DoTALINE ELIZABETH ALLEN, Director of the Department of Nursing Education and Professor of Nursing Education. Faculty members from other schools and departments of the university collaborate by teaching courses in their respective fields, which are required for students in the nursing department. A large percentage of administrators and teachers in the state's public school system are trained in the School of Education.
Through the facilities of the Indianapolis Medical Center, the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry and the School of Nursing offer exceptional opportunities. Indiana University is constituted by law as the head of the state's public school system. All courses (general education and nursing education) completed at the Indianapolis Downtown Campus of Indiana University will count toward the residency requirements for the degree, provided the courses are consistent with curriculum requirements and students are admitted. to the Nursing Education Division.
In 1944, nursing education was placed directly under the Dean of the School of Education and became the Department of Nursing Education. The Department of Nursing Education has students from all parts of the United States and various areas in other parts of the world. The Department of Nursing Education also has an active Alumni Association which works closely with the Department and is the alumni body of the University.
The Department of the Faculty of Nursing Education or such persons as may be appointed shall be the sole judge of whether the student has complied with these provisions.
Requirements for the Undergraduate Curriculum
These credits, however, will not be accepted and placed on the transfer student's permanent record until the student demonstrates satisfactory performance at Indiana University. Students taking courses at the Indiana University Indianapolis Campus must be registered with the Department of Nursing Education and the University in order to receive residency credit. Full-time students in the Department of Nursing Education are expected to maintain a grade point average of 2.0·* (C) or higher each semester, and part-time students are required to maintain this grade point average at the collection of each thirteen semester hours. work.
Individual consideration will be given in case of serious illness or other extenuating circumstances. 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 the Bloomington Campus or on the Indianapolis Campus of Indiana University . The implementation of the curriculum in general nursing as described, or of an approved program designed to meet the special needs of individual students.
Demonstration of a personality suitable for nursing and a reasonable maturity of attitude towards nursing that will contribute to success in the field of choice. Degree application by March 15 of the year in which the degree requirements will be met. The student must submit an application for the degree to the Records Office, Division of Nursing Education, on an application blank received from that office.
The Department of Nursing Education is not responsible for the student's exam if the student fails to submit the application. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING DEGREE This program of study is designed to enrich the background of graduates of nursing schools and to enhance the ability to provide professional quality nursing care in the hospital and in entry-level positions in the community, including public health care. A minor in the humanities or in the natural or social sciences must be chosen from the liberal arts offerings of the College of Arts and Sciences.
If chosen from related courses in two departments, the additional scope must comprise at least twelve credit points in the first course and five credit points in a related course, with at least nine of the required credit points in these courses being at the 300 level or above. The minor must obtain the consent of the faculty advisor before completing fifteen semester hours of study. If not included in a minor, 3 hours of social science chosen from anthropology, economics, geography, government, or sociology.
Requirements for the Graduate Curricula
Conditional admission may be granted to a student whose record indicates ability but who does not meet one or more of the requirements for unconditional admission. With the approval of the faculty, a student who is not a candidate for a graduate degree may be accepted as a special non-degree student in certain graduate courses in nursing education and training. Maintained at least a 3.0* (B) grade point average in all work completed at Indiana University after completing the requirements for the baccalaureate degree.
Scholarship 3.0 grade point average (B) or better in all work completed after graduation. Completion of one of the four curricula listed below or an approved program designed to meet the specific needs of the individual student. Applications for postgraduate study by March 15 of the year in which the degree requirements will be fulfilled.
The overall purpose of the master's programs is to provide breadth and depth in the nurse's competencies within a specialized nursing area. Both concentrations, functional and clinical, include field training, which is offered alongside theory courses in the second semester of the academic year in Indianapolis. In addition to the completion of one of the four curricula listed below, each student must complete courses as listed under point 3 of the Degree Requirements section.
All courses must be approved by the student's advisor as part of the student's educational plan. A consideration of the development and principles of public health nursing, with application to the responsibilities of the public health nurse in a general public health nursing program providing family health service. The planning, preparation, presentation and evaluation of the teaching-learning process, with an emphasis on clinical teaching.
Designed to promote depth of understanding of philosophy, principles and processes of administration through the exploration of selected facets of the supervisory function in promoting good nursing care. A study of goals, organization, and financial problems of the modern hospital, with emphasis on the hospital as part of the community program and the place of nursing staff in the hospital organization. Intensive study of typical medical-surgical health problems of adults within the framework of the characteristic developmental tasks appropriate for progressive age levels.
A study of the fundamental principles and methods of personnel administration and guidance useful to teachers and administrators in nursing schools. Opportunity for development of competence through selected experiences in all phases of the labor cycle;.
