Indiana University Northwest (School of Nursing)

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 nursisng 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.

PHILOSOPHY

Baccalaureate nursing education provides a broad foundation in the sciences and liberal arts necessary for preparing professional nurses who are capable of practicing in a competent and responsible fashion as informed citizens in a dynamic and diverse society. Graduates of the baccalaureate nursing program are expected to demonstrate competencies consistent with being a critical thinker, a culturally competent person, a knowledgeable coordinator of community resources, a politically aware professional, a beginning practitioner whose actions are consistent with professional legal and ethical standards, an effective communicator, a competent provider of health care, and a person who exemplifies a positive image. Baccalaureate graduates assist individuals, families, and communities in attaining mutually established health goals and in facilitating the highest level of functioning for individuals, families, and communities toward the maximization of their health potential. Baccalaureate education must prepare graduates to be knowledgeable workers, processors of information, and to navigate complex health care systems using available technologies as they design and develop more efficient approaches to the delivery of health care services independently or in conjunction with others.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NURSING
This course focuses on the discipline of nursing by introducing the students to the foundational knowledge needed to assess the life processes and the developmental, ethnic, and cultural patterns of health and illness in individuals to identify common problems, and to implement standardized nursing practices. The course will emphasize nursing roles, the nursing process, and the acquisition of basic psychomotor skills in simulated learning settings.

APPLICATION OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NURSING
Students will focus on the use of critical thinking skills in the assessment of life processes, developmental, ethnic, and cultural patterns of health and illness in the care of adults. The course provides the opportunity to apply basic psychomotor skills and implement standardized nursing practices. Students will also be introduced to technology appropriate to support prescribed care interventions.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN NUTRITION, ELIMINATION, AND METABOLIC FUNCTIONS
This course focuses on the functional, adaptational, ethnic and cultural patterns of young, middle-aged, and elderly adults with emphasis on alterations in nutrition, elimination and metabolic processes. Students will use the nursing process in identifying interventions consistent with acute and chronic alterations in nutrition, elimination, and metabolic processes.

NURSING PRACTICUM: ALTERATIONS IN NUTRITION, ELIMINATION, AND METABOLIC FUNCTIONS
Students will focus on the nursing process in the delivery of nursing care for adults with alterations in nutrition, elimination, and metabolic processes. Emphasis is placed on the developmental patterns of adults. Course provides students with the opportunity to continue to develop critical thinking, communication, and psychomotor skills consistent with the role of a competent care provider in a variety of care settings.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN COMFORT AND FUNCTION
This course focuses on the experience of stress and coping, and pain and mobility impairment in young, middle-aged and elderly adults from the perspectives of health, developmental, and ethnic/cultural patterns. Students will use the nursing process to formulate care plans/maps for individuals experiencing cancer, altered immune responses, and impaired musculoskeletal function and skin integrity.

NURSING PRACTICUM: ALTERATIONS IN COMFORT AND FUNCTION
Students will focus on assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individuals experiencing alterations in comfort and function. Students will be expected to perform selected skills safely and competently and to demonstrate accountability for the management of individuals' care in a variety of settings.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN ACTIVITY-EXERCISE
This course focuses on the application of all aspects of the nursing process in caring for individuals experiencing selected acute and chronic alterations in cardiac, respiratory, and hematological systems for young, middle-aged, and elderly adults. Integration and critical examination of prior and new knowledge will be emphasized.

NURSING PRACTICUM: CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN ACTIVITY-EXERCISE
Students will focus on adults experiencing selected acute and chronic cardiac, respiratory, and hematological alterations and their related disruptions in activity-exercise abilities. The nursing process will be used in providing care that will foster positive outcomes.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN COGNITION, PERCEPTION, AND INTERACTION
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to care for individuals experiencing actual or potential problems of the neuropsychological, neuromuscular, or central nervous system. Problems include cognitive, neuropsychological, emotional, and behavioral disruptions experienced by individuals across the life span.

NURSING PRACTICUM: CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: ALTERATIONS IN COGNITION, PERCEPTION, AND INTERACTION FUNCTIONS
Students will focus on individuals experiencing neuropsychological, neuromuscular, central nervous system, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disruptions. Students will be expected to integrate knowledge and skills in increasingly complex care situations consistent with course and level competencies.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: BEGINNING AND EVOLVING FAMILIES
This course focuses on the study of individuals and families during the childbearing and child-raising phases of development. Concepts of growth and development, health promotion, health maintenance, illness, and illness prevention are integrated.

NURSING PRACTICUM: CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: BEGINNING AND EVOLVING FAMILIES
Students will focus on care of individuals and families during the childbearing and child-raising phases of development. Students will be expected to apply nursing skills and knowledge to promote family function and growth. Students will have opportunities to interact with children, adults, and families across the care continuum.

CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT
This capstone course focuses on the integration of knowledge and its application in the provision of comprehensive nursing care. The role of the nurse in planning, collaborating, organizing, communicating, problem solving, and evaluating care outcomes will be emphasized. Principles of care management and pharmacology will be synthesized into course content.

NURSING PRACTICUM: CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: WITHIN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Students will apply the nursing process in managing care for multiple individuals and their families in a variety of acute and community-focused settings where policies and procedures are specified and professional consultation is available. Students will also demonstrate their ability to synthesize pharmacology and the use of computers in their practice.

THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING: ROLE TRANSITIONING
This course focuses on the transition from the role of student to graduate nurse. Emphasis is placed on the responsibilities and expectations of the professional nurse in the health care delivery system. Legal and ethical issues, professional development, group dynamics, risk management, quality assurance, political action, nursing organizations, and the use of research to inform nursing practice will be explored.

NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Emphasis on nutritional needs and eating habits throughout the life span. Discusses the classification, functions, and food sources of the nutrients; the components of a balanced diet; the process by which the body utilizes food; and nutritional concerns of various cultures.

DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES AND HEALTH
This course focuses on the theoretical perspectives of growth and development, family theories and family adaptation at different stages, and usual patterns of aging. Students will make assessments of individuals in various stages of life to identify developmental issues and their impact on health phenomena of interest to nursing.

COMMUNICATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Students in this course will focus on basic communication skills essential for working with clients of various ages and health care professionals. Content includes interpersonal communications and group dynamics. Students will practice communication skills with individuals, within groups, and through electronic media.

INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING: THEORY, PRACTICE, RESEARCH
This 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 contributions to meeting societal needs through integrating theory, research, and practice.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This course focuses on the use of concepts from nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, and bio psychosocial sciences to critically examine the determinate of health, wellness, and illness across the life span. 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 will have the opportunity to use interview, observation, percussion, palpation, inspection and auscultation in assessing clients across the life span in simulated and actual environments.

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 life span.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NURSING: PRACTICUM
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate fundamental nursing skills in the application of nursing care for clients across the life span.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING SEMINAR I
This course focuses on core theoretical concepts of professional nursing practice, including health, wellness, illness, self-care and caring, disease prevention, and health promotion. Students, in developing care outcomes consistent with maximizing individual potentials for wellness, will be expected to explore theoretical premises and research related to the unique wellness perspectives and health beliefs of people across the life span.

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