Community Initiatives
Clinical Partners
Our 300-plus community partners provide BSN and MSN students with a broad spectrum of opportunities to apply their classroom experience to the field. Students can work in a variety of different environments, including:
- Hospitals and clinics
- Schools
- Homes
- Nursing homes
- Health departments
- Nurse-managed clinics
The Center for Community and International Affairs processes all clinical partner affiliation agreements, schedules undergraduate clinical experiences, and coordinates the training of capstone preceptors.
Undergraduate students
Undergraduates begin clinical practice in the first semester after admission, working in hospital- and community-based settings to provide care to individuals of various ages and health states. Clinical experiences are a significant part of each subsequent semester and culminate with capstone, an intense four-week practicum in the semester prior to graduation. Capstone course requirements include:
- Choosing a care setting through collaboration with faculty and a community clinical preceptor,
- planning and organizing a learning experience, and
- practicing professional nursing.
Graduate students
Graduate students are furnished with an outstanding array of preceptor-guided learning opportunities in advanced practice, administrative, educational, and research settings.
Clinical education partners
Some clinical education partners of the Indiana University School of Nursing are:
- Bloomington Hospital & Healthcare System, Bloomington, IN
- Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, IN
- Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN
- Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, IN
- Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
- Presbyterian Healthcare, Albuquerque, NM
- Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
- The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
- Veterans Administrations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio
- University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
- Wishard Health Services, Indianapolis, IN
Clinical Community Advisory Board
The board represents the key clinical and community agencies the Indiana University School of Nursing partners with to achieve its mission of teaching, research, and service. A forum for exchanging information about new developments at the School of Nursing and within represented agencies, the board identifies collaboration opportunities between the school and the larger service community.
Questions?
For more information about clinical nursing education, contact us.
