Program Goals | Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences

Program Goals

Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Nursing Program prepares its graduates to:

  • Practice as a professional nurse at an entry-level position in a variety of healthcare settings.
  • Apply the theory derived from nursing and supportive disciplines to implement the nursing process to assist individuals and groups to meet their healthcare needs.
  • Utilize effective communication to establish therapeutic relationships to meet the healthcare needs of individuals and groups within the community.
  • Assist individuals and groups to achieve wellness through the use of health teaching.
  • Provide nursing care in a responsible, accountable manner within the ethical and legal framework of nursing.
  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals utilizing leadership and management theory to coordinate health care in a variety of settings.
  • Assume accountability, self-direction, and commitment for professional growth through continuing education.
  • Respond on a personal and professional level to changing healthcare issues of society by participating in community and professional activities and organizations.

End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO)

EPSLO #1: Integrate principles from nursing, physical, biological, and behavioral sciences to provide comprehensive healthcare for individuals.

EPSLO#2: Incorporate critical thinking skills when using the nursing process in the delivery of comprehensive holistic nursing care for individuals.

EPSLO#3: Synthesize teaching/learning principles in the development, design, implementation of a teaching plan for individuals and significant others in response to their ever-changing needs on the health continuum.

EPSLO#4: Utilize therapeutic communication techniques in interactions with the patient, significant others, the interprofessional healthcare team, groups and the community.

EPSLO#5: Establish a collaborative relationship with members of the interprofessional healthcare team in the provision of comprehensive healthcare to individuals or groups.

EPSLO#6: Incorporate community aspects in the provision of holistic healthcare for individuals and groups.

EPSLO#7: Analyze the social, political, technological and economic trends that impact nursing and the healthcare system.

EPSLO#8: Integrate a value system based on ethical and legal implications into the profession of nursing and healthcare.