University of Maine School of Nursing Leveled and Terminal Program Outcomes

Leveled program outcomes define outcomes students achieve at each level of the undergraduate nursing program at the University of Maine. The terminal outcomes are achieved at the senior level and define outcomes students achieve at the completion of the UMaine undergraduate nursing program.

Communication

Freshman Level

Acknowledges effective communication skills that foster mutual respect.

Sophomore Level

Recognizes different styles of communication (auditory, visual and tactile)

Junior Level

Adapts communication styles and identifies barriers of communication based on the needs of the consumer.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Demonstrates effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues by fostering mutual respect and shared decision making to enhance knowledge, experience, and health outcomes.

Patient-Centered Care

Freshman Level

Describes holistic, compassionate, respectful care of patient populations, families, and communities that is age and culturally appropriate.

Sophomore Level

Acknowledges and supports holistic, compassionate, respectful care of patient populations, families, and communities that is age and culturally appropriate.

Junior Level

Applies holistic, compassionate, respectful care of patient populations, families, and communities that is age and culturally appropriate.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Provides patient-centered holistic, compassionate, respectful care of patient populations, families, and communities that is age and culturally appropriate.

Safety

Freshman Level

Acknowledges clinical reasoning and critical thinking to promote a culture of safety and prevent risk of harm to populations, families, colleagues, and the community.

Sophomore Level

Describes clinical reasoning and critical thinking to promote a culture of safety and prevent risk of harm to populations, families, colleagues, and the community.

Junior Level

Demonstrates clinical reasoning and critical thinking to promote a culture of safety and prevent risk of harm to populations, families, colleagues, and the community.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Applies clinical reasoning and critical thinking to promote a culture of safety and prevent risk of harm to populations, families, colleagues, and the community.

Evidence-Based Practice

Freshman Level

Demonstrates knowledge of basic scientific methods and elements that comprise evidence-based practice.

Sophomore Level

Describes the concept of evidenced-based practice, including the components of research evidence, clinical expertise, and consumer values.

Junior Level

Identifies and integrates current evidence with clinical expertise and consideration of consumers’ preferences, experience, and values to make practice decisions for quality outcomes.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Evaluates and integrates current evidence with clinical expertise and consideration of consumers’ preferences, experience, and values to make practice decisions for quality outcomes.

Teamwork and Collaboration

Freshman Level

Describes and recognizes that the health care consumer, family and interprofessional team(s) collaborate to achieve quality patient outcomes.

Sophomore Level

Identifies and promotes collaboration with the health care consumer, family and interprofessional team(s) collaborate to achieve quality patient outcomes.

Junior Level

Demonstrates the ability to work as a team member with the health care consumer, family and interprofessional team(s) collaborate to achieve quality patient outcomes.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Demonstrates open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision- making with the healthcare consumer, family, and inter- professional team(s).

Systems-Based Practice

Freshman Level

Describes resources as necessary components for responsible effective care.

Sophomore Level

Describes and identifies the changing healthcare system and differentiates between resources to provide value- based care.

Junior Level

Describes, recognizes, and is responsible to the global, complex healthcare system and seeks to access resources in a safe, effective, and financially responsible manner to provide value- based care.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Recognizes the changing healthcare safe, effective, system and demonstrates the ability to access resources in a safe, effective, and financially responsible manner to provide value- based care.

Quality Improvement

Freshman Level

Acknowledges nurses’ contribution to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.

Sophomore Level

Recognizes that evidence- based nursing practice contributes to outcomes that improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.

Junior Level

Demonstrate evidence- based nursing practice that contributes to outcomes that improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Recognizes a commitment to quality improvement by understanding the value of data, design, implementation, and evaluation strategies to improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.

Professionalism

Freshman Level

Recognizes responsibilities inherent in being a member of the nursing profession in accordance with personal and professional behaviors that promote the profession of nursing.

Sophomore Level

Describes the concept of accountability as a life-long learner for own nursing practice and the delivery of evidenced-based nursing care.

Junior Level

Commits to accountability as a life-long learner for the delivery of evidence-based nursing care consistent with ethical, moral, humanistic, legal, and regulatory principles.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Demonstrates professionalism through consistent application and self-reflection of moral, legal, altruistic, humanistic, legal, regulatory principles, and self-care.

Leadership

Freshman Level

Acknowledges accountability and collaboration as key components of leadership.

Sophomore Level

Recognizes the role of accountability and collaboration as essential to achieve a shared goal.

Junior Level

Practices accountability and collaboration and works towards a shared goal.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Demonstrates leadership through accountability, influence, and collaboration with others in a way that will facilitate the establishment and achievement of shared goals.

Information and Technology

Freshman Level

Demonstrates proficiency in computer systems and recognizes the importance of basic computer competence to contemporary nursing practice.

Sophomore Level

Identifies and uses technology and information systems to access and monitor consumers’ conditions, manage knowledge, and support decision-making for safe practice.

Junior Level

Employs basic competency in the use of technology and information systems to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and to support decision- making for safe practice.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Demonstrates proficiency in the use of technology and information systems to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and to support decision making for safe practice.

Aging

Freshman Level

Defines the psychosocial and physical attributes of older adults necessary to provide safe and effective care.

Sophomore Level

Recognizes the unique psychosocial, physical, and cultural attributes of older adults. Recognizes healthy aging.

Junior Level

Design psychosocial, physical, and culturally appropriate care plans that promote healthy aging and safe and effective care.

Senior Level (Terminal Outcomes)

Values the unique psychosocial, physical, and cultural attributes of older adults, promotes healthy aging, and provides safe and effective care.