Bulletin 2000-2002

School of Nursing Nursing School (NU)
1111 Middle Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5107
Undergraduate Information: (317) 274-2806
Graduate Information: (317) 274-2806
Nursing School Home Page

School of Nursing Requirements

Completion of Degree Requirements

The School of Nursing must receive notices of removal of Incomplete and Deferred grades, special credit grades, and independent study course grades no later than three weeks before the end of classes in the student’s last semester prior to graduation.

Auditing of Courses

An audit student officially registers for a class and pays the applicable credit hour rate. Upon completion, the course is entered on the permanent university record as one taken for no credit (NC). Note that this option is available only with the instructor’s permission.

Professional Liability Insurance

All undergraduate and graduate nursing students have liability insurance under IU’s malpractice contract. This policy covers students only while caring for patient/clients in the student role. This insurance does not cover students who are working for pay or in any other capacity outside program-sanctioned learning experiences.

Health Requirements

All nursing students must provide evidence of compliance with health requirements including immunizations and CPR certification on the campus where they are enrolled. Failure to meet health requirements will prevent the student from participating in clinical learning experiences. Lack of participation could constitute a clinical course failure. OSHA training related to blood-borne pathogens is required of all students annually. Students will be notified of training dates and times. The School of Nursing faculty and administrators strongly encourage students to carry personal health insurance. Health insurance may be mandatory for nursing students enrolled in designated nursing courses. The school will not be liable for any health problems requiring medical treatment for students enrolled in programs.

Academically Disadvantaged Students

Programs for academically disadvantaged students are available on IU campuses. Resources vary from campus to campus. Students should see individual campus bulletins for specific campus resources.

Students with Disabilities

The University is committed to helping temporarily and permanently disabled students make the transition to student life. Students with physical, mental, or learning impairments are encouraged to consult with counselors from the School of Nursing and Adaptive Educational Services for assistance in meeting degree requirements. Students with disabilities must meet all academic and technical skill requirements of their program.

Writing Competencies

The School of Nursing faculty have specified the following writing competencies critical to the success of students in the nursing program:
  1. The writing has a focus, or a topic which the student will examine from a particular point of view in order to arrive at a conclusion (thesis).

  2. The writing shows the student’s sense of the target audience and of the effect the writing is meant to have on that audience.

  3. The writing reveals the student’s ability to introduce the topic and his or her approach clearly, and to develop ideas with balanced and specific arguments. The conclusion is relevant and clearly stated.

  4. The writing is logically organized, showing coherence within and between paragraphs. Transitions from one point to the next are clear and easy to follow.

  5. The writing reflects critical thinking. The specific is linked to the general; the general is tested against the specific.

  6. The writing has been revised to substitute direct, precise terms for vague ones and to cut out unneeded words and phrases.

  7. The writing has appropriate sentence structure and variety. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation have been carefully checked and are accurate.

  8. The writing follows APA style and format, unless another style and format are specified for a particular purpose.

  9. The writing represents the student’s original work. Where ideas or materials of others are discussed or are used for support, the student has taken responsibility for understanding and following the academic rules on giving appropriate credit to original sources. Failure to appropriately represent work of others constitutes plagiarism, which may result in a course failure and dismissal from the program.

Computer Literacy

Prior to enrolling in the nursing courses, faculty members expect nursing students to use computers well enough to log on to the Internet to access class content. Students should also be able to search for nursing-related materials and to return to an interesting site whenever they choose by using bookmarks or a word processor to store Internet location addresses. Students also should be able to log in to an e-mail account to communicate with other students and faculty, and to use a word-processing program.

Students participating in Web-based courses should have a Pentium Pro computer with at least a 36.6-baud modem; a minimum of 32 MB RAM, 166 MHz or greater processing speed; multimedia capabilities; and the IUPUI SoftPak software. This software can be purchased at the IUPUI Cavanaugh Bookstore on CD for $5. These CDs include software to connect to the IUPUI network, Netscape Communicator to use as a World Wide Web browser, and a virus checker. If the students are outside of the Indianapolis calling area, they should acquire an Internet provider such as America On Line (AOL), Prodigy, CompuServe, or another that has a phone number in their calling area. These commercial providers have their own World Wide Web browsers. Students in R.N.-B.S.N., R.N.-M.S.N., M.S.N., and Ph.D. programs are required to have their own computer and to be able to access the IUPUI campus services.

Transportation

Clinical practice learning experiences are varied in setting and are located within the surrounding communities of Indianapolis, Columbus, and Bloomington. Students are expected to travel to and from all clinical experiences, are responsible for providing their own transportation, and are expected to carry the appropriate insurance. The School of Nursing is not liable for any traffic violations or auto mishaps occurring during student commutes.

Essential Support Services

Continuing Education Program

The School of Nursing Continuing Education staff members facilitate the provision of noncredit continuing education for registered nurses and other health-related personnel. Offerings are determined on the basis of expressed needs of consumers and emerging patterns and trends in health care. Each continuing education program attempts to be responsive to the needs of the learners in regard to scheduling, time (day or evening), day of the week, and duration of instructional period. The length of each educational activity depends on the stated behavioral objectives, varying from one or two days to a semester in length, or consisting of a time interval series of programs that reinforces the application of new knowledge and skills. Courses are taught in an onsite format, by independent study, via two-way video, or on the World Wide Web.

Educational offerings are taught by experts in nursing and allied health fields who are clinicians and consultants in specialized areas of health care in the state of Indiana, at the Indiana University School of Nursing, or at other universities. The continuing education program is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation as a provider of continuing nursing education.

Visit our Web site for complete information and registration for upcoming courses. E-mail may also be sent, or call (317) 274-7779.

Center for Nursing Research

The mission of the Center for Nursing Research is to support the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge by:
  1. providing for development in the areas of research planning, grant writing, budget preparation, data analysis, and research dissemination;
  2. coordinating and facilitating the experiences of research assistants;
  3. facilitating joint projects between practitioners and educators;
  4. providing ongoing information about research resources; and
  5. publicizing faculty and student research accomplishments.
The Center for Nursing Research supports the activities of the Patient Care Research Committee, which plans the IU/Clarian Annual sponsored annually by the Clarian Health Partners, Inc., Indiana University Hospital Nursing Service Department, and the School of Nursing. Staff members also assist the Research Committee, especially in its review of requests and awards for intramural funding (Project Development Program funds and Research Incentive funds). Currently funded faculty projects include studies of factors affecting adaptation to childhood epilepsy, epilepsy outcomes in youth, factors predicting quality of life in dementia patients, breast cancer screening behaviors, cancer risk and genetic risk education for first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients, cancer care interventions to improve functioning and psychosocial outcomes in newly diagnosed cancer patients, HIV disease and the partner relationship, community-based nurse-managed clinics, school-based primary health care, making cities healthier, healthy families, and prenatal care to prevent low-birth-weight infants. For further information, contact the: Office of Research
School of Nursing 338
1111 Middle Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202
telephone (317) 274-7627
or visit the Center for Nursing Research homepage

Development Office

The Development Office, headed by the director of development, collaborates with the Indiana University Foundation to design and implement fundraising efforts under the direction of the dean of the School of Nursing. Objectives of the office are to do the following: For more information, please contact the Development Office
School of Nursing
NU 102
IUPUI
telephone (317) 274-1545 or (317) 274-4293
fax (317) 274-2996

School of Nursing Alumni Association

The Indiana University School of Nursing Alumni Association, a constituent society of the greater IU Alumni Association, was established in 1918 by members of the first IUSON graduating class. Members of this class sought to maintain their strong connection to Indiana University, the School of Nursing, and to other alumni by formally establishing the organization. Through the years, the School of Nursing Alumni Association has grown to more than 2,500 dues-paying members. It represents the interests of more than 20,000 IU School of Nursing graduates worldwide. The 30-member Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors, a group made up of nursing graduates from every School of Nursing campus, serves as the governing body for the organization. It works to implement a variety of service, professional, and social activities each year. Some of these events include local and regional alumni receptions, alumni service awards, student scholarships, class reunions, and continuing education programs. In addition, the association works to promote the general interests of the School of Nursing, the university, and the nursing profession.
 

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