PATRICIA BEALL, Director of the Department of Social Services, Medical Center, and Assistant Professor of Social Services. JoHN LYNN ARBOGAST, director of the medical technology program, director of the clinical laboratory and professor of pathology. FRANCES CLARK EKSTAM, director of the physical therapy program and associate professor of physical therapy.
DOROTHY ERICSON, director of the occupational therapy program and assistant professor of occupational therapy. JOHN laNATIUS NURNBERGER, director of the Institute for Psychiatric Research, and chairman and professor of psychiatry. 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 (fourth in enrollment), the School of Dentistry, and the School of Nursing provide exceptional opportunities for training. The School of Nursing is one of several baccalaureate professional programs in the health field located at the Medical Center. Through action of the Trustees and the Administrative Officers of Indiana University, the School of Nursing opened in 1914 as the Indiana University Training School for Nurses.
The school's name was officially changed from the Training School for Nurses to the School of Nursing in 1956. The School of Nursing is an agency member of the Institute for Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, National League for Nursing. In the autumn and spring of the first year, all nursing students are invited to the School of Nursing to familiarize themselves with the facilities and to be fitted for the nursing student uniform.
Immediately prior to the first semester of the second year, all students come to the School of Nursing for additional orientation. The School of Nursing accepts married students and allows students to marry at any time, provided they maintain the school's standards. One organization of which all students are members is the Student-Faculty Government of the School of Nursing.
This organization is part of the Indiana Association of Nursing Students and the National Student Nurses' Association. The School of Nursing is available one full day a week for advice, guidance and interpretation of the programme. Graduates of the School of Nursing may become members of the Alumni Association of Indiana University and the Nurses' Alumnae Association by the payment of annual dues ($6).
For additional financial aid information, write to: Dean of the School of Nursing, 1232 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46207.
Basic Professional Curriculum
The professional nursing courses begin in the first semester of the second year and continue throughout the remainder of the program. A general introduction to the basic structure of the human body that the student will be able to adapt and apply to the specific problems in his area of interest. Laboratory study of demonstration dissections and other illustrative material is integrated through discussion and lectures.
For chemistry majors and others who intend to continue the study of chemistry beyond the first year. The goals are: to learn thoughtful, intensive reading; to introduce the student to some of the aesthetic values inherent in literature; and to make the student aware of the enjoyment that can be obtained from reading. A brief general introduction to the nature of government and its various forms and to modern theories of its function, followed by a specific treatment of the origin and nature of the American federal system and its current political party base.
An introduction to philosophical problems through a study of the following philosophical classics: Plato, Meno;. A study of the development of behavior in infancy, childhood and adolescence, including an overview of the factors that influence different types of behavior. A study of personality and its development; its relationship to culture and communication1 and to the social framework within which people live; deviant type.p.
The areas are considered in relation to the nature of the problem and relation to the larger society's structure and values. A course designed to help students gain an understanding of the physiological effects of drugs and their therapeutic uses, as well as the role of the nurse in the administration of drugs and the need for continuous study of drug therapy, Offered in the second semester. A survey of food nutrients for the normal diet with modifications to include food habits of cultural and religious groups and for applications to the family according to members' age, income, meal patterns, and food preferences.
A progressive study of the nursing of adult medical-surgical patients, including the theory that underlies professional practice, applying nursing principles through guided experience. The course is designed to help students understand and meet the care needs of the child and their family in health and illness through experience in the clinic, hospital and nursery. This course includes principles considered essential or intrinsic to the promotion of mental health and the treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally ill.
Emphasizes interrelationships between nurse, patient, family, community, and psychiatric team members and focuses particular attention on the therapeutic role of the psychiatric nurse. A consideration of administrative principles as guides to action in beginning leadership positions in nursing with the possibility of applying the principles through guided experience in selected clinical areas.
