. Demonstrate ability to utilize soil maps.
4. Identify soil erosion and instability factors and provide appropriate preventative measures.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of soil organisms and ecology and its influences on human health and economy.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperator.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 262 - GIS Tools in the Field

1. Perform proficient use of field data collection technology like ESRI Collector, Survey 123, Avenza, and GPS units.
2. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each field collection technique.
3. Generate maps, graphs, and photo displays as part of analysis.
4. Analyze and process aerial and satellite imagery with computer-based programs.
5. Demonstrate competency using ArcGIS modules for spatial analysis of field collected data.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 263 - Cartography

1. Gather and process geospatial data for the purposes of map creation.
2. Create map-based solutions for a given audience and purpose.
3. Explain cartographic principles and utilize those principles for effective map design.
4. Implement cartographic techniques to create high-quality maps.
5. Improve map design skills through analyzing and critiquing their own work and the work of others.
6. Differentiate between appropriate use of color, typography, symbology, scale, map type, gestalt, among other design elements.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 270 - Stream and Wetland Ecology

1. Discuss the importance of streams and wetlands in making natural resources management decisions.
2. Describe acceptable and legal land management practices, among different categories of riparian zones and water types.
3. Use laboratory equipment.
4. Measure, analyze, and report stream and wetland physiology, biological, and chemical parameters.
5. Demonstrate skills in punctuality, leadership, professional attitude, respect, and the use of word-processing and spreadsheet applications.
6. Demonstrate critical thinking, analysis, application and synthesis through the scientific method using logical development of primary scientific research and be able to defend their development of conclusions.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 271 - Stream and Wetland Restoration

1. Develop skills in restoration and management in and around surface water sources.
2. Identify plant occurrence and stream dynamics.
3. Use their data collection skills in recording information obtained in both office and field settings.
4. Identify various management methods and activities used in restoring streams back to healthy and productive waterways.
5. Visit, observe, and participate in actual projects within the growing research based industry.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 272 - Fish Identification and Habitat

1. Classify and identify fish of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) at different life stages.
2. Identify anatomy and physiology of fish in the PNW.
3. Demonstrate ability to determine age, sex and growth rate of fish of the PNW.
4. Analyze behavior and life history traits of fish of the PNW.
5. View and discuss habitat utilized by fish of the PNW.
6. Identify various fish survey techniques comm in the industry.
7. Examine the importance of fish in our society and investigate regulations and policies associated with those fishes.
8. Research and develop a research report of the topic.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources Industry.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate good written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 277 - Natural Resources Internship 1

1. Find and obtain a job/position/internship position in a Natural Resources related field that will best help the student enhance his/her technical skills and prepare the student for career employment.
2. Obtain and complete an internship of 440-462 hours.
3. Keep a daily journal detailing: What was done each day, what was learned each day and contacts made each day.
4. Satisfy an evaluation by their employer/supervisor on standard job measures such as:  Job knowledge, quality of work, quantity of work, ability to learn and attendance.  
5. Improve their self-confidence in their abilities, competencies, and knowledge as measured by the employer’s and instructor’s assessments.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NATRS 278 - Natural Resources Internship 2

1. Find and obtain a job/position/internship position in a Natural Resources related field that will best help the student enhance his/her technical skills and prepare the student for career employment.
2. Obtain and complete an internship of 440-462 hours.
3. Keep a daily journal detailing: What was done each day, what was learned each day and contacts made each day.
4. Satisfy an evaluation by their employer/supervisor on standard job measures such as:  Job knowledge, quality of work, quantity of work, ability to learn and attendance.  
5. Improve their self-confidence in their abilities, competencies, and knowledge as measured by the employer’s and instructor’s assessments.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NATRS 279 - Natural Resources Internship 3

1. Find and obtain a job/position/internship position in a Natural Resources related field that will best help the student enhance his/her technical skills and prepare the student for career employment.
2. Obtain and complete an internship of 440-462 hours.
3. Keep a daily journal detailing: What was done each day, what was learned each day and contacts made each day.
4. Satisfy an evaluation by their employer/supervisor on standard job measures such as:  Job knowledge, quality of work, quantity of work, ability to learn and attendance.  
5. Improve their self-confidence in their abilities, competencies, and knowledge as measured by the employer’s and instructor’s assessments.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NATRS 280 - Natural Resources Internship 4

1. Find and obtain a job/position/internship position in a Natural Resources related field that will best help the student enhance his/her technical skills and prepare the student for career employment.
2. Obtain and complete an internship of 440-462 hours.
3. Keep a daily journal detailing: What was done each day, what was learned each day and contacts made each day.
4. Satisfy an evaluation by their employer/supervisor on standard job measures such as:  Job knowledge, quality of work, quantity of work, ability to learn and attendance.  
5. Improve their self-confidence in their abilities, competencies, and knowledge as measured by the employer’s and instructor’s assessments.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NATRS 284 - Road and Trail Engineering

1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate previously learned concepts including mathematics, navigation, surveying, mapping, aerial photo interpretation, computer applications, forest hydrology, wildlife management, wildland recreation, and silviculture.
2. Demonstrate their skills in road and trail design, Forest Practice Regulations that govern the design and construction of forest roads reconnaissance of a proposed road, identify control points, pegging and grade, harvesting and construction equipment, and drainage and project location onto a large scale map using math and fieldwork to learn curve computation and apply road geometry to the layout of a road or trail in a forested area.
3. Demonstrate the ability to work as an individual and in teams or crews performing outside work and a final project to incorporate students working in differing roles and leadership capacities and synthesis teamwork into a group product of road location, making accurate field notes and maps including curve design in the field.
4. Demonstrate preparation of a plan and profile from data collected in the field and understanding transportation and harvesting equipment purposes, limitations, advantages, and applications.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 286 - Natural Resources Business Principles

Credits: 5
A study of human relations and business activities unique to small independent businesses and organizations. Emphasizes contract supervision and consulting/contracting in natural resources management. Includes study of interactions of individuals, teams and crews, organizations, and business ethics. Teaches the types of ownership, organization, state and federal laws, contracts, taxation, insurance, payroll, finance, accounting, customer relations, personnel management, and negotiation.

Enrollment Requirement: NATRS 172  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; and instructor consent.

Course Fee: $5.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Practice assertiveness, motivation, leadership, effective communication skills, listening skills, negotiation skills, and conflict resolution skills.

2. Examine participation as team members, crew members, and employees.

3. Analyze hiring, assessment of personnel, employee rights, and personnel improvement plans and diversity in the workplace.

4. Compare and contrast interactions between small business owners and large organizations.

5. Demonstrate effective customer relations techniques.

6. Discuss business philosophies, corporate culture, and ethical business principles.

7. Initiate and manage a small business and evaluate strategic planning and develop a business plan.

8. Identify the requirements of the landowners and natural resources businesses that enter into agreements.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate good written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 290 - Internship Seminar

1. Demonstrate the ability to use computer word-processing skills and self-confidence by producing professional-quality business letters, résumés, and applications to obtain an internship position.
2. Demonstrate clear written and oral communication through the use of comparing and contrasting their individual written and oral presentations to those of others.
3. Demonstrate organizational skills through the use of different format styles in creating comprehensive resumes, completing thorough job applications and professional appearance through the use of performing mock interviews.
4. Demonstrate professional writing skills using correct grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
5. Demonstrate responsibility by punctuality and consistent attendance in class and providing assignments when requested.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 292 - Resource Sampling and Appraisal of Forest Condit

Credits: 8
Students acquire skills and knowledge to measure, calculate, and sample resources and forest products to determine value using statistically valid procedures. A rigorous course using skills and knowledge of tree diseases and disasters affecting forest product quality. Includes classroom, field studies and library research.

Enrollment Requirement: NATRS 182  with a grade of 2.0 or higher; and instructor consent.

Course Fee: $30.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Demonstrate their knowledge diseases which impact tree and log volumes and the reasons to assess dead and living trees in a forest.
2. Demonstrate their ability to identify the various types of inventory processes and appraisals required by employers.
3. Demonstrate the ability to complete thorough, orderly, concise note-keeping and mapping procedures.
4. Demonstrate how to accurately use equipment and methods common in the natural resources fields in performance of timber appraisal and to use statistical methods to assess and validate the results of sampling processes.
5. Demonstrate how to refine previously learned skills to measure or calculate diameters, distances, heights, basal area, and volume of logs, trees in stands of trees. 
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of tree and shrub species, forest diseases, forest types, log grades, and log sorts, use of aerial photography and maps, and different cruising methods. 
7. Demonstrate the ability to identify harvesting equipment, how to use desktop computer applications to calculate stumpage values. SuperAce
8. Demonstrate their ability to plan, design, and layout, a timber harvest.

Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.

Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

College-wide Outcomes

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 293 - Silvicultural Analysis and Forest Protection

1. Demonstrate knowledge of key forestry ecology principles that influence silivicultural practices.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate silviculture tools and practices that cover all stages of stand development to meet various management objectives.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of how silvicultural practices influence wildlife habitat, wood properties and forest health.
4. Develop a professional forest management plan for a landowner.
5. Identify threats to forest health and potential management responses to health issues.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 297 - Independent Study-Natural Resources 4

1. Develop a deeper understanding of their specific area of interest within natural resources.
2. Hone skills and techniques to further develop field based experience for their specific area of interest within natural resources.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NATRS 298 - Independent Study-Natural Resources 5

1. Develop a deeper understanding of their specific area of interest within natural resources.
2. Hone skills and techniques to further develop field based experience for their specific area of interest within natural resources.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NATRS 299 - Independent Study-Natural Resources 6

1. Develop a deeper understanding of their specific area of interest within natural resources.
2. Hone skills and techniques to further develop field based experience for their specific area of interest within natural resources.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NATRS 300 - Forest Ecology

1. Demonstrate understanding of plant succession, soil conditions and implications for tree growth.
2. Synthesize the science behind ecological occurrences and disturbances.
3. Discuss the theories including biodiversity, inter- and intraspecific interactions, disturbance and succession that describe ecological processes and how they can be applied across multiple ecosystems.
4. Demonstrate high reading and comprehension skills through reading and discussing scientific articles.
5. Conduct an ecological research project.
6. Write a scientific paper with their findings.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 301 - Resource Economics

1. Explain forest resource valuation in the context of private and public lands.
2. Complete basic financial analysis for various forest operations and practices using acceptable industry standard software programs.
3. Compare and contrast inflation, risk and uncertainty in financial decision making.
4. Appraise taxes and fees associated with forest ownership and resource extraction.
5. Compose and evaluate standard contracts for a variety of forestry activities.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperator.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 385 - Forest Protection and Disease Management

1. Correctly identify common insects and diseases that impact forest health and values in North America with focus on the Pacific Northwest.
2. Assess a forest for current and potential health issues from biotic and abiotic agents.
3. Prepare a management plan to deal with forest health issues.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the importance and impact of various disturbance agents on forest ecosystems.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 386 - Bio Invasions: Invasive Species Management

1. Access and utilize resources for identifying, classifying and reporting invasive species in Washington state.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the ecology of invasive species.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of three methods of control for biological invasive.
4. Participate in the control and management of invasive species.
5. Write an integrated invasive management plan.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperator.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 390 - Environmental Decision Making and Conflict Resolution

1. Discuss case studies of environmental conflict with a focus on Western environmental issues.
2. Examine stakeholders and learn to identify what communication process should be used to improve opportunities for conflict resolution and decision making outcomes.
3. Examine individual and group conflict resolution skills including interdisciplinary teams.
4. Participate in a public forum for an environmental conflict and write an industry brief on the issue.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 399 - Natural Resources Seminar

1. Discuss the various facets of Natural Resources through weekly guest lecture presentations from multiple professionals.
2. Discuss current events, findings and practices in the field of Natural Resources.
3. Engage with relevant questions of current professionals in the field.
4. Summarize talks and synthesize information through reflection essays.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 400 - Forest Practices, Law and Policy

1. Demonstrate their familiarity with the various environmental acts, laws, policies that govern Natural Resources on a national and local basis.
2. Demonstrate their familiarity with the updated and current HCP and Washington Forest Practice Rules and Regulations and how they are applied locally.
3. Demonstrate the understanding of the practical impacts of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, as well as the Endangered Species Act and how they impact land and water management in the Pacific Northwest (PNW).
4. Participate in a public forum and understand the process of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in the review process of the Forest Practice Applications (FPA). Explain the process and outcomes of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) review of an FPA
5. Demonstrate their appraisal and critiquing administrative process and behaviors, as well as legislative, regulatory, legal ethical, tribal and personal considerations. (This is the format of Timber, Fish and Wildlife (TWF) Cooperators).
6. Identify/define/explain the differences between the state and federal environmental acts and policies discussed in class. Be familiar with the SEPA document and the process.
7. Describe and explaining how the TFW Cooperative started, how it has developed over time and what its current role is in the management of natural resources in today’s environment.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 401 - Advanced Harvest Systems: Cable and Aerial Based

1. Demonstrate knowledge of current high lead and skyline logging systems involving both cable and aerial operations.
2. Demonstrate the knowledge of safety rules involving Labor and Industries (L&I) as they apply.
3. Identify types of rigging and equipment used in Aerial Cable operations.
4. Demonstrate harvest unit planning, design and layout objectives.
5. Demonstrate the knowledge of and identify commercial thinning operations and fire salvage operations.
6. Identify Riparian Migration Zones (RMZ), Wetland Migration Zones (WMZ) and Channel Migration Zone (CMZ) protection rules in regards to harvest operations.
7. Identify and delineate unstable slopes and the rules that apply.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 402 - Advanced Harvest Systems: Ground Based

1. Demonstrate knowledge and identify current ground based harvest operations available in the Forest Industry.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and identify safety rules involving Labor and Industries (L&I).
3. Identify types of rigging and equipment used in ground based harvest operations.
4. Demonstrated skills in harvest unit planning, design and layout objectives used in ground based operations.
5. Demonstrate the knowledge of and identify commercial thinning operations and fire salvage operations.
6. Identify Riparian Migration Zones (RMZ), Wetland Migration Zones (WMZ) and Channel Migration Zone (CMZ) protection rules in regards to harvest operations.
7. Identify and delineate unstable slopes and the rules that apply.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 403 - Transportation System Design

1. Identify the different classification of haul roads such as Class A, B, C and D miles and the associated rate for each class and the different design and standards for permanent mainline roads, spurs and temporary roads.
2. Demonstrate basic road engineering to perform road pegging, route surveying and reconnaissance, road location and field layout.
3. Identify fish passage issues, proper drainage structures and different erosion control techniques as they pertain to road construction.
4. Demonstrate their ability to analyze road costing, have knowledge of Forest Practice rules and regulations and the permitting process and maintenance dictate transportation designs.
5. Demonstrate their knowledge to identify the difference between road abandonment, deactivation and decommissioning.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate good written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 416 - UAV Applications and Mapping

Credits: 5
Explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications for mapping including methods of data collection, processing, and analysis for agriculture, real-estate, surveying, construction, with an emphasis on natural resources and forestry applications. Gain knowledge of rules and regulations of commercial use of UAVs including federal, state, and local jurisdiction regulations. Become familiar with UAV platforms for data acquisition, software for automated data collection, and software for acquired data post processing. Learn to use mapping software for remote sensing, image analysis, and change detection from data collected in the field.

Enrollment Requirement: NATRS 192  or equivalent; and instructor consent.

  Recommended: NATRS 107  

Course Fee: $75.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Utilize UAV technology as a form of data collection.
2. Differentiate between federal, state, and local regulations regarding UAV’s.
3. Engage in safe and efficient drone flights.
4. Perform image processing from collected data imagery.
5. Perform statistical analysis from processed imagery.
6. Create a comprehensive final project for a region of interest using UAV applications and other relevant GIS applications.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 417 - Resource Management GIS Applications 1

1. Utilize ArcPro software to complete mapping projects.
2. Problem solve ArcPro tools to complete tasks by utilizing ArcPro Help, Search and on-line help forums.
3. Download and upload geospatial data files and correctly import them into ArcPro.
4. Define projections of data layers for map creation and analysis.
5. Create file geodatabases, feature datasets, feature classes, fields and domains as necessary to support NATRS 386  content.
6. Create metadata to support new data creation.
7. Create user-friendly and client centered maps.
8. Conduct spatial analysis as necessary to support NATRS 386  content.
9. Write detailed reports explaining data acquisition, processing, and analysis techniques.
10. Create and present a final project encompassing the above outcomes.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 418 - Resource Management GIS Applications 2

1. Utilize ArcPro software to complete mapping projects.
2. Problem solve ArcPro tools to complete tasks by utilizing ArcPro Help, Search and on-line help forums.
3. Download and upload geospatial data files and correctly import them into ArcPro.
4. Define projections of data layers for map creation and analysis.
5. Create file geodatabases, feature datasets, feature classes, fields and domains as necessary to support NATRS 493  content.
6. Create metadata to support new data creation.
7. Create user-friendly and client centered maps.
8. Conduct spatial analysis as necessary to support NATRS 493  content.
9. Write detailed reports explaining data acquisition, processing, and analysis techniques.
10. Create and present a final project encompassing the above outcomes.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 419 - Resource Management GIS Applications 3

1. Utilize ArcPro software to complete mapping projects.
2. Problem solve ArcPro tools to complete tasks by utilizing ArcPro Help, Search and on-line help forums.
3. Download and upload geospatial data files and correctly import them into ArcPro.
4. Define projections of data layers for map creation and analysis.
5. Create file geodatabases, feature datasets, feature classes, fields and domains as necessary to support NATRS 461  content.
6. Create metadata to support new data creation.
7. Create user-friendly and client centered maps.
8. Conduct spatial analysis as necessary to support NATRS 461  content.
9. Write detailed reports explaining data acquisition, processing, and analysis techniques.
10. Create and present a final project encompassing the above outcomes.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland or Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 461 - Wildlife Ecology

1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic wildlife ecology principles including population dynamics.
2. Apply skill and knowledge to collect wildlife habitat and ecology data needed for habitat assessment and management.
3. Access, read and understand scientific and government documents related to wildlife ecology topics.
4. Conduct and write up a wildlife related research project.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperator.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 471 - Restoration Techniques

1. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in assessing a stand for restoration potential.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of various restoration techniques used for a variety of degraded environments.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the ecological, economic and social aspects of preparing and conducting restoration projects at various spatial and temporal scales.
4. Prepare a management plan for a restoration project.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperator.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 493 - Advanced Silviculture

1. Describe the most common silvicultural tools and practices and how to use them appropriately to meet management objectives.
2. Explain growth and yield dynamics for forest stands under a variety of management regimes.
3. Demonstrate the use and applicability of at least one growth model for making silviculture decisions.
4. Evaluate various silvicultural activities for biologic, economic and social soundness.

1. Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
2. Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
3. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 494 - Capstone in Natural Resources Proposal

1. Synthesize cumulative knowledge and skills to develop desired project outcome(s).
2. Work with a sponsoring entity to develop a complete project proposal.
3. Explain their proposal and process to all stakeholders.

1. Demonstrate knowledge and develop skills applying current laws, policies and regulations governing forest land operations and land management as well as the social and political effects of natural resource management including harvest, road construction and public use.
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate forest resource conditions, including forest health, invasive species and past management to form and carry out prescription to meet landowner objectives in a variety of forest conditions.
3. Demonstrate the knowledge of ecological processes and principles and the effects of management on forest land resources.
4. Demonstrate the expertise to collect, analyze and evaluate field data using current technology and equipment through scientific and land management processes.
5. Integrate geospatial workflows for problem-solving and analysis related to natural resources management through implementation of current GIS software and tools.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 495 - Capstone in Natural Resources Field Work

1. Conduct field work and other necessary tasks in connection with their capstone project proposal by working with a sponsoring organization. 
2. Expand their natural resource and interpersonal skills through the capstone process. 
3. Gain additional knowledge and experience in key areas associated with the capstone project.

1. Demonstrate knowledge and develop skills applying current laws, policies and regulations governing forest land operations and land management as well as the social and political effects of natural resource management including harvest, road construction and public use.
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate forest resource conditions, including forest health, invasive species and past management to form and carry out prescription to meet landowner objectives in a variety of forest conditions.
3. Demonstrate the knowledge of ecological processes and principles and the effects of management on forest land resources.
4. Demonstrate the expertise to collect, analyze and evaluate field data using current technology and equipment through scientific and land management processes.
5. Integrate geospatial workflows for problem-solving and analysis related to natural resources management through implementation of current GIS software and tools.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NATRS 496 - Capstone in Natural Resources Delivery

1. Articulate the results of their work product(s) to supervisors and other stakeholders.
2. Deliver a completed use-able project of their own creation to the sponsoring organization.
3. Assess and evaluate their skills and abilities in a natural resource field.
4. Assess and evaluate their personal character and knowledge growth.

1. Demonstrate knowledge and develop skills applying current laws, policies and regulations governing forest land operations and land management as well as the social and political effects of natural resource management including harvest, road construction and public use.
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate forest resource conditions, including forest health, invasive species and past management to form and carry out prescription to meet landowner objectives in a variety of forest conditions.
3. Demonstrate the knowledge of ecological processes and principles and the effects of management on forest land resources.
4. Demonstrate the expertise to collect, analyze and evaluate field data using current technology and equipment through scientific and land management processes.
5. Integrate geospatial workflows for problem-solving and analysis related to natural resources management through implementation of current GIS software and tools.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

N SCI 194 - Special Topics-Natural Science

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

NURSE 101 - Introduction to Nursing & Technology

1. Demonstrate use of electronic materials in educational programs and clinical settings for nursing students.
2. Describe strategies to enhance academic success in the nursing program.
3. Describe the role of the practical nurse in various health care settings and inter-professional relations.

1. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 102 - Introduction to Pharmacology in Nursing

1. Identify general principles of pharmacology including drug activity and reactions within the body, factors that influence drug action, expected actions and outcomes, pharmacokinetics, and nursing implications related to drug administration.
2. Describe the “Rights of Medication Administration”, components of a medication order, preparation of drugs for administration, methods to reduce medication errors, routes of medication administration, and the nursing responsibilities during the medication administration process.
3. Calculate medication administration and dosage problems accurately using information provided on drug labeling.
4. Discuss the uses, general drug actions, adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, interactions for drugs, nursing assessment and patient teaching related to various body systems.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
4. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NURSE 104 - Fundamentals of Health

1. Discuss the role of the nurse using the nursing process across the lifespan.
2. Describe legal and ethical considerations when providing care for clients across the lifespan.
3. Discuss the history of nursing including nursing theorists and current trends including research and evidence based practice.
4. Describe communication and documentation including HIPAA regulations as it applies to the care of clients.
5. Obtain seven (7) hour HIV/AIDS Certification per Chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 8.
6. Discuss cultural and ethnic considerations when providing care to clients.
7. Describe health promotion and maintenance related to nursing care of clients across the lifespan.
8. Using the nursing process, discuss basic principles of health related to pain and inflammation for clients across the lifespan.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 105 - Fundamentals of Health Community Lab

1. Identifies scientific principles when performing basic nursing care in a safe and effective care environment.
2. Uses the nursing process with nursing care, and when developing a comprehensive nursing care plan / concept map for one or more patients who are in different stages of the life cycle.
3. Documents nursing care provided and patient/family teaching.
4. Performs culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, and spiritual needs of a client.
5. Communicate confidentially with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care, as well as therapeutically communicate with the client and family.
6. Demonstrates competence with nursing skills including a head to toe physical assessment and accurate calculation of math seen in nursing practice.
7. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care, and personal/professional development when providing care to clients.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 106 - Med-Surg I

1. Identify normal/abnormal pathophysiology of common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
2. Discuss the etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical management of common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
3. Describe the role of the nurse, using the nursing process, when caring for the client with common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
4. Identify nutrition and health promotion activities related to the common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
5. Examines the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medication related to course theory content.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 107 - Med-Surg I Community Lab

1. Identifies scientific principles when performing basic nursing care in a safe and effective care environment.
2. Uses the nursing process with nursing care, and when developing a comprehensive nursing care plan/concept map for one or more patients who are in different stages of the life cycle.
3. Documents nursing care provided and patient/family teaching.
4. Performs culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, and spiritual needs of a client. across the life span.
5. Communicate confidentially with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care, as well as therapeutically communicate with the client and family.
6. Demonstrates competence with nursing skills, including accurate calculation of math seen in nursing practice.
7. Perform a nursing history and clinical unit admission, complete a transfer form and discharge form including a referral for additional services in a variety of clinical settings.
8. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care, and personal/professional development when providing care to clients.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 109 - Med-Surg II Community Lab

1. Identifies scientific principles when performing basic nursing care in a safe and effective care environment.
2. Uses the nursing process with nursing care, and when developing a comprehensive nursing care plan / concept map for one or more patients who are in different stages of the life cycle.
3. Documents nursing care provided and patient/family teaching.
4. Performs culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, and spiritual needs of a client. across the life span.
5. Communicate confidentially with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care, as well as therapeutically communicate with the client and family.
6. Demonstrates competence with nursing skills, including accurate calculation of math seen in nursing practice.
7. Perform a nursing history and clinical unit admission, complete a transfer form and discharge form including a referral for additional services in a variety of clinical settings.
8. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care, and personal/professional development when providing care to clients.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 110 - Med-Surg II

1. Identify normal/abnormal pathophysiology of common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
2. Discuss the etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical management of common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
3. Describe the role of the nurse, using the nursing process, when caring for the client with common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
4. Identify nutrition and health promotion activities related to the common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
5. Examines the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medications related to course theory content.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 111 - Mental Health in Nursing

1. Describe mental health, mental illness, the principles of mental health care and the continuum between both mental health and mental illness.
2. Discuss factors impacting mental health including culture, socioeconomic, legal, and changes in the health care system.  
3. Describe theorists and psychotherapies related to their impact on personality and behavior.
4. Discuss the role of stress, adaptation, coping, illness, and crisis related to mental health.
5. Describe components of a therapeutic relationship and therapeutic environment.
6. Examines the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medications for mental health disorders.
7. Discuss the use of the DSM-V multi-axial system for classification of mental disorders.
8. Using the nursing process, discuss the care of the patient with a mental health diagnosis.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 112 - Reproductive/OB/Pediatric Nursing

1. Discuss the care of the client experiencing reproductive disorders.
2. Discuss the normal and high-risk physiology of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum mother and baby dyad.
3. Describe the nursing care of the client experiencing normal and abnormal labor and delivery including the adolescent, using the nursing process.
4. Discuss physiological and psychological adaptations that occur in the postpartum period.
5. Describe the nursing care of the normal and high-risk client during the postpartum period using the nursing process.
6. Describe the nursing care of the normal and high-risk newborn using the nursing process.
7. Identify normal/abnormal pathophysiology of common medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the life-span.
8. Identify developmental theories pertaining to the care of the pediatric client.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NURSE 113 - Advanced Community Lab

1. Explains scientific principles and rationale when performing nursing care in a safe and effective care environment.
2. Uses the nursing process with nursing care, and when developing a comprehensive nursing care plan / concept map for one or more patients who are in different stages of the life cycle, including a client in labor and delivery, and immediate care of the newborn.
3. Documents nursing care provided and patient/family teaching.
4. Performs culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, and spiritual needs of a client.
5. Communicate confidentially with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care, as well as therapeutically communicate with the client and family.
6. Demonstrates competence with nursing skills, including accurate calculation of math seen in nursing practice.
7. Describes the management, resource allocation, delegation of tasks, and roles of the nurse within the code scenario.
8. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care, and personal/professional development when providing care to clients.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 114 - Intravenous Therapy

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the scope of practice for nurses initiating IV therapy.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and pathophysiologic reasoning for parenteral fluid administration including blood products, total parenteral nutrition, and medications.
3. Identify infusion related complications, their causes, and appropriate treatment.
4. Apply and implement strategies to prevent infection related to infusion therapy.
5. Demonstrate accurate calculation of IV infusion rates.
6. Demonstrate accurate documentation related to infusion therapy.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
4. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
5. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NURSE 123 - Emergency Care & Disaster Preparedness

1. Describe roles and responsibilities of healthcare team members responding to emergencies.
2. Identify nursing interventions used in the care of the client across the life-span experiencing emergencies.
3. Determine priorities for clients experiencing emergencies.
4. Identify socio-cultural influences that may affect clients in emergencies from seeking care.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

NURSE 127 - Safety, Basic Life Support and Infection Control

1. Identify the major signs and symptoms of choking of ages throughout the life span.

2. Describe and demonstrate the major elements of Basic Life Support through demonstration of effective CPR and use of an AED.

3. State the standard precautions used to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C.

4. Identify clinical manifestations of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, tuberculosis, influenza, MRSA, C. diff and Covid-19.

5. Describe important infection prevention practices and strategies that can be utilized as a healthcare provider.

6. Apply the chain of infection model to various infectious pathogens.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 194 - Special Studies-Nursing

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 198 - Independent Study-Nursing

1. Course outcomes to be mutually agreed upon between instructor and student. 

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NURSE 294 - Special Studies in Nursing 2

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical judgment that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
3. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
4. Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
5. Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
6. Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

BNURSE 312 - Registered Nurse’s Role in Holistic Health Assessment & Care

1. Synthesize knowledge from the arts and sciences to provide holistic, evidence-based nursing care to the client across the life span using critical reasoning.
2. Analyze the role of the nurse, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice when caring for the client with a health disorder.
3. Explain systems-based practice to enhance collaboration to coordinate and manage health care that promotes health and prevents illness.
4. Describe the application of clinical judgment in the nursing care of a client with a health disorder.
5. Examine the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medication and non-pharmacological treatments related to course theory content.
6. Evaluate the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical and nursing management of health conditions experienced by clients across the lifespan.
7. Implement health promotion and disease amelioration activities related to health conditions experienced across the lifespan taking into account relevant social determinants of health.
8. Distinguish the RN role from the LPN role regarding culturally appropriate nursing care for clients across the life span including communication, legal, economic, sociocultural aspects of care.
9. Explain various nursing and other theories that provide the foundation for current holistic, person-centered nursing care.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

BNURSE 313 - Registered Nurse’s Role in Holistic Health Assessment & Care Lab

1. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of medical-surgical clients in a nursing lab environment.
2. Demonstrate competence in performing nursing skills integrating information from the arts and sciences and evidence-based practice, and applying clinical reasoning.
3. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care when providing care to medical-surgical clients in the nursing lab environment.
4. Communicate clearly to client and family, as well other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
5. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.
6. Demonstrate accurate calculation of medication dosage and other mathematical applications related to nursing care.
7. Develop a concept map(s) using the clinical judgment and action model.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 314 - Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Physical Assessment for LPN to RN

1. Explain how pathophysiological changes impact human health across the lifespan.
2. Distinguish methods of performing physical assessment to determine the body’s response to health and illness.
3. Describe physical assessment findings associated with pathophysiological changes for clients across the lifespan.
4. Interpret the general principles of pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenetics/genomics in wellness promotion and illness prevention and treatment.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 317 - Registered Nurse’s Role in Holistic Health Assessment & Care Simulation

1. Describe patterns and deviations in subjective and objective data related to the care of clients who are in different stages of the life cycle in a simulation environment.
2. Interpret data to determine appropriate nursing response within legal and ethical guidelines to address relevant client data.
3. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a client in a simulation environment.
4. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, person-centered care, systems-based care when providing care in a simulation environment.
5. Demonstrate safe performance of nursing care in a simulation environment.
6. Communicate clearly to client and family, as well other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
7. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 332 - Applied Critical Thinking in Maternal-Child Nursing

1. Synthesize knowledge from the arts and sciences to provide nursing care to the reproductive family during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum phases as well as the care of the pediatric client/family.
2. Analyze the role of the nurse, using clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, and family centered care when caring for the pediatric and reproductive family with medical-surgical, mental, and cognitive conditions.
3. Explain systems-based practice to enhance collaboration to coordinate and manage health care for the reproductive family / pediatric client/family that promotes health and prevents illness.
4. Describe the application of clinical judgment in the nursing care for a reproductive family / pediatric client/family.
5. Examine the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medication and non-pharmacological treatments related to course theory content.
6. Evaluate the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical and nursing management of conditions experienced by the reproductive family / pediatric client/family.
7. Implement health promotion activities and hazard prevention with the client/family/caregiver related to the common medical surgical, mental, and cognitive conditions experienced by pediatric and reproductive/newborn clients, taking into account relevant social determinants of health.
8. Apply growth and development theories to enhance effective communication, patient education, and advocacy for the perinatal family and pediatric client/family.
9. Describe nutritional requirements for patients to support health and growth and development across the lifespan.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 333 - Maternal/Child Nursing Lab

1. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a reproductive family / pediatric client/family in a nursing lab environment.
2. Demonstrate competence in performing nursing skills integrating information from the arts and sciences and evidence-based practice, and applying clinical reasoning to pediatric and childbearing family nursing skills.
3. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care when providing care to pediatric and childbearing family in the nursing lab environment.
4. Communicate clearly to client and family, as well other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
5. Demonstrate accurate calculation of medication dosage and other mathematical applications related to nursing care.
6. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 335 - Maternal/Child Nursing Clinical

1. Utilize clinical judgment in providing holistic, evidence-based, person/family-centered care for a pediatric or childbearing family within legal and ethical standards of the profession.
2. Demonstrate self and professional leadership when coordinating and managing safe, high-quality care in alignment with best practice and other regulatory standards for pediatric and/or childbearing families.
3. Employ communication and therapeutic relationship skills that meet the developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and physiological needs of diverse pediatric or childbearing families.
4. Use informatics and other healthcare technologies to collaborate with other members of the healthcare team when managing efficient nursing care.
5. Develop and implement teaching to a pediatric or childbearing family client.
6. Develop a plan to meet own personal, professional, and educational goals related to the care of a pediatric or childbearing family.
7. Reflect on clinical experiences related to QSEN competencies and progress on the program learning outcomes.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 337 - Maternal/Child Nursing Simulation

1. Describe patterns and deviations in subjective and objective data related to the care of perinatal family / pediatric clients who are in different stages of the life cycle in a simulation environment.
2. Interpret data to determine appropriate nursing response within legal and ethical guidelines to address relevant perinatal family / pediatric client/family  data.
3. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a perinatal family / pediatric client/family in a simulation environment.
4. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, person-centered care, family-centered care, systems-based care when providing care in a simulation environment.
5. Demonstrate safe performance of nursing care in a simulation environment.
6. Communicate clearly to a perinatal family / pediatric client and family, as well other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
7. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 342 - Applied Critical Thinking in Advanced Med/Surg Nursing

1. Synthesize knowledge from the arts and sciences to provide holistic nursing care to the medical surgical client across the life span.
2. Analyze the role of the nurse, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice when caring for the client with complex medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the lifespan.
3. Explain systems-based practice to enhance collaboration to coordinate and manage medical surgical health care that promotes health and prevents illness.
4. Describe the application of clinical judgment in the nursing care of a client with a medical-surgical disorder.
5. Examine the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medication and non-pharmacological treatments related to course theory content.
6. Evaluate the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical and nursing management of complex medical surgical conditions experienced by clients across the lifespan.
7. Implement health promotion and disease amelioration activities related to complex medical surgical conditions experienced across the lifespan taking into account relevant social determinants of health.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 343 - Advanced Med-Surg Nursing Lab

1. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a client in a nursing lab environment.
2. Demonstrate competence in performing nursing skills integrating information from the arts and sciences and evidence-based practice, and applying clinical reasoning to med-surg nursing skills.
3. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care when providing care to med-surg clients in the nursing lab environment.
4. Communicate clearly to client and family, as well other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
5. Demonstrate accurate calculation of medication dosage and other mathematical applications related to nursing care.
6. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 345 - Advanced Med-Surg Nursing Clinical

1. Utilize clinical judgment in providing holistic, evidence-based, person/family-centered care of a medical-surgical client within legal and ethical standards of the profession.
2. Demonstrate self and professional leadership when coordinating and managing safe, high-quality care in alignment with best practice and other regulatory standards for medical-surgical clients.
3. Employ communication and therapeutic relationship skills that meet the developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and physiological needs of diverse medical-surgical clients.
4. Use informatics and other healthcare technologies to collaborate with other members of the healthcare team when managing efficient nursing care.
5. Develop and implement teaching to a medical-surgical client.
6. Develop a plan to meet their own personal, professional, and educational goals related to the care of a medical-surgical client.
7. Reflect on clinical experiences related to QSEN competencies and progress on the program learning outcomes.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 347 - Advanced Med-Surg Nursing Simulation

1. Describe patterns and deviations in subjective and objective data related to the care of med-surg clients who are in different stages of the life cycle in a simulation environment.
2. Interpret data to determine appropriate nursing response within legal and ethical guidelines to address relevant med-surg client data.
3. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a med-surg client in a simulation environment.
4. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, person-centered care, and systems-based care when providing care in a simulation environment.
5. Demonstrate safe performance of nursing care in a simulation environment.
6. Communicate clearly to a med-surg client and family, as well as other health care team members, to provide for continuity of care.
7. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 362 - Applied Critical Thinking in Mental Health Nursing

1. Synthesize knowledge from the art and sciences in the provision of holistic psychiatric-mental health care of individuals, families, and groups.
2. Analyze selected nursing and psychological theories used in psychiatric/mental health care settings.
3. Analyze the role of the nurse using clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, and family centered care when caring for the client with a mental health disorder.
4. Explain systems-based practice to enhance collaboration to coordinate and manage mental health care that promotes health and prevents illness.
5. Describe the application of clinical judgment in the nursing care of a client with a psychiatric-mental health disorder.
6. Examine the indications, implications, side effects, contraindications, patient teaching and safety precautions for clients receiving medication and non-pharmacological treatments related to course theory content.
7. Evaluate the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, medical and nursing management of mental health conditions experienced by clients across the lifespan.
8. Implement health promotion and disease amelioration activities related to mental health conditions experienced across the lifespan taking into account relevant social determinants of health.
9. Describe therapeutic communication techniques and effective interpersonal skills in the provision of psychiatric-mental health care of individuals, families, and groups.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

BNURSE 365 - Mental Health Nursing Clinical

1. Utilize clinical judgment in providing holistic, evidence-based, person/family-centered care for a client with a psychiatric / mental health disorder within legal and ethical standards of the profession.
2. Demonstrate self and professional leadership when coordinating and managing safe, high-quality care in alignment with best practice for a client with a psychiatric / mental health disorder.
3. Employ therapeutic communication and therapeutic relationship skills that meet the developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and physiological needs of diverse client with a psychiatric / mental health disorder.
4. Use informatics and other healthcare technologies to collaborate with other members of the healthcare team when managing efficient nursing care.
5. Develop and implement teaching to a client with a psychiatric / mental health disorder.
6. Develop a plan to meet own personal, professional, and educational goals related to the care of a client with a psychiatric / mental health disorder.
7. Reflect on clinical experiences related to QSEN competencies and progress on the program learning outcomes.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

BNURSE 367 - Mental Health Nursing Simulation

1. Describe patterns and deviations in subjective and objective data related to the care of clients who are in different stages of the life cycle in a simulation environment.
2. Interpret data to determine appropriate nursing response within legal and ethical guidelines to address relevant client data.
3. Perform holistic, culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a client in a simulation environment.
4. Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, person-centered care, and systems-based care when providing care in a simulation environment.
5. Demonstrate safe performance of nursing care in a simulation environment.
6. Create a therapeutic milieu and utilize therapeutic communication with the client and family, as well as communicate clearly with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care.
7. Evaluate personal performance to identify strengths and weaknesses leading to a plan to address weaknesses.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 412 - Nursing Ethics

1. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that reflect critical thinking related to ethical decision making in order to provide person-centered care across the lifespan.
2. Explain the role of the nurse to provide safe, high-quality holistic care when confronted with issues related to ethical issues.
3. Examine professional and personal ethical values related to the provision of evidence-based and efficient nursing care.
4. Evaluate the role of the nurse regarding the person’s right for self-determination.
5. Employ professional standards of the nurse when confronted with disasters and other global concerns.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

BNURSE 422 - Academic Inquiry and Research in Nursing Science

1. Utilize the process of inquiry to evaluate and augment current and emerging nursing practices.
2. Systematically appraise nursing theory, practice, and research.
3. Discuss legal and ethical issues related to research including the role in protecting human subjects in research.
4. Describe major sources of bias when appraising research.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 424 - Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

1. Describe the steps of the evidence-based practice process.
2. Utilize the Population/Patient Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time (PICOT) format for asking clinical questions.
3. Critically appraise evidence for decision making related to clinical practice.
4. Describe the factors related to implementation of evidence in clinical practice.
5. Disseminate information of evidence-based practice implementation.
6. Discuss measures to facilitate the generation of evidence.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 426 - Reflective Practice/Portfolio 1

1. Begin a reflective practice portfolio.
2. Perform reflective journaling related to personal work experiences, and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).
3. Describe personal and professional development as a BSN student with evidence of integrating knowledge of the arts and sciences, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, holistic person-centered care, use of research information, quality assurance/improvement, systems-based practice, use of other healthcare technologies, and leadership.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 428 - Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

1. Describe the impact of quality improvement on patient safety.
2. Describe legal, ethical, and regulatory standards influencing quality improvement.
3. Utilize methods to measure and analyze care quality.
4. Develop and present a quality improvement project.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 452 - Population Health Nursing Practice

1. Discuss basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments that affect the health of diverse populations.
2. Examine the impact of socio-cultural, demographic, geographic, and economic variables on population health.
3. Utilize information technologies to assess available public health data and best available evidence to identify population health risks, health promotion, and risk reduction interventions.
4. Describe the impact of the social determinants of health on diverse populations to identify benefits of interventions to minimize harm at the local, national, and global level.
5. Describe the role of the nurse in delivering safe, holistic population-based care to clients at risk.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

BNURSE 454 - Nursing Leadership & Healthcare Policy

1. Analyze the impact of social and health care policies on social disparities in health.
2. Evaluate the process of problem identification through policy implementation, regulation, and evaluation.
3. Analyze the organizational, financial, and socio-political aspects of clinical health services and public health systems.
4. Evaluate the impact of the nurse related to public policy affecting healthcare and strategies of advocacy.
5. Integrate theory and research in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of nursing leadership / management actions to create a culture of evidence-based quality and safety into one’s own practice and within healthcare systems.
6. Analyze methods to enhance team collaboration.
7. Evaluate the skills of the nurse leader related to the various roles of the position.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

BNURSE 455 - Population Health Nursing Clinical

1. Utilize clinical judgment in providing holistic, evidence-based, person-centered care for a client in the community, within legal and ethical standards of the profession.
2. Demonstrate self and professional leadership when coordinating and managing safe, high-quality care in alignment with best practice and other regulatory standards for clients in the community.
3. Employ communication and therapeutic relationship skills that meet the developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and physiological needs of diverse clients in the community.
4. Use informatics and other healthcare technologies to collaborate with other members of the healthcare team when managing efficient nursing care.
5. Develop and implement teaching to a client in the community. 
6. Develop a plan to meet their own personal, professional, and educational goals related to the care of a client in the community.
7. Reflect on clinical experiences related to QSEN competencies and progress on the program learning outcomes.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 462 - Nursing Informatics & Telehealth

1. Evaluate the role of informatics in improving patient care outcomes and creating a safe care environment for a diverse patient population.
2. Analyze current and emerging technologies to optimize safety, cost effectiveness, and health outcomes.
3. Discuss legal, regulatory, professional, and financial issues related to telehealth.
4. Describe the application of telehealth to support high-quality, efficient, and person-centered care.
5. Employ informatics to teach patients about health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 464 - Nursing Care Coordination & Interprofessional Collaboration

1. Describe nursing care coordination and collaboration when providing holistic, person-centered care.
2. Explain the role of the nurse in providing care coordination in a variety of settings.
3. Discuss the competencies of a nursing care coordinator using a system-based approach.
4. Describe effective collaborative approaches to align patient outcomes within the health care team and across health care settings.
5. Describe the use of health information technology in care coordination.
6. Identify ways to measure success with care coordination.
7. Explain how reimbursement affects care coordination.
8. Describe the different components of advance care planning.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

BNURSE 472 - Transition to Nursing Practice - NCLEX Prep

1. Discuss the role of the nurse caring for clients within legal and ethical guidelines related to coordination of care, safety and infection control, health promotion and maintenance, psychosocial integrity, basic care and comfort, parenteral therapies, medications, and reduction of risk potential. 
2. Identify the role of the nurse when caring for clients within legal and ethical guidelines with a disorder in the cardiovascular-hematologic, respiratory, neurosensory, gastrointestinal-biliary, genitourinary-renal- reproductive, endocrine, musculoskeletal, medical emergencies, and integumentary systems.
3. Write a professional resume and cover letter for seeking employment as a BSN prepared RN.
4. Compare professional nursing organizations.
5. Describe methods of maintaining continued competency as an RN.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 475 - Nursing Capstone Clinical

Focuses on the integration of concepts from the arts, sciences, and previous nursing courses while caring for clients using evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning in the provision of person-centered, systems-based, high-quality health care in accordance with professional and regulatory standards. Students demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development while planning and implementing a quality improvement project.

Enrollment Requirement: Enrollment in the LPN to BSN Program

Course Fee: $100.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Utilize clinical judgment in providing holistic, evidence-based, person/family-centered care of clients within legal and ethical standards of the profession.
2. Demonstrate self and professional leadership when coordinating and managing safe, high-quality care in alignment with best practice and other regulatory standards for clients.
3. Employ communication and therapeutic relationship skills that meet the developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and physiological needs of diverse clients.
4. Use informatics and other healthcare technologies to collaborate with other members of the healthcare team when managing efficient nursing care.
5. Develop and implement a Capstone PICOT project.
6. Develop a plan to meet their own personal, professional, and educational goals related to the care of a medical-surgical client.
7. Reflect on clinical experiences related to QSEN competencies and progress on the program learning outcomes.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

BNURSE 476 - Reflective Practice/Portfolio 2

1. Describe personal and professional development as a BSN student with evidence of integrating knowledge of the arts and sciences, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, holistic person-centered care, use of research information, quality assurance/improvement, systems-based practice, use of other healthcare technologies, and leadership.
2. Complete a professional portfolio which includes reflections from each clinical course related to QSEN and personal progress toward program learning outcomes, professional memberships, professional education, required health records needed for professional practice, professional licenses, personal philosophy of nursing, professional references, recommendations and recognitions, and professional job descriptions with performance evaluations.
3. Create a curriculum vitae.

1. Integrate knowledge from the arts and sciences to manage the care of clients across the life span using evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. 
2. Provide holistic, person-centered, population health care to diverse populations including community and public health. 
3. Utilize research information to improve health of diverse clients across the life span. 
4. Minimize harm to clients through quality assurance and improvement. 
5. Use systems-based practice to coordinate and manage care to provide safe, quality, and equitable care. 
6. Integrate informatics and other healthcare technologies to inform decision making when managing and delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient health care in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards. 
7. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional development, including the professional identity of a bachelor of science prepared registered nurse, and life long learning. 
8. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement when intentionally collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide evidence-based, safe quality nursing care. 

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NRS A 110 - Nurse Assistant Theory

1. Define/discuss: abuse, risk management, guardian, power of attorney, devices, inefficacious DSHS, AARP, alert charting.
2. Describe/discuss use of computers for patient/resident medical records.
3. Define/discuss medical assistant devices.
4. Explain the nursing process as it relates to the care setting with a focus on focus documentation and implementations.
5. Describe/discuss your scope of practice.
6. Define/discuss specific details of positive psycho/social/spiritual care of patients, residents, and clients.
7. Define/discuss positive physical/restorative care of patients, residents, and clients.

1. Define their role as a safe practitioner.

2. Function on a team or within a group in a nurturing positive manner.

3. Relate to people of all ages.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

NRS A 111 - Nurse Assistant Community Lab

1. Identify positive behaviors of a nurse assistant.
2. Define/discuss specific details of positive psycho/social/spiritual care of patients, residents, and clients.
3. Define/discuss positive physical/restorative care of patients, residents, and clients.
4. Define: feeding tubes, gastrostomy suppositories, enemas, dressing changes, blood glucose checks, special feeding techniques, colostomy, keostromy, cath care, subrapubic, ureteral, percare, orthostatic vital signs, hemodynamic, triage, priority, prosthesis.

1. Define their role as a safe practitioner.

2. Function on a team or within a group in a nurturing positive manner.

3. Relate to people of all ages.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

NUTR& 101 - Nutrition

1. Identify nutritional requirements of a healthy diet.
2. Identify the nutritional needs of humans through the stages of the life span.
3. Describe the Macro & Micro nutrients and their functions.
4. Explain the scientific process of digestion including organs and systems involved.
5. State and discuss menu choices and how they impact various disease processes.
6. Evaluate impact of advertising and marketing on the U.S. populations’ health.
7. Apply knowledge of nutritional science to health and wellness through analysis of individual menu.

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 100 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy

1. Explain the role of sociocultural, socioeconomic, and diversity factors and lifestyle choices in contemporary society to meet the needs of persons, groups, and populations (e.g., principles of psychology, sociology, and abnormal psychology). 
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the social determinants of health for persons, groups, and populations with or at risk for disabilities and chronic health conditions. This must include an understanding of epidemiological factors that impact the public health and welfare of populations 
3. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments. 
4. Define the process of theory development and its importance to occupational therapy. 
5. Apply knowledge of occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice. 
6. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors
7. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific evidence as it relates to the importance of balancing areas of occupation; the role of occupation in the promotion of health; and the prevention of disease, illness, and dysfunction for persons, groups, and populations.
8. Demonstrate activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors to implement the intervention plan.
9. Effective Intra-professional Collaboration: Demonstrate effective intra-professional OT/OTA collaboration to explain the role of the occupational therapy assistant and occupational therapist in the screening and evaluation process. 
10. Referral to Specialists: Identify and communicate to the occupational therapist that need to refer to specialists both internal and external to the profession, including community agencies.
11. Advocacy: Explain the role and responsibility of the practitioner to advocate for changes in service delivery policies, effect changes in the system, recognize opportunities in emerging practice areas, and advocate for opportunities to expand the occupational therapy assistant’s role.
12. Supervision of Personnel: Define strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of occupational therapy assistants and non-occupational therapy personnel.
13. Scholarly Study: Locate and demonstrate understanding of professional literature, including the quality of the source of information, to make evidence-based practice decisions in collaboration with the occupational therapist. Explain how scholarly activities and literature contribute to the development of the profession. 
14. Ethical Decision Making: Demonstrate knowledge of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and AOTA Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions, employment settings, and when confronted with personal and organizational ethical conflicts.
15. Demonstrate knowledge of how the role of a professional is enhanced by participating and engaging in local, national, and international leadership positions in organizations or agencies.
16. Demonstrates knowledge of personal and professional responsibilities related to liability issues under current models of service provision, various roles of occupational therapy assistant providing services on a contractual basis.

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
4. Describe the context of occupational therapy services.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.
6. Read and use professional literature in the field of occupational therapy.
7. Discuss the importance of ethics, values and responsibilities in the field of occupational therapy.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

OTA 101 - Life Span Growth and Development in Humans

Credits: 3
Includes a study of the basic theories and processes of normal human growth and development. Emphasizes practical assessment and integration of all components- psychosocial, physical and cognitive-relative to the needs of recipients of occupational therapy. 

Enrollment Requirement: Enrollment in OTA Program.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of human development throughout the lifespan (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults). Course content must include, but is not limited to, developmental psychology.  
2. Demonstrate knowledge of concepts of human behavior to include the behavioral sciences, social sciences, and science of occupation. 

3. Explain the role of social cultural, social economic, and diversity factors, as well as life style in contemporary society to meet the needs of persons, groups and populations (e.g. principals of psychology, sociology, and abnormal psychology).

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 102 - OTA Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology

Credits: 3
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the function of the human body to include applied concepts related to anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics with an emphasis on material related to the practice of occupational therapy across diverse clientele and practice settings. Client factors, body functions and body structures related to movement are studied as they affect performance in areas of occupation.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 103 ; and enrollment in OTA program.

Course Fee: $12.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Articulate knowledge of the structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics.  

 
Program Outcomes

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

OTA 103 - Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology Lab

Credits: 2
Application of concepts learned in OTA 102 . Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the function of the human body to include applied concepts related to anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics with an emphasis on material related to the practice of occupational therapy across diverse clientele and practice settings. Client factors, body functions and body structures related to movement are studied as they affect performance in areas of occupation.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 102 ; and enrollment in OTA program.

Course Fee: $18.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics.  

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

OTA 111 - Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy as Health Care Providers

Credits: 2
Students learn basic patient-therapist interaction and communication skills, introductory use of medical terminology, patient confidentiality and HIPPA rules, infection control and blood borne pathogens guidelines, and time management skills.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 112 ; and enrollment in OTA program.

Course Fee: $104.50

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Articulate principals of sound judgment in regard to safety of self and others and adhere to safety regulations throughout the occupational therapy process as appropriate to the setting and scope of practice. This must include the ability to assess and monitor vital signs (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory status, and temperature) to ensure that the client is stable for intervention.

2. Effective Communication: Identify occupational needs through effective communication with patients, families, communities, and members of the interprofessional team in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion of health and wellness.

3. Define activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors to implement the intervention plan.

4. Therapeutic Use of Self: Define therapeutic use of self, including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interaction

5. Occupation-Based Interventions: Utilize clinical reasoning to facilitate occupation-based interventions that address client factors. This must include interventions focused on promotion, compensation, adaptation, and prevention.

6. Technology in Practice: Identify  types of technology in practice, which must include:

   • Electronic documentation systems 

   • Virtual environments 

   • Telehealth technology

7. Care Coordination, Case Management, and Transition Services:  Articulate novice understanding care coordination, case management, and transition services in traditional and emerging practice environments. 

8. Principles of Interprofessional Team Dynamics: Demonstrate awareness of the principles of interprofessional team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient- and population-centered care as well as population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. 

9. Preparation for Work in an Academic Setting: Articulate novice knowledge of  principles of teaching and learning in preparation for work in an academic setting. 
10. Referral to Specialist: Identify and communicate the need to refer to specialist both internal and external to the profession, including community agencies.
11. Articulate the importance of ongoing promotion of occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third party payers, regulatory bodies and the public.
12. Able to list components of the OTPF and show novice understanding of each component.
13. Define and list the components of the occupational profile.
14. Demonstrate knowledge of medical terms and abbreviations related to OT profession.
15. Articulate a novice level of knowledge in understanding the need to communicate and refer to other health care professional for consultation and intervention.

1. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
2. Intervene and implement occupation therapy processes.
3. Discuss the importance of ethics, values and responsibilities in the field of occupational therapy.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 112 - Professional Skills for Healthcare Providers Lab

1. Demonstrate sound judgment in regard to safety of self and others and adhere to safety regulations throughout the occupational therapy process as appropriate to the setting and scope of practice. This must include the ability to assess and monitor vital signs (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory status, and temperature) to ensure that the client is stable for intervention.
2. Demonstrates ability to apply principals of communication used during patient care to include empathetic listening, effective listening skills and providing directions for tasks.
3. Demonstrate activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors to implement the intervention plan. 
4. Therapeutic Use of Self: Demonstrate therapeutic use of self, including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interaction.
5. Occupation-Based Interventions: Demonstrate ability to utilize clinical reasoning to facilitate occupation-based interventions that address client factors. This must include interventions focused on promotion, compensation, adaptation, and prevention. 
6. Technology in Practice: Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include: 
   • Electronic documentation systems  
   • Virtual environments  
   • Telehealth technology 
7. Principles of Interprofessional Team Dynamics: Demonstrate awareness of the principles of interprofessional team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient- and population-centered care as well as population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. 
8. Apply components of the OTPF and show novice understanding of each component.
9. Apply novice understanding of the Occupational Profile.
10. Demonstrate knowledge of medical terms and abbreviations related to OT profession.
11. Demonstrate a novice level of knowledge in understanding the need to communicate and refer to other health care professional for consultation and intervention.

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
4. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 120 - Developmental Disabilities 1

1. Demonstrate knowledge of:
   • The structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics.
   • Human development throughout the lifespan (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults). Course content must include, but is not limited to, developmental psychology.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the social determinants of health for persons, groups, and populations with or at risk for disabilities and chronic health conditions. This must include an understanding of the epidemiological factors that impact the public health and welfare of populations.
3. Apply knowledge of occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory, and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the effects of disease processes including heritable diseases, genetic conditions, mental illness, disability, trauma, and injury on occupational performance.
5. Dysphagia and Feeding Disorders: Demonstrate interventions that address dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors.
6. Factors, Policy Issues and Social Systems: Identify and explain the contextual factors; current policy issues; and socioeconomic, political, geographic, and demographic factors on the delivery of occupational therapy services for persons, groups, and populations and social systems as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy.
7. Identify role and responsibilities of the OT and COTA in the school setting vs. private practice setting in working with children with disabilities.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of the principle of typical development in children and understand how developmental milestones influence development throughout the human life span.
9. Describe general symptoms and effects of common developmental disabilities, orthopedic disabilities, movement disorders, genetic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, sensory processing disorders, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and other physical and mental disorders.
10. Demonstrate knowledge of oral motor development, precautions, and techniques to provide interventions which address functional limitations surrounding feeding and eating performance in children.

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
3. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
4. Describe the context of occupational therapy services.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

OTA 121 - Developmental Disabilities 1 Lab

1. Demonstrate knowledge of:
   • The structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics.
   • Human development throughout the lifespan (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults). Course content must include, but is not limited to, developmental psychology.
   • Concepts of human behavior to include the behavioral sciences, social sciences, and science of occupation.
2. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors.
4. Explain to consumers, potential employers, colleagues, third-party payers, regulatory boards, policymakers, and the general public the distinct nature of occupation and the evidence that occupation supports performance, participation, health, and well-being.
5. Clinical Reasoning: Demonstrate clinical reasoning to address occupation-based interventions, client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills.
6. Occupation-Based Interventions: Utilize clinical reasoning to facilitate occupation-based interventions that address client factors. This must include interventions focused on promotion, compensation, adaptation, and prevention.
7. Standardized and Non-standardized Screening and Assessment Tools: Contribute to the evaluation process of client(s)’ occupational performance, including an occupational profile, by administering standardized and non-standardized screenings and assessment tools and collaborating in the development of occupation-based intervention plans and strategies. Explain the importance of using psychometrically sound assessment tools when considering client needs, and cultural and contextual factors to deliver evidence-based intervention plans and strategies. Intervention plans and strategies must be client centered, culturally relevant, reflective of current occupational therapy practice, and based on available evidence.
8. Reporting Data: Under the direction of an occupational therapist, collect, organize, and report on data for evaluation of client outcomes.
9. Remediation and Compensation: Demonstrate an understanding of the intervention strategies that remediate and/or compensate for functional cognitive deficits, visual deficits, and psychosocial and behavioral health deficits that affect occupational performance.
10. Provide Interventions and Procedures:
    Provide direct interventions and procedures to persons, groups, and populations to enhance safety, health and wellness, and performance in occupations. This must include the ability to select and deliver occupations and activities, preparatory methods and tasks (including therapeutic exercise), education and training, and advocacy.
11. Dysphagia and Feeding Disorders: Demonstrate interventions that address dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors.

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
4. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 122 - Physical Disabilities 1

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology and biomechanics. 
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the social determinants of health for persons, groups, and populations with or at risk for disabilities and chronic health conditions. This must include an understanding of the epidemiological factors that impact the public health and welfare of populations.
3. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments.
4. Apply knowledge of occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory, and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific evidence as it relates to the importance of balancing areas of occupation; the role of occupation in the promotion of health; and the prevention of disease, illness, and dysfunction for persons, groups, and populations.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the effects of disease processes including heritable diseases, genetic conditions, mental illness, disability, trauma, and injury on occupational performance.
8. Demonstrate clinical reasoning to address occupation-based interventions, client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include: 
   • Electronic documentation systems  
   • Virtual environments  
   • Telehealth technology 
10. Demonstrate interventions that address dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors. 
11. Demonstrate an understanding of the intervention strategies that remediate and/or compensate for functional cognitive deficits, visual deficits, and psychosocial and behavioral health deficits that affect occupational performance.
12. Utilize clinical reasoning to facilitate occupation-based interventions that address client factors. This must include interventions focused on promotion, compensation, adaptation, and prevention.
13. Define strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of occupational therapy assistants and non-occupational therapy personnel.
14. Locate and demonstrate understanding of professional literature, including the quality of the source of information, to make evidence-based practice decisions in collaboration with the occupational therapist. Explain how scholarly activities and literature contribute to the development of the profession.
15. Implement a discharge plan from occupational therapy services that was developed by the occupational therapist in collaboration with the client and members of the interprofessional team by reviewing the needs of the client, caregiver, family, and significant others; available resources; and discharge environment. 
16. Demonstrate the skills to understand a scholarly report.

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
4. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

OTA 123 - Physical Disabilities 1 Lab

Credits: 2
Basic assessment and treatment techniques as it relates to adult physical disabilities. Lab allows for practical experience in patient assessment, transfers and daily living skills.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 122 ; or instructor consent.

Course Fee: $61.50

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments.

2. Contribute to the evaluation process of client(s)’ occupational performance, including an occupational profile, by administering standardized and nonstandardized screenings and assessment tools and collaborating in the development of occupation-based intervention plans and strategies. Explain the importance of using psychometrically sound assessment tools when considering client needs, and cultural and contextual factors to deliver evidence based intervention plans and strategies. Intervention plans and strategies must be client centered, culturally relevant, reflective of current occupational therapy practice, and based on available evidence.

3. Provide direct interventions and procedures to persons, groups, and populations to enhance safety, health and wellness, and performance in occupations. This must include the ability to select and deliver occupations and activities, preparatory methods and tasks (including therapeutic exercise), education and training, and advocacy. 

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the intervention strategies that remediate and/or compensate for functional cognitive deficits, visual deficits, and psychosocial and behavioral health deficits that affect occupational performance.

5. Explain the need for and demonstrate strategies with assistive technologies and devices (e.g., electronic aids to daily living, seating and positioning systems) used to enhance occupational performance and foster participation and well-being.

6. Provide training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management and mobility devices.

7. Utilize clinical reasoning to facilitate occupation-based interventions that address client factors. This must include interventions focused on promotion, compensation, adaptation, and prevention.

8. Under the direction of an occupational therapist, collect, organize, and report on data for evaluation of client outcomes. 

9. Demonstrate the principles of the teaching- learning process using educational methods and health literacy education approaches:  

   · To design activities and clinical training for persons, groups, and populations.  

   · To instruct and train the client, caregiver, family, significant others, and communities at the level of the audience. 

10. Understand the difference between quantitative and qualitative research studies. 

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
3. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

OTA 124 - Fundamentals of Gerontology

Credits: 3
Study of physical, emotional and social processes involved in normal aging, plus a brief study of the pathology associated with the aging process. Emphasizes techniques used in maintaining independence, adjusting to the special problems of aging and the utilization of community resources. Previously H SCI 104.

Enrollment Requirement: Enrollment in OTA program.

Course Fee: $6.50

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of:

   • The structure and function of the human body to include the biological and physical sciences, neurosciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics. 

   • Human development throughout the lifespan (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults). Course content must include, but is not limited to, developmental psychology. 

   • Concepts of human behavior to include the behavioral sciences, social sciences, and science of occupation. 

2. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific evidence as it relates to the importance of balancing areas of occupation; the role of occupation in the promotion of health; and the prevention of disease, illness, and dysfunction for persons, groups, and populations. 
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the effects of disease processes including heritable diseases, genetic conditions, mental illness, disability, trauma, and injury on occupational performance. 
4. Apply knowledge of occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory, and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice. 
5. Functional Mobility: Provide training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management, and mobility devices. 
6. Dysphagia and Feeding Disorders: Demonstrate interventions that address dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors. 
7. Community and Primary Care Programs: Identify and communicate to the occupational therapist the need to design community and primary care programs to support occupational performance for persons, groups, and populations. 
8. Effective Communication: Identify occupational needs through effective communication with patients, families, communities, and members of the interprofessional team in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion of health and wellness. 
9. Consultative Process: Engage in the consultative process with persons, groups, programs, organizations, or communities in collaboration with inter- and intraprofessional colleagues. 
10. Advocacy: Explain the role and responsibility of the practitioner to advocate for changes in service delivery policies, effect changes in the system, recognize opportunities in emerging practice areas, and advocate for opportunities to expand the occupational therapy assistant’s role.
11. Demonstrate skills of collaboration with occupational therapists and other professionals on therapeutic interventions.
12. Promote Occupational Therapy: Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public. 

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
4. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.