Overview
Vision
Indiana University School of Nursing (IUSON) is leading with excellence in research and education, powered by innovation and partnerships.
Mission
The IUSON exists to lead the "knowledge work" of nurses of today and tomorrow to positively influence the health of communities served by: inspiring learning through excellence in teaching; creating and advancing knowledge through science and research; shaping care through evidence-based practices; innovations and partnerships; and appreciating, developing, and recognizing faculty, staff, and students.
Strategic Initiatives for 2013-2016 (Aligned with IUPUI’s Strategic Initiatives for 2025)
- Optimize our Enrollment Management
- Promote Undergraduate Student Learning & Success
- Increase Capacity for Graduate Education
- Deepen our Commitment to Community Engagement
- Strengthen Internationalization Efforts
- Accelerate Innovation and Discovery
- Transform Online Learning and Technology in Education
- Develop Faculty and Staff
- Promote a Healthy Campus Climate
- Leverage our Strengths in Health and Life Sciences
Core Values
*Respect*Responsibility*Trust*Dialogue*
Statement by the Dean
Since its founding in 1914, Indiana University School of Nursing has grown into one of the largest schools of nursing in the country. The school holds an excellent national reputation for nursing education with expert faculty. Nationally, our graduate programs are ranked fifteenth overall with one track in the top 10, and we are ranked thirteenth in National Institutes of Health research funding. At IUSON we offer the full range of academic degrees, from undergraduate through doctoral levels, as well as postdoctoral research training and extensive lifelong education. The school has a National League for Nursing (NLN) designation as a Center of Excellence in two categories simultaneously: 1) Creating Environments that Promote the Pedagogical Expertise of Faculty, and, 2) Creating Environments that Advance the Science of Nursing Education. This is a first in the history of the National League for Nursing; the school has held the first accreditation since 2006.
We are committed to your career preparation. Our more than 33,315 graduates are chief nursing officers of large health facilities, deans of nursing schools, clinical specialists, advanced practice nurses, entrepreneurs, and staff nurses in urban and rural settings around Indiana and throughout the world.
Faced with the challenges of changing health care delivery, nurses will be called on to lead in areas never dreamed of by earlier generations. Know that the talented faculty members of Indiana University are committed to helping you realize your professional aspirations in every career transition that you undertake, and to enable you to seize your own preferred future. Indiana University School of Nursing has forged strong links between nursing education and nursing services in clinical and community settings in order to improve the health of individuals, families, and communities. We welcome you and invite you to become a part of our extended IU family.
Departmental Missions
Community & Health Services
Consistent with the vision and mission of the School of Nursing, Faculty in the Department of Community Health Services facilitate student learning by creating, applying, and transferring their unique knowledge and skills in the areas of psychiatric nursing, nursing administration, community health nursing, nursing informatics, teacher education, pediatric nurse practitioners and family nurse practitioners.
Science of Nursing Care
The department of Science of Nursing Care is an active and integral part of the school of nursing with many talented faculty who are serving students at all levels of their education. Our department is responsible for the following components of the strategic plan:
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Advance IUSON’s reputation as a national leader in education research, evidence-based practices, and progressive nursing education programs (TEACHING EXCELLENCE).
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Position IUSON as a nationally renowned leader in research and knowledge development (RESEARCH EXCELLENCE).
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Develop new and sustain existing partnerships to support innovations in education and research that address current and future challenges in global health care and health professions education (INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS).
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Integrate the school’s core values into the culture of the school.
Last updated January 2014