Student Learning Outcomes

Bay Path University's DNP program builds on The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021) provides the framework and competencies for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. 

The outcomes for this program are:

• Domain I: Knowledge of Nursing Practice - Appraise established and emerging nursing science and interdisciplinary knowledge and support clinical reasoning for ethical, socially responsible practice decisions that integrate evidence-based specialty knowledge and evolving ways of knowing.
• Domain II: Person-Centered Care - Design individualized, inclusive, person-centered care strategies that incorporate advanced assessment and communication skills, support risk mitigation, value self-care management, ensure care coordination, and identify gaps and disparities in health care access and delivery.
• Domain III: Population Health - Engage with nursing and other relevant stakeholders to identify and manage population-based healthcare priorities and collaborate in the design of policies that address equitable distribution of resources for vulnerable populations and public heath emergencies.
• Domain IV: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline - Champion the generation and dissemination of scholarship to diverse audiences and support evaluation and translation of evidence to transform health care and advance health.
• Domain V: Quality and Safety - Advocate for change initiatives that advance data-driven quality and safety improvement systems, integrate outcome metrics, monitor performance, mitigate risks, and support workplace safety.
• Domain VI: Interprofessional Partnerships - Create intra- and inter-disciplinary partnerships and construct and evaluate communication and negotiation strategies that promote team building and constructive sharing of multiple perspectives and mitigation of bias for conflict resolution and interprofessional learning.
• Domain VII: System Based Practice - Lead organizational strategic planning and complex system improvement strategies to address cost-effectiveness, health equity and care outcomes.
• Domain VIII: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies - Evaluate current and emerging information and communication technologies and informatics for their impact on workflow, health information literacy, healthcare outcomes across care settings, and efficiency of electronic systems to support patient-centered care.
• Domain XI: Professionalism - Model professional behaviors that reflect nursing’s unique mission and identity, including ethical leadership, accountability for care outcomes, respect for diversity, equity, and inclusion, advocating for social justice and implementing policies and regulations to improve the professional practice environment.
• Domain X: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development - Build a practice milieu that includes and promotes self-care and personal well-being, mentorship, service, leadership for intentional change, and life-long learning.

Please visit the Doctor of Nursing Practice program page to learn about curriculum, faculty, program options and more!