The IU Southeast School of Nursing is committed to creating an environment where students can prosper in a rigorous academic environment that will prepare them for their future careers in healthcare.
About IU Southeast Nursing
Mission and vision statements
The mission of the Indiana University Southeast School of Nursing is to create a community of learning that supports excellence in education, utilizing evidence-based practice to promote the health of the people we serve. We strive to nurture students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds while addressing society's need for caring, competent professionals.
IU Southeast School of Nursing has adopted the Indiana University Southeast vision statement and core values, which are integral to the educational process.
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Request more informationEssential abilities for nursing students
To succeed in nursing, students must have or develop certain essential abilities. They include the following.
Judgment skills
Nurses need to have the ability to identify, assess, and comprehend conditions surrounding patient situations for the purpose of problem-solving around patient conditions and coming to appropriate conclusions and/or courses of action.
Physical/Neurological functions
A nurse needs to be able to use the senses of seeing, hearing, touch, and smell to make correct judgments regarding patient conditions as well as meet physical expectations to perform required interventions for the purpose of demonstrating competence to safely engage in the practice of nursing. Behaviors that demonstrate essential physical and neurological functions include, but are not limited to, observing, listening, understanding relationships, writing, and having psychomotor abilities consistent with course and program expectations.
Communication skills
Aspiring nurses need the ability to communicate effectively with fellow students, faculty, patients, and all members of the healthcare team. Skills include verbal, written, and nonverbal abilities as well as information technology skills consistent with effective communication.
Emotional coping skills
Nursing students must demonstrate the mental health necessary to safely engage in the practice of nursing as determined by professional standards of practice.
Intellectual/Conceptual skills
A nursing student needs the ability to measure, calculate, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information to engage competently in the safe practice of nursing.
General behavioral attributes
Nursing students must have the ability to engage in activities consistent with safe nursing practice without demonstrated behaviors of addiction to, abuse of, or dependence on alcohol or other drugs that may impair behavior or judgment. They must demonstrate responsibility and accountability for actions as a student in the School of Nursing and as a developing professional nurse consistent with accepted standards of practice.