Indiana University Southeast (Division of Nursing)

The Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing is a multi-campus school. The Indiana University Southeast's nursing program is a campus site and is fully accredited by the Indiana State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The Division of Nursing offers an undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Our educational process assists students in becoming competent and true partners in meeting the current and future health needs of society. I am proud of the contributions faculty and graduates make to improve health and health care.

B.S. IN NURSING PROGRAM

The mission of Indiana University Southeast division of Nursing is to create a community of learning that addresses society's need for caring professionals and that nurtures students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds.

The baccalaureate program prepares competent, professional nurses to meet current and future societal health care needs. Program graduates function as practitioners and leaders in acute and long-term care, community settings, homecare and non-traditional settings. The creative curriculum provides a foundation for graduate study. The graduate possesses a broad knowledge of the humanities, biological and social sciences, and nursing. As a beginning practitioner the graduate applies well-developed problem solving skills in caring for individuals, families and communities.

The curriculum is composed of two areas of study: (1) general education (2) classroom and clinical nursing courses. The majority of 29-31 credit hours of general education prerequisites are completed on the Southeast campus. Course work completed at other colleges or universities will be evaluated for equivalency with courses at IU Southeast and transfer of credit may be granted.

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Division of Nursing Courses

INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING: THEORY, PRACTICE, RESEARCH
This course focuses on core theoretical concepts of nursing practice: health, wellness, illness, wholism, 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 biopsychosocial sciences to critically examine the determinates 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, illness prevention, and 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 lifespan.

ALTERATIONS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
This course focuses on individuals and small groups experiencing acute and chronic neuropsychological 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 neuropsychological disorders.

ALTERATIONS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL 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 intervention appropriate to health care needs.

ALTERATIONS IN HEALTH I: THE PRACTICUM
Students will 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 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 healthy status of family members will be emphasized.

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

NURSING RESEARCH
This course focuses on development of the student’s skills in using the research process to define clinical research problems and to determine the usefulness of research in clinical decisions related to practice. The critique of nursing and nursing-related research studies will be emphasized in identifying applicability to nursing practice.

LIFE SPAN PRACTICUM
Students will make assessments and observations of individuals in various stages of growth and development.

CLINICAL ELECTIVE
Planned and supervised clinical experiences in the area of the student’s major interest.

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: THE PRACTICUM
Students will apply the nursing process to the care of clients experiencing acute multisystem alterations in health.

A MULTISYSTEM 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-economics issues in 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: 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 in collaboration with diverse groups within a community.

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: THE PRACTICUM
Students will have the opportunity to apply professional management skills in a variety of nursing leadership roles.

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 students’ 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 practices.

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 life-long learning.

PORTFOLIO REVIEW FOR COURSE SUBSTITUTION
The portfolio review process is available to all undergraduate students who believe that they can meet the learning objectives/ competencies required of a specific nursing course within their program of study. The portfolio is a mechanism used to validate the acquisition of knowledge and skills congruent with course expectations and student learning outcomes. The portfolio provides objective evidence that students have acquired the content and skills through prior learning and/or practice experiences.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN NURSING
Opportunity for independent study of clinical experience related to nursing practice. Includes elective credit awarded to registered nurses holding valid specialty certification from a professional nursing organization in an appropriate area of nursing. A maximum of 2 credit hours may be awarded.

INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN NURSING
Opportunity for registered nurses to participate in independent study of topics related to nursing practice under the guidance of a selected faculty member.

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