The IU School of Nursing (IUSON) team at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) is receiving recognition for their demonstrated compliance to the structure and processes as outlined by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and the Indiana State Board of Nursing.

In August 2015, IUSON received Site Accreditation approval for the first academic sim center certified in Indiana by the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Later, in November 2015, IUSON received site approval by the SSH Provisional Accreditation. Provisional accreditation was granted for two (2) years and allows simulation centers to seek accreditation earlier by focusing on the structure and processes to accredit those aspects of the applying program.

Acceptance is based upon a demonstrated compliance to the SSH Provisional Accreditation of Core Standards and Teaching/Education Standards. Additionally, in November 2015, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Site Accreditation granted its approval to IUSON and became official in May 2016, but was retroactive to November 2015.

Conference Attendance Awards:

• American Organization of Nursing Executives
• Professional Nurse Educators Group
• Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Chapter
• National Development Disabilities Nursing Association
• Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality

The award-winning structure and processes of IUSON are made possible by the outstanding faculty who have made significant contributions to the program.

Faculty Awards:

Dr. Kathy Auberry – selected to receive IUPUC’s Excellence in Diversity Award for the 2015-2016 Academic year.  Award received at the Martin Luther King Day Presentation on January 18, 2016

Dr. Angela Opsahl received her acceptance letter to participate as a Nursing Fellow in the STTI Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy Cohort III (2016 - 2017). 

Dr. Debbie Judge – 2016 Speaking of Women's Health Honoree

Presentations and Publications:

(Bethany Murray) Publications:  Accepted by the Journal of Theory Construction and Testing for spring publication - Critical Ethnography and the PEN-3 Model: An Analysis of Women’s Health in Swaziland.

(Kathy Auberry) Conference Presentation: Accepted - April 3, 2016, San Diego, California at the National Developmental Disabilities Nurses Conference.  Improving Seizure Management Using an Evidence-Based Seizure Algorithm in Intellectual and Developmental Disability.

Publication: Debbie Judge, Bethany Murray, Marsha Hughes-Gay, Danielle Robinson (ITCC): Building Bridges: Collaboration Between Community College & University. Teaching & Learning in Nursing. An article in press is available online.

Debbie Judge, Angela Opsahl, Sharron Crowder (IUPUI) and Peggy McLaughlin (IUPUI): Accepted Poster Presentation: *Integrating Just in Time Teaching at Multiple Levels of Nursing Education at the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) 40 Years of Advancing Nursing Science, Improving Practice, and Enhancing Health Conference on March 17-20, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Debbie Judge, Angela Opsahl, Sharron Crowder (IUPUI) and Peggy McLaughlin (IUPUI): Accepted:* Poster Presentation E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching at IUPUI on March 25, 2016

Poster Presentation (Debbie Judge) presented Building Bridges: Collaboration between Community College & University at the Indiana Center for Nursing Summit: One Voice on October 2, 2015, with Danielle Robinson from Ivy Tech Community College.  Debbie presented the presentation again on October 23, 2015, at the Professional Nurse Educator Conference held in Indianapolis.

Kathy Auberry – “Implementation of an Evidence - based Seizure Algorithm in Intellectual Disability Nursing: A Pilot Study.” Published August 16, 2015, in the Journal of Intellectual Disabilities.

In 2015 - 16 the generosity of donors to IUSON program helped to expand scholarships, research, and innovation. Contributors include:

• Heritage Fund
• Skill Up
• Indiana Campus Connect
• East Indiana Area Health Education Center
• Indiana Center for Nursing
• Curriculum Enhancement Grant
• Custer Foundation
• Nugent Foundation
• Engelstad Foundation
• Haddad Foundation
• Hendershot Foundation

For more information on the nursing program at IUPUC, please visit www.iupuc.edu/academics/divisions-programs/nursing/, call 812.348.7250 or email nursing@iupuc.edu.