• Synthesize scientific evidence and methods to design, direct, and evaluate strategies to promote effective patient-centered care.
  • Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
  • Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
• Incorporate leadership skills and interprofessional team building strategies to improve quality metrics within health care systems, organizations, and diverse practice settings.
  • Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
• Employ information systems and technology in the delivery of transformative health care.
  • Essential IV: Information Systems/ Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
• Advocate for evidence-based health policy to improve local, national, and/or global patient and health population outcomes.
  • Essential V: Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
• Utilize effective interprofessional communication and collaborative skills to facilitate improvement in population health.
  • Essential VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
• Demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment and systems thinking in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care for clinical prevention and population health.
  • Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health
  • Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
• Integrate scientific knowledge with faith-inaction, incorporating culturally sensitive and diverse approaches to advanced nursing care.

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