DoTALINE ELIZABETH ALLEN, Director of Nursing Education and Assistant Professor of Nursing Education. Faculty members in other schools and departments of the University participate in teaching courses in their fields that are needed by students in the Department of Nursing Education. The Department of Nursing Education in the School of Education offers nursing curricula for registered nurses leading to the Bachelor of General Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, and Master of Science in Nursing Education degrees.
All courses (general education and nursing education) completed at the Indianapolis Nursing Center will count toward credit toward the degree's residency requirements, provided students are enrolled in the Division of Nursing Education. Currently the Division of Nursing Education is a separate division in the School of Education, and has the same autonomy as departments in other schools of the University. The Division of Nursing Education Advisory Committee consists of representatives of nursing and allied organizations, institutions, and agencies.
The role of the committee is to connect the Department of Nursing Education and the public. At the time of transfer to the approved list of this service (1949), the Department of Nursing Education was a member of the Association of Colleges of Nursing and accredited by the National Organization for Nursing. There is a $6 exam fee for all Nursing Education students in their first semester enrolled in the Department of Nursing Education.
A request for field instruction must be made on a form available from the Office of the Division of Nursing Education.
Requirements for Undergraduate
At least two-thirds to three-quarters of the courses in the major must be taken at Indiana University. All students are required to take the Graduate Nurse Qualifying Examination of the National League for Nursing the first semester they are enrolled for residency credit in the Division of Nursing Education. Students may be required to take courses in the clinical areas where deficiencies are indicated on this exam.
Upon successful completion of the exam, students enrolled in the general nursing program will be awarded credit toward the degree beyond that allowed for their basic nursing program. Due to the nature of the programme, students enrolled in study programs leading to specialization cannot be awarded additional credits based on the results of the test. The residency requirement that at least thirty of the last sixty semester hours of college work (or fifteen of the last sixty hours in the case of students who have already completed sixty hours on campus) must be taken on campus in Bloomington or in the Indianapolis Center.
Nine semester hours in approved courses may be taken by correspondence and counted toward the degree. Completion of one of the curricula described on the following pages, or of an approved program designed to meet the special needs of the individual student. An average of one credit point for each academic credit hour taken; an average of one credit point for each credit hour in all professional courses taken; and a grade of C or better in any field course in the curriculum taken.
Completion of the qualified nurse exam during the first thirteen semester hours of work in the place of residence. The completion of an examination in drugs and solutions by students in the curriculum in general nursing, the curriculum for administrator in a clinical department of a nursing department and the curriculum for instructor in a school of nursing. Demonstration of a personality suitable for nursing and a reasonable maturity of attitude towards nursing which will contribute to success in the chosen field.
Required of all students in the General Nursing Curriculum and of those in AREA II. This curriculum is designed to enrich the background of graduates of hospital schools of nursing and to increase the ability to provide professional quality nursing care in the hospital and in entry-level positions in public health nursing. Completion of this program provides a good basis for postgraduate study in the specialized areas of teaching, administration and clinical nursing; therefore, recent graduates of a basic diploma school in nursing are advised to follow this curriculum.
AREA I. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING HOSPITAL NURS- ING SERVICE PERSONNEL
This curriculum is designed to prepare nurses to function as an administrator or supervisor in a hospital nursing department.
AREA II. CURRICULUM FOR PREPARING PUBLIC HEAL TH NURSING PERSONNEL
AREA III. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING SCHOOL OF NURSING PERSONNEL
Requirements Graduate
The completion of an examination in drugs and solutions by students in the curriculum for administrator in a clinical department of a hospital nursing department, curriculum for instructor in a nursing school and curricula in area IV. The completion of a curriculum from one of the teaching areas described on the following pages, or of an approved program designed to meet the particular needs of the individual student. Upon approval, three bound copies of the thesis, typed or printed, must be submitted to the Department of Nursing Education office no later than 30 days before the date on which the candidate expects to receive the degree.
Completed work for the diploma within a period of five calendar years after enrollment in the diploma work. A maximum of seven and a half semester hours of graduate work completed at another institution may be applied toward this degree upon approval of the Director of Nursing Education. Completion of a curriculum in one of the areas of instruction described on the next few pages or an approved program designed to meet the specific needs of the individual student.
Completion of degree work within a period of six calendar years after enrollment in graduate work. This curriculum is designed to prepare qualified nurses to function as directors or assistant directors of hospital or institutional nursing departments. This curriculum is designed to prepare qualified nurses to assume the responsibilities required of deans, directors, and assistant directors in nursing schools.
This curriculum is designed to prepare instructors in the art of nursing or in a specific field of clinical nursing. This curriculum is designed to prepare students with an acceptable background of teaching or administrative experience in schools of nursing for activities in the field of counseling. Students in this curriculum should have a sufficient background in the social and biological sciences as well as in the humanities.
Students in this curriculum must have an adequate background in the social and biological sciences, as well as the humanities.
Suggested Electives for All Areas
Nursing Education Courses, 1954-55
A study of pharmacology with particular attention to new drugs and their uses, source materials and social and health aspects of the subject. Consideration of basic principles, functions, methods and issues related to administration in a clinical department of a hospital nursing department. The individual student gets the opportunity to work on a problem related to administration in a clinical department of a hospital nursing department.
Consideration of the participation of the public health nurse in determining community needs; program planning, development and evaluation; public relations; coordination of community effort; and professional responsibilities in public health nursing. Includes directed observation, participation and actual teaching as required of staff in public health nursing services. A study of the fundamental principles and methods of personnel administration and guidance useful to teachers and administrators in nursing schools.
A study of principles and practices that can be applied in developing or revising curricula in a nursing field. An overview of psychiatric nursing with an exploration of nursing needs, source material and principles of nursing in psychiatry. Study of nursing care for patients with different types or degrees of behavioral abnormalities, based on a dynamic concept of psychiatric nursing.
Includes teaching principles and methods, teaching objectives, learning situation and learner inventory, importance of educational philosophy, lesson and unit planning, clinical teaching, teaching evaluation and teacher qualifications. Students are given the opportunity to deal with problems related to the management of a hospital nursing department. Workshop on Supervisory Practices in Public Health Nursing, Including a Review of the Basic Philosophy and Principles and Techniques of Supervision.
The role of the local community in guiding and maintaining the child's health is considered. Designed to help the qualified nurse prepare for a position as dean, director, or assistant director of a school of nursing. The student, who is preparing for a position as dean, director or assistant director in the R-nursing school, is given the opportunity to work with issues relating to administration in nursing schools.
