Everett Community College

Student Outcomes, Characteristics of Graduates

The Nursing Faculty have set purposes and outcomes for the Nursing Students. This provides us with a clear way to measure the success of our program. As a Nursing Student you will notice that your courses are aimed toward these purposes and that your performance is measured against these purposes throughout the program. As you read these statements you might find it interesting and encouraging to think of the tremendous growth you will experience on your way to becoming a nurse.

Student Outcomes:

• Outcome #1: Six months past graduation, a majority of graduates will be rated by responding employers as having achieved desired competencies.
• Outcome #2: Ninety percent of the graduates will achieve ninetieth percent or greater on the ATI Critical Thinking Test.
• Outcome #3: Graduate Nursing Portfolios will provide evidence of growth in meeting critical thinking criteria throughout the program of study.
• Outcome #4: Graduate Nursing Portfolio inclusions will provide evidence of growth in meeting specific therapeutic communication criteria throughout the program of learning.
• Outcome #5: Six months past graduation, a majority of graduates will be rated by responding employers as having achieved desired competencies.
• Outcome #6: Graduate Nursing Portfolios will provide evidence of growth in meeting behaviors consistent with the ethical and legal framework of nursing.
• Outcome #7: Graduate Nursing Portfolios will provide evidence of growth in creating an environment that promotes client’s self esteem, dignity, safety, and comfort.
• Outcome #8: Upon graduation, a majority of graduates will indicate a desire to enroll in higher education within five years of graduation.
• Outcome #9: Upon graduation, a majority of the graduates will indicate that they value higher education
• Outcome #10: A majority of the responding graduates will indicate a willingness to participate in their facility’s governance.
• Outcome #11: Seventy-five percent of the students will achieve an exit point within two years of entry into the Nursing program.
• Outcome #12: Six months past graduation a majority of the responding graduates will secure job placements.
• Outcome#13: Six months and two years past graduation, a majority of responding graduates will indicate participation in a minimum of two of the seven indicators of professional growth:
  1. Subscription to Nursing Journals
  2. Continuing Education
  3. Internet Exploration related to Nursing
  4. Professional Committee Involvement
  5. Professional Organization Involvement
  6. Facility Governance
  7. Pursuing Higher Education

Characteristics of Nursing Graduates

Upon completion of the Nursing Program at Everett Community College, the graduate will:

1. Participate with the client, family, significant others, and members of the health care team to:
   • Assess the client’s physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and developmental functioning
   • Establish goals directed toward preventing illness and promoting and restoring optimal health
   • Explore options for care management of complex client situations.
   • Evaluate the outcomes of nursing actions to determine goal attainment
2. Demonstrate critical thinking skills in the delivery of holistic care to well and ill clients.
3. Employ effective communication with clients, families, and other professionals within the context of the environment.
4. Demonstrate behaviors consistent with the ethical and legal framework of nursing.
5. Utilize multiple resources to create an environment that promotes the client’s self esteem, dignity, safety, and comfort.
6. Recognize their role in shaping health care delivery.
7. Utilize a scientific knowledge base regarding alterations in health to guide actions, which promote and maintain the client’s optimum health.
8. Demonstrate commitment, accountability, integrity, and discretionary judgment in their nursing practice.
9. Formulate a plan for attaining professional goals and beginning the role transition process.