Current version - Indiana University South Bend

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES4GRADUATE DEGREES 4255
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Applicants must provide verification and results of
a federal criminal background check within the past
12 months. IU South Bend School of Nursing has
specific requirements for the criminal background
check. Applicants are encouraged to review the
procedure and specific requirements with the
graduate program director prior to completion of
application materials.
• Clinical practice
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Two years of relevant clinical practice as an R.N. in
the past five years. Application may be made during
the cycle when the two years of experience as an R.N.
will be reached.
• GRE
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The Graduate Record Examination is not required,
but may be taken as supplemental required
admission materials.
Provisional admission may be granted to applicants not
meeting all admission criteria in some selective situations.
Provisional admission is granted upon recommendation
and endorsement of the IU South Bend Graduate Faculty
Council. Students admitted with provisional admission
status will be placed on academic probation and must
meet the stated terms of their probationary status to
progress in the program.
Admission is valid only for the enrollment period
designated in the admission letter. Deferred admission
may be granted upon written request of the applicant;
deferred admission may be subject to changes in admission
policies or requirements of the later enrollment period.
Reapplication is required if a written request for deferred
admission is not made at the time of initial application.
Admission process
Applicants to the M.S.N. degree program should visit
www.iusb.edu/~graduate and follow the directives
that are posted for program-specific online admission.
International students must apply through the IU South
Bend Office of International Student Services.
CUrriculum Sequence
(All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.)
The proposed curricular sequence for the M.S.N. Family
Nurse Practitioner Program is as follows. The faculty and
administration reserve the right to change the curricular
sequence as needed to maintain program integrity.
Semester One
NURS-N 504
NURS-Y 515
Semester Two
NURS-N 502
NURS-Y 612
Leadership for Advanced Nursing
Practice
Pathophysiology (4 cr.)
Theory I
Pharmacology Primary Care Nurse
Practitioners
Semester Three
NURS-F 570
NURS-Y 535
Semester Four
NURS-R 500
NURS-F 574
Semester Five
NURS-F 572
NURS-Y 620
Semester Six
NURS-F 576
NURS-R 590
Semester Seven
NURS-F 578
Academic Standing
Good Standing
Assessment of Individuals,
Families, and Communities
Dynamics of Family Health Care
Nursing Research Methods I
Primary Health Care Nursing-
Adults
Primary Health Care Nursing-
Children
Advanced Primary Care and Office
Management Procedures
Primary Health Care Nursing-
Women
Scholarly Project
Primary Health Care Nursing-
Families (5 cr.)
A student is in good academic standing when his or her
cumulative grade point average is 3.0 or higher.
Disciplinary Probation
Disciplinary probation is administered under the Code
of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct. The
faculty reserves the right to request the withdrawal of
a student when problems related to personal integrity,
health, maturity, or safety in the practice of nursing
demonstrate the student’s unfitness to continue
preparation for professional nursing.
Academic Probation
A student is placed on academic probation when the
cumulative grade point average falls below 3.0 or if he
or she earns a C+ or lower in a required course. The
probationary status is removed within one full-time
semester or its equivalent (9 credit hours). Students
who do not regain good academic standing after three
semesters of probation will be dismissed from the
program.
Maintaining Status
Students who do not register for a period of three
consecutive semesters will be dismissed from the
program. Students admitted on probation who fail to
remove the conditions of admission within the time
frame specified are subject to dismissal.