Program Outcomes

Cedar Crest College is a private, four-year women’s liberal arts college located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Cedar Crest College is a liberal arts college primarily for women dedicated to the education of the next generation of leaders. Cedar Crest College prepares students for life in a global community by educating the whole student at all stages of life and experience.

The mission of the Cedar Crest College Bachelor of Science in Nursing major is to prepare professional nurses by building on a foundation firmly grounded in the liberal arts. A Cedar Crest College nursing education fosters development of the whole person while cultivating commitment to lifelong learning. Nursing graduates are empowered to assume leadership roles in a global society. It is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, (404) 975-5000.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Role-Specific Graduate Competencies

Defines the role of the graduate upon program completion.

• Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice
  Graduates will ground their profession in the translation of evidence-based practice.
• Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health
  Outcomes
  Graduates will communicate and collaborate among healthcare professionals to deliver high quality patient care.
• Clinical Prevention and Population Health
  Graduates will engage in health promotion and disease prevention strategies at the individual, family, community, and systems level to improve population health.
• Professionalism and Professional Value
  Graduates will demonstrate professionalism and incorporate the inherent values of altruism, human dignity, integrity, and social justice to their profession.
• Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice
  Graduates will be prepared to provide wholistic care to patients, including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments. (as adapted by the AACN Essentials)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Student Learning Outcomes

• Synthesize knowledge from the physical and social sciences, humanities, and nursing in making nursing practice decisions involving culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities.
• Practice effective communication with individuals, families, and communities.
• Integrate all components of the nursing process in promoting optimal health of individuals, families, and communities.
• Collaborate with other members of the health care team in affecting the delivery of health care.
• Synthesize research findings into the practice of nursing and the delivery of care.
• Demonstrate competency to assume a beginning professional nurse role.