Student Learner Outcomes
Students at Aultman work hard for their nursing degree. Students at Aultman are expected to complete a portfolio which is a purposeful collection of the student’s achievements. The portfolio at the end the program also acts as a tool for self-evaluation. Personal growth and development is often times reflected through the portfolios. Learner outcomes for …show more content…
The values that Aultman centers their teaching around includes quality, caring, integrity, and knowledge ("About Aultman," 2015-2016). Aultman holds their students to professional standard and guidelines much like what will be expected of them in the workplace. Items such as attendance, grading scales, criteria for withdrawals, professional clinical guidelines, and other items are spelled out in the Aultman Catalog. The core competency that will be expected for the student upon completion of the program include they will be able to think critically and solve problems, demonstrate information literacy, model ethical and civic responsibility, and communicate effectively ("About Aultman," 2015-2016). Students are taught professional standards in the hopes to produce caring quality …show more content…
Watson’s theory is based on concepts such as practice of kindness, authentic presence, and cultivation of spiritual practice, creating a caring environment, and allowing for unexpected life events (Billings & Halstead, 2011). Caring for the patients’ needs to become a part of every nurse’s calling. Aultman College promotes caring not only in the student’s actions, but also in the curriculum that they have chosen as part of their design. A couple of classes that speaks to caring is Care of Culturally Diverse Populations, Gerontology, Community, Nursing Success. The classes listed all centers around the caring attitude of the nurse, and the most common issues in today’s society. The last in the list is centered around the nurse themselves, and includes the health of the nurse, or as better put, the nurse who is caring about their own