Indiana University Indianapolis (School of Nursing)

As you explore all the wonderful opportunities IUSON has to offer nurses who are interested in learning, growing, and becoming leaders, I am sure you will agree that we are one of the most innovative, cutting-edge places to study and grow. The eight campuses of IUSON offer potential students and faculty myriad opportunities to study nursing from the very best qualified faculty in the country. Each of the eight campuses—Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), IU Bloomington, IUPU Columbus, IU East (Richmond), IU Kokomo, IU Northwest (Gary), IU South Bend, IU Southeast (New Albany)—offers high quality programs that reflect the unique mission of the campus and the region in which it resides as well as building on the strengths of each faculty.

MISSION

The mission of Indiana University School of Nursing is to collaborate across campuses to integrate the values of Indiana University and the profession of nursing as they relate to research, scholarship, teaching, practice and service. We are committed to advancing the science of nursing through excellence in nursing education by preparing nurses who provide high quality nursing care to a diverse, multicultural society.

VISION

Our vision for the Indiana University School of Nursing is to promote nursing care excellence through a community of lifelong learning that focuses on society's needs for high quality health care and scientifically educated professional nurses. We will strive to provide a supportive environment that fosters the educational and developmental needs of students, faculty, staff and alumni from diverse, multicultural backgrounds. Faculty in our undergraduate and graduate programs will be known for their scholarship in the areas of research, interactive learning, discovery, application and integration. We are committed to advancing the science and practice of nursing through excellence in nursing education based on preparing graduates who will provide high quality nursing care to a diverse, multicultural society, conduct research and teach future nurses. We will achieve these goals through cooperative teaching strategies, promotion of critical thinking skills and use of cutting-edge technology.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Nursing is one of the most dynamic, challenging, and rewarding career options available to men and women and there's one school leading the way in preparing future nurses to meet the demands of an expanding health care workplace—Indiana University School of Nursing.

Indiana University School of Nursing is centrally located at the Indiana University Medical Center on the Indianapolis campus and has programs at Indiana University in Bloomington and Columbus. Our alliance with nationally recognized health care facilities helps the School stay on the forefront of a changing health care landscape—one that has many new doors opening for qualified nursing graduates.

There are opportunities for nurses today that didn't exist a decade ago—opportunities in research, administration, business, corporate wellness, community programs and policy making in addition to traditional patient care at the bedside. And, Indiana University School of Nursing's resources and relationships with hospitals and the corporate world are helping prepare students to take full advantage of these opportunities.

Indiana University School of Nursing is the largest school of its kind in the nation and one of the most respected multi-program nursing schools in the world. The School offers a continuum of education with undergraduate degrees that include a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a Second Degree BSN option for those who are interested in nursing and have earned a bachelors degree in another field of study. Finally, the RN to BSN option enables those individuals who are graduates of a diploma or associate degree program to complete their bachelors in nursing. Indiana University School of Nursing also has one of the most respected master's programs in the nation, offering thirteen different majors, plus a doctoral and postdoctoral program.

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School of Nursing Courses

INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING: THEORY, PRACTICE, RESEARCH
The course focuses on core theoretical concepts of nursing practice: health, wellness, illness, holism, caring, environment, self-care, uniqueness of persons, interpersonal relationships, and decision-making. This course helps the student understand nursing's unique contribution to meeting societal needs through integrating theory, research, and practice.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Students use concepts from nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, and biopsychosocial sciences to critically examine the determinants of health, wellness, and illness across the lifespan. Environmental, sociocultural, and economic factors that influence health care practices are emphasized. Theories of health, wellness, and illness are related to health promotion, disease prevention, and illness prevention nursing interventions.

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT
This course focuses on helping students acquire skills to conduct a comprehensive health assessment, including the physical, psychological, social, functional, and environmental aspects of health. The process of data collection, interpretation, documentation, and dissemination of assessment data will be addressed.

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT: PRACTICUM
Students use interview, inspection/observation, palpation, percussion, and auscultation in assessing clients across the life span in simulated and actual settings.

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NURSING
This course focuses on the fundamentals of nursing from a theoretical, research base. It provides an opportunity for basic care nursing skills development. Students will be challenged to use critical thinking and problem solving in developing the ability to apply an integrated nursing therapeutics approach for clients experiencing health alterations across the lifespan.

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NURSING PRACTICUM
The course focuses on giving students the opportunity to demonstrate fundamental nursing skills in the application of nursing care for clients across the lifespan.

ALTERATIONS IN NEURO-PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
This course focuses on individuals and small groups experiencing acute and chronic neuro-psychological disorders. Content includes the effect of the brain-body disturbances on health functioning. Other content areas are growth and development, stress, mental status, nurse-client relationships, psychopharmacology, and nursing approaches for clients experiencing DSM-IV neuro-psychological disorders.

ALTERATIONS IN NEURO-PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH: THE PRACTICUM
Students will provide nursing care to individuals and small groups who are experiencing acute and chronic neuropsychological disturbances related to psychiatric disorders. Student experiences will be with individuals and small groups in supervised settings such as acute care, community-based, transitional, and /or the home.

ALTERATIONS IN HEALTH I
This course focuses on the pathophysiology and holistic nursing care management of clients experiencing acute and chronic problems. Students will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to plan interventions appropriate to health care needs.

ALTERATIONS IN HEALTH I: THE PRACTICUM GENERAL INFORMATION
Students will continue to apply the science and technology of nursing to perform all independent, dependent and interdependent care functions. Students will engage clients in a variety of settings to address alterations in health functioning, identify health care needs, and determine the effectiveness of interventions given expected care outcomes.

ALTERATIONS IN HEALTH II
This course builds on Alterations in Health I and continues to focus on pathophysiology and holistic nursing care management of clients experiencing acute and chronic health problems and their associated needs.

ALTERATIONS IN HEALTH II -THE PRACTICUM
Students will continue to apply the science and technology of nursing to perform all independent, dependent, and interdependent care functions. Students will engage clients in a variety of settings to address alterations in health functioning.

THE DEVELOPING FAMILY AND CHILD
This course focuses on the needs of individuals and their families who are facing the phenomena of growth and development during the childbearing and child rearing phases of family development. Factors dealing with preserving, promoting and restoring health status of families members will be emphasized.

THE DEVELOPING FAMILY AND CHILD: THE PRACTICUM
Students will have the opportunity to work with child-bearing and child-rearing families, including those experiencing alterations in health.

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH
This course focuses on development of students’ skills in using the research process to define clinical research problems and to determine the usefulness of research in informing clinical practice. The critique of research studies will be emphasized to identify ways of knowing appropriate for interventions for nursing practice.

RESTORATIVE HEALTH RELATED TO MULTI-SYSTEM FAILURES
This course focuses on the pathophysiology and nursing care management of clients experiencing multi-system alterations in health status. Correlations among complex system alterations and nursing interventions to maximize health potential are emphasized.

RESTORATIVE HEALTH RELATED TO MULTI-SYSTEM FAILURES PRACTICUM
Students will apply the nursing process/critical thinking to the care of clients experiencing acute multi-system alterations in health.

A MULTI-SYSTEM APPROACH TO THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY
This course focuses on the complexity and diversity of groups or aggregates within communities and their corresponding health care needs. Through a community assessment of health trends, demographics, epidemiological data, and social/political/economic data about local and global communities, the student will be able to determine effective interventions for community-centered care.

A MULTI-SYSTEM APPROACH TO THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY: THE PRACTICUM
Students will have the opportunity to apply the concepts of community assessment, program planning, prevention, and epidemiology to implement and evaluate interventions for community-centered care to groups or aggregates. Professional nursing will be practiced within diverse groups in communities.

ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE
This course is designed to introduce nursing students to major ethical theory, principles, and models for the recognition, analysis, and resolution of ethical problems in health care practice. As a consequence, students should become more sensitive and thoughtful practitioners.

NURSING MANAGEMENT
This course focuses on the development of management skills assumed by professional nurses, including delegation of responsibilities, networking, facilitation of groups, conflict resolution, leadership, case management, and collaboration. Concepts addressed include organizational structure, change, managing quality and performance, workplace diversity, budgeting and resource allocation, and delivery systems.

NURSING MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Clinical practicum course: Students will have the opportunity to apply professional management skills in a variety of nursing leadership roles. Students are assigned to one of several hospitals for clinical practice with supervisors. Seminars are an integral part of the teaching and learning process.

CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE CAPSTONE
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate competencies consistent with program outcomes and to refine their nursing care practice skills. Students will collaborate with faculty and a preceptor in choosing a care setting, planning and organizing a learning experience, and practicing professional nursing in a safe and effective manner.

RESEARCH UTILIZATION SEMINAR
This course focuses on student abilities to refine their critical/analytical skills, in evaluating clinical research for applicability to nursing practice. Students will examine the role of evaluation, action research, and research findings in assuring quality of nursing care and in solving relevant problems arising from clinical practice.

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT
This course focuses on issues related to professional practice, career planning, personal goal setting, and empowerment of self and others. Students will discuss factors related to job performance, performance expectations and evaluation, reality orientation, and commitment to lifelong earning.

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