Program Outcomes
The Northern Oklahoma College graduate will combine the nursing process, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning within a variety of settings by integrating the standards set forth by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. The graduate will be committed to continual learning.
The graduate of the Associate Degree nursing program will be able to:
- Synthesize principles from the psychosociospiritual, biophysical, and nursing sciences to implement the professional nursing role in acute care and community-based health care settings.
- Incorporate critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and the nursing process to manage the needs of clients experiencing health changes with relatively predictable outcomes throughout the life span.
- Create relationships by combining therapeutic communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate achievement of holistic health within the cultural context.
- Manage, prioritize, and provide nursing care for clients and groups of clients, utilizing resources throughout the community.
- Demonstrate personal, ethical, and legal accountability in providing competent and compassionate nursing care.
- Collaborate with the client, family, and multidisciplinary members of the health care team to provide caring, holistic client support.
- Facilitate the client/family in acquiring information and skills to achieve optimal level of holistic health.
- Evaluate healthcare issues with a global perspective.
- A global health perspective in nursing is the understanding that health and wellness issues transcend geographical and national borders; cultural competence and consciousness; having empathy, respect, and understanding of diverse populations; the drive toward health equity.
- Incorporate a personal and professional identity that encourages lifelong learning and active participation in the nursing arena/profession.
NCLEX-RN
First Time Pass Rate
100%
- 2024: 100%
- State 88%, National 91%
- 2023: 100%
- State 87%, National 87%
- 2022: 86.5%
- State 79%, National 80%
- 2021: 77%
- State 84%, National 82.5%
Program Completion Rates
Average within 200% of Program Length
77%
- 2024: 56%
- 29% on time
- 2023: 76%
- 26% on time
- 2022: 88%
- 28% on time
- 2021: 88%
- 58% on time