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DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM
Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College
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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (With Related Learning Activities and Evaluation):
NURS 259: Role Transitions
Program Student
Learner Outcomes
(SLOs)
NURS 259 Course
Student Learner
Outcomes (SLOs)
Learning Activities
Course SLO Evaluation
TEAMWORK AND
COM-MUNICATION:
Collaborate with clients
and members of the
interdisciplinary health
care team to optimize
effective communication,
caring behaviors, and
management of client
needs.
1. Adapt effectively
within nursing and
inter-professional
teams to achieve
quality client care.
Develop and present a
staff development activity
Graded small group
presentation
PROFESSIONALISM
AND LEADERSHIP:
Adhere to professional
standards and scope of
practice as an associate
degree registered nurse
while pursuing
professional growth and
acting as a leader and
change agent within legal,
ethical and regulatory
frameworks.
2.
Develop an
individual plan for
identification,
application,
interviewing and
retaining a position
as a registered nurse.
3. Assume accountability
for practice in the
role of an RN in
accordance with
professional, legal,
and ethical
standards.
Professional cover letter
and resume
Mock interview
Legislative argument
presentation
Graded resume, cover letter,
and interview
Quiz
Graded classroom
presentation
Graded drop box assignments
CLIENT-CENTERED
CARE:
Provide culturally
competent care and
advocate for clients while
promoting their self-
determination and
integrity.
4.
Evaluate the
importance of
providing client-
centered care
combining the art and
science of nursing.
Research on professional
nursing organizations that
focus on trans-cultural
nursing and holism.
The art and science of
nursing assignment –
selecting an art form
which reflects the unique
characteristics of a client
(cultural)
Classroom discussions, drop
box assignment
EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE AND
NURSING
JUDGEMENT:
Implement nursing
judgment to make safe,
effective, and evidenced-
based decisions that
integrate science and the
nursing process in
providing holistic client
care.
5. Analyze knowledge of
advancing the
profession of
nursing through
research and
evidence based
practice.
Classroom discussion
Development of evidence
based practice statement
Identify a clinical problem
that you have seen, read
about or discussed
Formulate a clinical
question using the PICOT
format
Perform a search of the
literature to find recent,
peer-reviewed research
studies which support
your clinical question.
Present your PICOT
Graded classroom discussion
and oral presentation of
PICOT statement