Outcome Criteria Upon Completion of Program
(Doctoral Student Learning Outcomes/DSLOs)
DLSO’s mandated by COA for DNAP Completion programs:
Critical Thinking
The graduate must demonstrate the ability to:
- Provide nurse anesthesia services based on evidence-based principles. (#14)
- Use science-based theories and concepts to analyze new practice approaches. (#23)
Communication
The graduate must demonstrate the ability to:
- Utilize interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective interprofessional exchange of information and collaboration with other healthcare professions. (#26)
Leadership
The graduate must demonstrate the ability to:
- Integrate critical and reflective thinking in his or her leadership approach. (#31)
- Provide leadership that facilitates intraprofessional and interprofessional collaboration. (#32)
Professional Role
The graduate must demonstrate the ability to:
- Adhere to the Code of Ethics for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. (#33)
- Apply ethically sound decision-making processes. (#35)
- Inform the public of the role and practice of the CRNA. (#40)
- Evaluate how public policy-making strategies impact the financing and delivery of healthcare. (#41)
- Advocate for health policy change to improve patient care. (#42)
- Advocate for health policy change to advance the specialty of nurse anesthesia. (#43)
- Analyze strategies to improve patient outcomes and quality of care. (#44)
- Analyze health outcomes in a variety of populations. (#45)
- Analyze health outcomes in a variety of clinical settings. (#46)
- Analyze health outcomes in a variety of systems. (#47)
- Disseminate research evidence. (#48)
- Use information systems/technology to support and improve patient care. (#49)
- Use information systems/technology to support and improve healthcare systems.(#50)
- Analyze business practices encountered in nurse anesthesia delivery settings. (#51)
*The numbers following each objective in parenthesis correspond to the COA student learning objectives.