Program Outcomes

1. 70% of ASN students admitted into the program will complete the nursing program.
   
   
2. 80% of all first-time NCLEX-RN test takers will pass during the same 12-month period.
   
   
3. 90% of graduates who respond to Nursing Graduate Survey will be employed as a registered nurse within 12 months after graduation.

For 2021 to 2023:

Cape Cod Community College Nursing Program End of Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO) have been developed from the Nurse of the Future Core Competencies Model. The five EPSLO are an essential component of the Cape Cod Community College curricula and the measurement of student knowledge for entry into nursing practice. All nursing students must demonstrate meeting these five EPSLO in order to graduate from the nursing program. Upon completion of the Nursing Program, students are able to:

1. Safety: The graduate of the nursing program will minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
2. Professionalism: The graduate of the nursing program will demonstrate accountability for the delivery of standard based care that is consistent with moral, altruistic, legal, ethical, regulatory, and humanistic principles.
3. Patient Centered Care: The graduate of the nursing program will provide holistic care that recognizes an individual’s preferences, values, and needs and respects the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated, age and culturally appropriate, safe and effective care.
4. Teamwork, Collaboration: The graduate of the nursing program will function effectively within nursing and interdisciplinary teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, shared decision making, team learning and development.
5. Evidence-Based Practice: The graduate of the nursing program will identify, evaluate, and use the best current evidence coupled with clinical expertise and consideration of patients’ preferences, experiences, and values to make practice decisions