NURSING

The College of Adult and Professional Studies offers an RNBS completion program leading to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with a major in nursing. The undergraduate program prepares men and women for professional nursing practice and provides a foundation for advanced study in nursing.

Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission* and a member of the North Central Association. IWU is also accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the Indiana Professional Standards Board, and Indiana Board of Nursing Registration. Memberships include the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Midwest Alliance in Nursing, and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Throughout the RNBS Completion Program, the nurse is a purposeful, self-directed individual who assumes responsibility and accountability to God, society, self, and clients who, made in the image of God, have intrinsic worth and value. Modeling the example of Jesus Christ, nurses are to protect and promote health, especially for people lacking access to health care, through the just allocation of health resources and services throughout the world.

The RNBS Completion Program is planned within the philosophy and conceptual framework of the baccalaureate program. (Adult learners want to take charge of their own learning and can be mutually responsible for the education process in partnership with faculty.) Small project teams and other strategies appropriate for adult education contribute to mastery of learning outcomes.

Program Requirements

1. Students must complete each individual core course with a grade of "C" or higher.
   
   
2. To progress in the major, RNBS students must have obtained a core GPA of 2.75 by the end of the third course.

The curriculum of the baccalaureate program is designed to:

1. Call students to Christian character in development of professional values;
   
   
2. Expect students to develop academic excellence in core knowledge;
   
   
3. Equip students with core competencies for success in the nursing profession;
   
   
4. Mentor students in leadership through professional role development.

The curriculum will be completed in the order established by Indiana Wesleyan University. Indiana Wesleyan University reserves the right to modify the curriculum as necessary.

Online Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree:

This program offers the same courses as the traditional classroom setting but via the Internet. Details are available at http://www.IWUonline.com.

NURSING COMPLETION PROGRAM
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

NUR205	Nursing's Role in the Health Care System	3
Designed to acquaint the practicing nurse with a perspective on the unique role of nurses in the health-care system. Content includes role theory, change theory, and political advocacy. Presents the efforts of nursing to help create a health-care system that assures access, quality, and services at affordable costs.
NUR224	Nursing Informatics	2
This course is designed to provide nursing students with an opportunity to acquire and apply knowledge and skills from information systems and computer technology. The focus will be on using computers in nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration, and nursing research.
NUR332	Nursing Theory for the Clinician	3
Designed to familiarize the practicing nurse with theory-based, research-supported nursing within a Christian framework. Content covers how theory-based, reflective practice can impact nursing and health care for the benefit of humanity. The Neuman Health Care Systems Theory will be presented within a nursing process framework of nursing practice.
NUR365	Ethics	2
Focuses on the ethical decision-making process with emphasis on Judeo-Christian values. Designed to foster ethical development, values clarification, and effective analysis of ethical issues encountered by professional nurses. A Christian ethical perspective is promoted.
NUR370	Gerontology	3
Concepts of aging including physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual variables will be addressed for the practicing nurse. The impact of the aging population on the health-care system will be applied to nursing practice with the older adult client.
NUR334	Comprehensive Physical Assessment of the Well Adult	2
The purpose of this course is to enhance knowledge and basic skills of the practicing nurse in the performance of a physical exam and health assessment of the well adult.
NUR436	Research	3
The course is planned to provide the student with an understanding of the research process. Basic elements of research design, sampling, data collection, and analysis are discussed. Students critique research articles and develop a proposal for an investigation of significance to the practice of nursing.
NUR350	Seminar in Nursing Leadership	3
Students will explore theories related to leadership skills. This will lay the foundation for the development of strategies and resources to gain personal and professional nursing leadership abilities. An emphasis will be placed on servant leadership.
NUR401	Intercultural Nursing	3
Designed to provide the practicing nurse with tools for effective delivery of health care to clients from different cultures. A practical, integrative nursing experience with another culture.
NUR470	Community Health Nursing	5
Applies the nursing process to promotion of health at the community level. Population-focused practica sites include a variety of community settings. Unstructured, non-institutional practice settings are emphasized. Practicum required.
NUR437	Pathophysiology	3
Concepts of pathophysiology will be presented as practicing nurses study the relationships between wholistic persons and their environments in times of physical stress.
NUR478	Critical Care Nursing	4
For the practicing registered nurse. Concentrates on advanced nursing management principles for clients with acute and complex medical or surgical conditions. Designed to refine, deepen, and extend critical thinking skills in situations where dynamics of core survival are threatened. Practicum required.
NUR490	Management in Nursing	3
The final capstone course, this is designed to develop leadership and management skills in practicing nurses. Considers dynamics and management of individual, group, and organizational behavior in health-care agencies. Examines issues in management: power and conflict resolution, work stress, discrimination, group dynamics, organizational change, and other topics. Prerequisite: All prior RNBS core courses Practicum required.

Hundreds of registered nurses have earned
a B.S. degree through APS classes.

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