Outcome assessment is used throughout the educational process at Avila to evaluate program effectiveness. The program of nursing, university and/or accrediting agencies, determines assessed outcomes.

Assessment activities occur throughout, at the end of the nursing curriculum and post-graduation. Assessment early in the nursing curriculum can provide the faculty a baseline from which to evaluate curricular impact on outcomes. Assessment activities may also include course assignments or surveys. Post-graduation outcome assessments help to evaluate such things as graduate and employer satisfaction and success on the nursing licensure examination. The nursing program curriculum outcomes are:

1. Integrate values and beliefs, in response to personal beliefs, professional concerns and social issues.
2. Use effective and facilitative communication.
3. Use critical thinking and decision making to: a) assess and analyze family and social health related needs; b) plan and implement nursing intervention; c) evaluate outcomes.
4. Exhibit professional role competencies with an emphasis on the roles of: clinician, advocate, educator, leader, manager, and colleague.