The Graduate Nursing Program at Carlow prepares the student to perform generalized and specialized advanced practice and leadership roles in a variety of settings, both structured and unstructured. The primary focus of the program is on the use of advanced practice knowledge and skills in home health and community-based, underserved areas.
Post-Master Certificate
- Home Health Advanced Practice Nursing
Program Objectives
Throughout the graduate program, the master’s student will develop in the role of an advanced nursing professional.
The master’s graduate is expected to:
- Incorporate primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention efforts in the care of individuals, families, and communities.
- Demonstrate leadership and interdisciplinary skills in advocating for individuals, families, and communities to influence health care policy.
- Function as a member of an interdisciplinary team with organizations, populations, and professional communities.
- Modify approaches to health care delivery utilizing principles of continuous quality improvement.
- Incorporate ethical, legal, and practice standards from professional and/or specialty organizations into the practice setting.
- Synthesize nursing, medical, and other relevant knowledge to engage in evidence-based practice.
- Demonstrate leadership abilities in practice and actively assist others in professional growth.
- Analyze health care delivery and finance systems in order to design and implement cost-containment and care coordinator strategies.
- Utilize technology and information systems in the advanced nursing role.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify a researchable problem relevant to nursing and health care and participate in research activities designed to contribute to nursing practice.
- Develop a foundation for lifelong learning for doctoral study in nursing.
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