Current version - Indiana University South Bend

RADIOGRAPHY AND ALLIED HEALTH 4143
Nursing Course Requirements (30 cr.)
(All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.)
NURS-B 231 Communication Skills for Health
Professionals
NURS-B 304 Professional Nursing Seminar 1:
Health Policy
NURS-B 404 Professional Nursing Seminar 2:
Informatics
NURS-H 365 Nursing Research
NURS-S 474
NURS-S 475
NURS-S 483
NURS-S 487
Applied Health Care Ethics
A MultiSystem Approach to the
Health of the Community R.N.-
B.S.N.
Clinical Nursing Practice Capstone
Nursing Management R.N.-B.S.N.
Nursing ELectives
Select two of the following:
NURS-B 216 Pharmacology
NURS-B 244 Comprehensive Health Assessment
NURS-B 403 Gerontological Nursing
NURS-K 301 Complementary Health Therapies
NURS-K 304 Nursing Specialty Elective
NURS-K 305 New Innovations in Health and
Health Care
NURS-K 499 Genetics and Genomics
Prior Learning Credits
A total of 35 credit hours of B.S.N. nursing courses are
credentialed through special credit awards for nursing
courses from the R.N.’s accredited Nursing Program. These
are placed on the transcript upon successful completion
of NURS-B 304 Professional Nursing Seminar 1: Health
Policy and NURS-B 404 Professional Nursing Seminar
2: Informatics. The R.N.-B.S.N. Program values prior
learning and seeks to develop and maintain a process for
assessing/validating/evaluating prior learning in order
to award course credit or exemption for undergraduate
nursing courses through the portfolio process.
The elective course NURS-K 304 Nursing Specialty
Elective can be used to award credit for having or
obtaining national nursing certification.
Radiography and Allied Health
Northside Hall 405
(574) 520-5570
radahlt@iusb.edu
www.iusb.edu/~radahlt
Director: Howard
Clinical Assistant Professor: Howard
Medical Imaging Clinical Coordinator/Lecturer: Balmer
Radiography Clinical Coordinator/Lecturer: H. Walker
Program Advisor: Joy
Radiography Program
Radiography is an art and science which involves the
medical imaging of patients to produce a radiograph for
the diagnosis of disease. The main goal of the radiographer
is to produce the highest quality diagnostic image using
ALARA (As-Low-As-Reasonably-Achievable) Radiation
Standards with a minimum amount of patient discomfort.
A radiographer’s job duties involve multiple areas of
expertise—trauma, surgery, fluoroscopy, portable/
mobiles, and general diagnostic radiography. Constant
growth in the field has created many new and exciting
careers in Ultrasound (US), Pet Scan, Computerized
Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),
cardiovascular/interventional radiography, radiation
therapy, and nuclear medicine.
The radiographer functions in many different roles within
the health profession. They may work independently or
interact with other members of the health care team
such as radiologists, surgeons, emergency medicine
physicians, cardiologists, and nurses. Radiographers are
employed in hospitals and out-patient facilities such as
occupational and urgent care centers, clinics, imaging
centers, and doctors’ offices.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Radiography Program is to provide
students with a comprehensive education in radiography
and to prepare them to enter the radiographic profession
as a competent entry-level diagnostic radiographer.
The student is to be exposed to all available methods
of instruction in both didactic and clinical radiography,
including the cognitive (problem solving and critical
thinking) psychomotor, and affective domains. Upon
graduation from the degree program the student is to
be sufficiently prepared to pass the National Registry
Examination.