Augusta State University

Department of Nursing

Educational Outcomes

Students completing the Associate of Science degree in nursing will be able to:

1. Identify human responses to actual or potential health problems through the utilization of

critical thinking in order to apply a problem solving approach and intervene appropriately

to promote, maintain, and restore health.

2. Manage and coordinate patient care through goal directed interactions with individuals,

groups, and members of the multi disciplinary health team in a variety of settings.

3. Demonstrate caring behaviors toward patients regardless of their diagnoses, personal

characteristics, background or actions.

4. Practice within the discipline’s ethical and legal framework.

5. Anticipate changes and assume responsibility for personal and professional growth to meet

the challenges of an ever evolving health care system.

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Approved at Curriculum Committee Meeting 2-26-96

Reviewed and Affirmed 3-1-01