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Essential Support Services
Continuing Education Program
The School of Nursing Continuing Education staff members facilitate the provision of noncredit continuing education for registered nurses and other health-related personnel. Offerings are determined on the basis of expressed needs of consumers and emerging patterns and trends in health care. Each continuing education program attempts to be responsive to the needs of the learners in regard to scheduling, time (day or evening), day of the week, and duration of instructional period. The length of each educational activity depends on the stated behavioral objectives, varying from one or two days to a semester in length, or consisting of a time interval series of programs that reinforces the application of new knowledge and skills. Courses are taught in an onsite format, by independent study, via two-way video, or on the World Wide Web.
Educational offerings are taught by experts in nursing and allied health fields who are clinicians and consultants in specialized areas of health care in the state of Indiana, at the Indiana University School of Nursing, or at other universities. The continuing education program is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation as a provider of continuing nursing education.
Visit our Web site at nursing.iupui.edu for complete information and registration for upcoming courses. E-mail may also be sent to censg@iupui.edu, or call (317) 274-7779.
The mission of the Center for Nursing Research is to support the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge by (1) providing for development in the areas of research planning, grant writing, budget preparation, data analysis, and research dissemination; (2) coordinating and facilitating the experiences of research assistants; (3) facilitating joint projects between practitioners and educators; (4) providing ongoing information about research resources; and (5) publicizing faculty and student research accomplishments. The Center for Nursing Research supports the activities of the Patient Care Research Committee, which plans the IU/Clarian Annual sponsored each year by the Clarian Health Partners, Inc., Indiana University Hospital Nursing Service Department, and the School of Nursing. Staff members also assist the Research Committee, especially in its review of requests and awards for intramural funding (Project Development Program funds and Research Incentive funds). Currently funded faculty projects include studies of factors affecting adaptation to childhood epilepsy, epilepsy outcomes in youth, factors predicting quality of life in dementia patients, breast cancer screening behaviors, cancer risk and genetic risk education for first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients, cancer care interventions to improve functioning and psychosocial outcomes in newly diagnosed cancer patients, HIV disease and the partner relationship, community-based nurse-managed clinics, school-based primary health care, making cities healthier, healthy families, and prenatal care to prevent low-birthweight infants. For further information, contact the Indiana University School of Nursing, Center for Nursing Research, 1111 Middle Drive, NU 338, Indianapolis, IN 46202; telephone (317) 274-7627, or visit the Center for Nursing Research home page at nursing.iupui.edu.
The Development Office, headed by the director of development, collaborates with the Indiana University Foundation to design and implement fundraising efforts under the direction of the dean of the School of Nursing. Objectives of the office are to do the following:
School of Nursing Alumni Association
The Indiana University School of Nursing Alumni Association, a constituent society of the greater IU Alumni Association, was established in 1918 by members of the first IUSON graduating class. Members of this class sought to maintain their strong connection to Indiana University, the School of Nursing, and to other alumni by formally establishing the organization. Through the years, the School of Nursing Alumni Association has grown to more than 2,500 dues-paying members. It represents the interests of more than 20,000 IU School of Nursing graduates worldwide. The 30-member Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors, a group made up of nursing graduates from every School of Nursing campus, serves as the governing body for the organization. It works to implement a variety of service, professional, and social activities each year. Some of these events include local and regional alumni receptions, alumni service awards, student scholarships, class reunions, and continuing education programs. In addition, the association works to promote the general interests of the School of Nursing, the university, and the nursing profession.
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