DoTALINE ELIZABETH ALLEN, Director of the Department of Nursing Education and Assistant Professor of Nursing Education. Faculty members in other schools and departments of the university collaborate by teaching courses in their respective fields that are necessary for students in the Nursing program. The Department of Nursing Education, in the School of Education, offers nursing programs for graduate nurses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in General Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, and Master of Science in Nursing Education.
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 committee serves to interpret the programs of the Department of Nursing Education to interested groups and to assist the faculty in better identifying and meeting nursing needs. 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. All Nursing Education students pay $6 for exams the first semester they are enrolled in the Department of Nursing Education.
Application for field study must be made on a form obtainable 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 make up deficiencies in the clinical areas indicated on this exam.
Students whose average grade for English WlOl and W102 is lower than C are required to take English W103. The following courses may be substituted or the student may choose other courses in history with the permission of the Director of the Nursing Department: History Hl03, History of Western European Civilization I, 3 credits; History H104, History of Western European Civilization II, 3 credits; History Hl06, American History: General Course II, 3 credits. The residency requirement that at least thirty of the last sixty semester hours of university work (or fifteen of the last sixty hours in the case of students who have already completed sixty hours on campus) be completed on the Bloomington or Indianapolis Center Center campus.
Nine semester hours in approved courses can be taken by correspondence and counted towards the degree. Completion of one of the curricula described on the following pages or of an approved program designed to meet the particular 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 each field course in the curriculum followed.
Completion of the Graduate Nurse Qualifying Examination during the first thirteen semester hours of residency work. Demonstration of a personality suitable for nursing, and a reasonable mature attitude towards nursing, which will contribute to success in the field of choice. This curriculum is intended to enrich the background of graduates of hospital schools of nursing and to enhance the ability to provide professional quality nursing care in the hospital and entry-level positions in public health care.
Required for all students in the general nursing curriculum and for students in Area II. DEPARTMENT OF NURSING EDUCATION 13 Completion of this program provides a foundation for graduate study in the specialized areas of education, administration, and clinical nursing; Students who have not had psychiatric nursing clinical experience may be required to participate in related supervised laboratory experience before graduation.
This curriculum is designed to prepare nurses to serve as administrators or supervisors in a department of a nursing department. This curriculum is designed for nurses who wish to prepare for public health care staff positions. The following courses may be substituted or the student may select another science course with the permission of the Director of the Department of Nursing Education: Physiology P104, Elementary Physiology, 5 credits; or Anatomy A210, Elementary human anatomy, 5 credits.
Requirements Graduate
Completion of a total of thirty semester hours in graduate courses at Indiana University, equivalent to two semesters of full-time residential study. A minimum of fifteen semester hours of graduate coursework, which may include a thesis, must be completed in residence on the Bloomington or downtown Indian-Apolis campus. This decision applies to all students applying for admission to the Department of Nursing Education after September, 1949.
In special cases, graduate work completed at another institution may be used toward this degree upon approval of the Director of the Department of Nursing Education. A student whose diploma work is not satisfactory can be asked at any time to interrupt the work on the master's study. 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.
When approved, three bound copies of the thesis, typed or typed, must be filed in the Office of the Division of Nursing Education no later than thirty days before the date on which the candidate expects to receive the degree. Completion of degree work within a period of five calendar years after enrollment in graduate work. A minimum of fifteen semester hours in graduate courses must be taken in residence on the Bloomington campus or at the Downtown Indianapolis Center.
With approval of the Director of the Division of Nursing Education, a maximum of seven and a half semesters of graduate work taken at another institution may be applied toward this degree. A maximum of five semester hours may be taken in approved undergraduate courses and applied toward the requirements for this degree. Any student whose post-graduate work is not satisfactory may be asked at any time to stop work for the master's degree.
Completion of a study program from one of the teaching areas described on the following pages, or of an approved program designed to meet the individual student's special needs. Completion of the work for the degree within a period of six calendar years after registration for master's work.
AREA I. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING HOSPITAL NURS- ING SERVICE PERSONNEL
AREA III. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING SCHOOL OF NURSING PERSONNEL
This curriculum is designed to prepare instructors in nursing, psychiatric nursing, medical-surgical nursing, or maternity-pediatric nursing.
AREA IV. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING CLINICAL NURS- ING PERSONNEL
This curriculum is designed to prepare graduate nurses in advanced medical-surgical nursing by further developing skills and understanding in this area.
Suggested Electives for All Areas
Includes supervised practice in hospitals and public health agencies to help students gain the ability to provide comprehensive patient and family care. Review of basic principles, functions, methods and problems related to administration in a clinical section of a hospital nursing department. Each student is given the opportunity to work on a problem related to administration in a clinical department of a hospital nursing department.
A study of the objectives, organization, and financial problems of the modern hospital, with special emphasis on the hospital as part of the community program and the place of the nursing service personnel in the hospital organization. Taking into account the participation of the public health nurse in determining the needs of the community; program planning, development and evaluation; public relations; Coordination of community efforts; and professional responsibilities in public health nursing. Designed to give the student, through supervised observation and participation, teaching experience in a nursing school.
An overview of psychiatric nursing with an exploration of material, and principles of nursing in psychiatry. Opportunity is given to the students to apply scientific principles to the construction of nursing procedures, and to analyze nursing care problems. A working conference on supervisory practices in public health nursing, including an overview of underlying philosophy and principles as well as techniques of supervision.
The role of community agencies in guiding and maintaining family health is included. A study of the basic principles and methods of personnel administration and guidelines applicable to teachers and administrators in nursing schools. Designed to assist the qualified nurse in preparing for the position of dean, director, or assistant director in a school of nursing.
A student preparing for the position of dean, director, or assistant director in a school of nursing is given an opportunity to deal with problems related to administration in a school of nursing. Includes scheduled observations in community agencies that contribute to the patient's total care. Experience in all phases of the obstetric cycle, care of newborns, premature babies and sick babies and children is expected.
