Outcomes and Student Achievement Data

The goal of the Dishman School of Nursing is to educate and prepare students to be exceptional additions to the field of nursing. With an average employment rate of 100 percent, your BSN or MSN education is a great step toward a successful and fulfilling career.

Student Learning Outcomes

BSN Outcomes and Goals

Baccalaureate End of Program Student Learning Outcomes

Effective Fall 2022

Practices safe, compassionate, and effective holistic/multidimensional patient-centered care to diverse patients/clients in multiple settings from a global perspective by incorporating theories and evidence-based findings.
Supports patients/clients in preventing disease, maintaining wellness, promoting and restoring health and advocating for death with dignity.
Evaluates patient-centered care for patients/clients across the lifespan based on common and complex health needs and compromised multiple health states when considering multiple determinants of health.
Synthesizes clinical reasoning and judgment in nursing practice utilizing critical thinking, nursing process, informatics, research, and evidence-based findings.
Employs safe, effective, compassionate patient-centered care in collaboration with patients/clients and members of the interprofessional and intraprofessional healthcare team.
Differentiates multiple role dimensions and practices within ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks when caring for diverse patients/clients as a member of the interprofessional and intraprofessional healthcare team.
Demonstrates professional integrity, effective communication, active inquiry and service to community.

Baccalaureate Program Goals and Program Outcomes

Effective Fall 2022

Program Goals	Outcome Area	BSN Program Outcomes
Provide excellent learning opportunities to prepare graduates to meet national standards for entry into practice as competent, professional registered nurses.	Performance on Licensure Exam	88% or more of the pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates will pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) on the first attempt.
Provide relevant education and resources for students to graduate in a timely manner.	Program Completion	40% or more of the students entering the BSN program will earn the BSN degree within 100% of the time of the published program length 70% or more of the students entering the BSN program will earn the BSN degree within 150% of the time of the published program length.
Prepare graduates to function in role-related nursing employment	Job Placement	90% or more of BSN graduates contacted report employment in nursing 9-12 months post-graduation.

MSN Outcomes and Goals

MSN End of Program Student Learning Outcomes

Effective Fall 2022

Graduates of the Nurse Educator or Nurse Administrator tracks of the MSN program will demonstrate the following end of program student learning outcomes:

Analyze issues in the context of healthcare policy and finance, including economic, legal, and political factors, to address the healthcare needs of a diverse society.
Analyze strategies to improve healthcare outcomes equitably across the health continuum for diverse populations in a global setting.
Utilize research methods, evidence-based practice, and informatics to investigate problems, evaluate outcome data, promote changes, promote safety and health outcomes, and improve nursing practice.
Translate current and emerging evidence from nursing theoretical frameworks and other sciences to guide decision-making that demonstrates best practices.
Demonstrate advanced nursing practice roles from professional, organizational, and personal perspectives within an ethical and legal framework.
Communicate effectively using multiple modalities with diverse individuals, groups, and populations in a global health care environment.
Contribute to system-level planning, decision-making, and evaluation for disasters and public health emergencies.

MSN Program Goals and Program Outcomes

Effective Fall 2022

Program Goals	Outcome Area	MSN Program Outcomes
Program demonstrates evidence of students' achievement in completing the nursing program	Program Completion	40% of students will graduate within 100% the length of the program
The program demonstrates evidence of graduates' achievement in job placement.	Job Placement	80% of those seeking employment will be involved in role-related professional practice at 6-12 months post-graduation.
The program demonstrates evidence of students' achievement of each End of Program Student Learning Outcome/role-specific professional competency.	Program Goals	Student Learning Outcome Indirect Method: 90% of MSN graduates are expected to respond “agree or “strongly agree” (4.0 or higher) to each end of program SLO. Student Learning Outcome Direct Method: All MSN graduates are expected to achieve end of program SLOs by a combined score of 75% or higher on the culminating Synthesis Project using a standardized rubric.
The program demonstrates evidence of students’ achievement of role-specific professional competencies	Program Goals	Professional Competency Indirect Method: 90% of MSN graduates are expected to respond “agree” or “strongly agree” (4.0 or higher) to each end-of-program role-specific professional competency by graduation. Professional Competency Direct Method: Practicum courses

Prelicensure Pass Rates

NCLEX-RN Pass Rates

Reporting period - October 1 through September 30

	Lamar University	Texas	National
2020	88.33%	91.00%	86.76%
2019	90.38%	89.05%	85.63%
2018	95.49%	91.62%	88.56%
2017	92.31%	89.77%	86.94%
2016	90.38%	87.14%	84.30%
2015	93.69%	85.22%	84.18%
2014	88.46%	81.02%	81.74%

Completion Rates by Program/Track

Prelicensure BSN Program Completion Rates

Admission Semester	Rate
Fall 2014	66% (52/79)
Spring 2015	76% (50/66)
Fall 2015	72% (44/79)
Spring 2016	73% (56/77)
Fall 2016	81% (64/79)
Spring 2017	74% (59/80)
Fall 2017	62% (49/79)
Spring 2018*	51% (45/88)*

*In progress

RN-BSN Program Completion Rates

Graduation Term	Rate
Spring 2016	74% (45/61)
Summer 2016	71% (30/40)
Fall 2016	71% (40/56)
Spring 2017	74% (34/46)
Summer 2017	79% (22/28)
Fall 2017	80% (51/64)
Spring 2018	78% (36/46)
Summer 2018	70% (14/20)
Fall 2018	57% (28/49)
Spring 2019	71% (25/35)
Summer 2019	55% (6/11)
Fall 2019	91% (21/23)

Total BSN Program Completion Rates

Calendar Year	Rate
2016	72% (217/302)
2017	77% (227/294)
2018	67% (184/274)
2019*	59% (139/236)*

*In Progress

MSN Program Completion Rates by Cohort

Graduation Term	Administration Track	Education Track	Combined
Fall 2014	NA	NA	NA
Spring 2015	100% (4/4)	89% (8/9)	92% 12/13
Summer 2015	100% (2/2)	NA	100% (2/2)
Academic Year 2014-2015	100% (6/6)	89% (8/9)	93% (14/15)
Fall 2015	100% (1/1)	100% (3/3)	100% (4/4)
Spring 2016	100% (5/5)	100% (5/5)	100% (10/10)
Summer 2016	0% (0/1)	100% (3/3)	75% (3/4)
Academic Year 2015-2016	86% (6/7)	100% (11/11)	94% (17/18)
Fall 2016	100% (3/3)	100% (4/4)	100% (7/7)
Spring 2017	100% (3/3)	100% (4/4)	100% (7/7)
Summer 2017	NA	0% (0/1)	0% (0/1)
Academic Year 2016-2017	100% (6/6)	89% (8/9)	93% (14/15)
Fall 2017	100% (1/1)	50% (1/2)	67% (2/3)
Spring 2018	75% (3/4)	0% (0/3)	43% (3/7)
Summer 2018	NA	100% (1/1)	100% (1/1)
Academic Year 2017-2018	38% (3/5)	33% (2/6)	54% (6/11)
Fall 2018	100% (7/7)	100% (4/4)	100% (11/11)
Spring 2019	75% (6/8)	80% (8/10)	77% (14/18)
Summer 2019	0% (0/1)	0% (0/3)	0% (0/4)
Academic Year 2018-2019	81% (13/16)	71% (12/17)	78% (25/32)
Fall 2019	38% (3/8)	0% (0/2)	30% (3/10)
Spring 2020	60% (3/5)	38% (3/8)	46% (6/13)
Summer 2020
Academic Year 2019-2020*	46% (6/13)*	30% (3/10)*	39% (9/23)*

*in progress