MS in Nursing Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO)

Designed for dedicated nursing professionals, Minnesota State Moorhead’s MSN program equips graduates with advanced knowledge, leadership capabilities, and expertise in evidence-informed practice. Grounded in an interdisciplinary framework that bridges the arts, humanities, and sciences, the program emphasizes critical thinking, ethical decision-making, and nursing as both art and science. Through a versatile curriculum offered entirely online, MSN students develop the skills needed to lead, educate, and innovate within complex healthcare systems—while maintaining flexibility to fit their personal and professional lifestyles.

  • PSLO 1. Human Flourishing
    Demonstrate leadership and facilitate change by effectively integrating current and emerging evidence from nursing and related disciplines to enhance human flourishing and continuously improve healthcare outcomes across diverse populations.
  • PSLO 2.  Professional Identity
    Cultivate a professional identity by leading ethically and employing a systems approach to strategically allocate resources, guide ethical decision-making, and promote evidence-based practices that ensure high-quality, safe nursing care.
  • PSLO 3. Spirit of Inquiry
    Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry by formulating research questions, evaluating the impact of evidence-based interventions, and applying quality improvement tools and methods to enhance quality and safety within healthcare organizations.
  • PSLO 4. Nursing Judgment
    Exercise nursing judgment by integrating research, clinical reasoning, and patient values to make evidence-based decisions, resolve practice problems, and disseminate results to optimize health outcomes.
  • PSLO 5. Informatics and Technology Integration
    Evaluate current and emerging patient care, informatics, and communication technologies to enhance healthcare delivery and coordinate across diverse settings, ensuring alignment with best practices and improving healthcare outcomes.
  • PSLO 6. Health Policy, Ethics, Advocacy, Healthcare Equity, and Social Determinants of Health
    Facilitate system-level initiatives to enhance healthcare outcomes through policy development, advocacy, and ethical decision-making, emphasizing healthcare equity and addressing social determinants of health to reduce disparities and improve access to care.
  • PSLO 7. Interprofessional Collaboration
    Collaborate effectively as a leader and member of interprofessional teams to optimize care management and coordination, employing strong communication skills to build therapeutic relationships.
  • PSLO 8. Holistic Care including Prevention and Population Health
    Design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based strategies for clinical prevention and health promotion, addressing the diverse needs of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
  • PSLO 9. Lifelong Learning and Professional Integrity
    Integrate advanced nursing knowledge and competencies to influence health outcomes at individual, family, population, and systems levels, while demonstrating a commitment to lifelong professional growth and integrity.