Brookdale Community College provides a program that prepares graduates who will function effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams, fostering mutual respect and shared decision making to enhance patient satisfaction and health outcomes. The graduate will:
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Use clinical reasoning and critical thinking to provide holistic patient-centered care to diverse patient populations with common health care needs.
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Demonstrate accountability and responsibility for own behavior and nursing practice based upon legal and ethical principles, regulatory guidelines, and professional standards.
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Manage patient care as a member of the health care team through effective communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and information technology to support decision making within systems-based practice.
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Participate in initiatives to minimize the risk of harm to self and patients and optimize the quality and safety of patient care through individual performance and system effectiveness, as well as effectiveness of patient teaching and advocacy.
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Demonstrate responsibility and accountability in using current evidence coupled with clinical judgment and consideration of patients’ preferences, experience, and values to make practice decisions.