Comportamiento organizacional

18a &b. Physical facilities are available and adequate for the nursing education unit program and activities. The core SON physical facilities, instructional and non-instructional, are adequate to meet the school’s mission and the goals of the A.S.N., B.S.N., and M.S.N. programs. Although each campus within the core is unique, the physical facilities allocated to nursing on each campus

are considered adequate given the resources of that particular campus. Each campus has access to adequate classrooms, laboratories, technology, conference rooms and office space to ensure a safe learning environment. Lighting is adequate. Capacity guidelines are established. Signage has been upgraded. Students’ special needs are accommodated as needed through consultation with the Office of Adaptive Educational Services (IUPUI and IUPUC) and the Office of Disability Services (IUB). Class sizes range in number from about 20 to 110. Room assignment is

determined through the campus Registrar’s Office, based upon the anticipated class size. Clinical groups are limited to a maximum of ten students as required by the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Clinical rooms at clinical agencies are assigned by the agency. They are generally adequate for conferences and consultations.

IUPUI Physical Facilities

In Indianapolis, the four-story SON building on the IUPUI campus provides 113,811 square feet of space for the nursing programs. The building has 34 classrooms that seat from 15 to 210 students. Although the SON does not “own” these classrooms, nursing does have first priority for their use. The SON building houses offices for 112 faculty and a staff of 47. Each full-time faculty member has an individual office and all part-time faculty members have individual offices or share an office with one other part-time faculty person. The full- and part-time faculty each have a Pentium computer in their office connected to the local area network (LAN), printer, phone, workspace, file cabinets, bookshelves, and access to a large-speed printer, copier, fax machine, telephone conferencing capabilities, and a paper shredder. All faculty members have e- mail accounts and an electronic mailbox as part of Microsoft Office. The operations of the school of nursing are currently 25-30% paperless, with an attempt to further increase the appropriate use of electronic transmission of information for conducting work in the future. The faculty are able to access the Internet and all IU libraries from their personal computers. The university sells a software package to faculty, staff, and students for $5.00 that allows them to access the university computer from home. This facilitates faculty who wish to work from home. It also provides students with easy access to faculty.

Administrative and academic affairs personnel reside on the first floor, which also contains three classrooms and a 200-seat multi-media auditorium. A faculty, student, and staff lounge is also located on the first floor. The second floor contains 32 classrooms, ranging in seating capacity from 15 to 60. The second floor also contains the offices of the Information Systems Department and The Center for Community and International Affairs. The latter includes the Maternity

Outreach and Mobilization Project (MOM) and Healthy Families Indiana (HFI), The Training and Technical Assistance Project, The Institute of Action Research for Community Health, and a World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Healthy Cities. On the third floor are classrooms and faculty offices, a student computer cluster in the learning laboratory, a computer instructional room, and an interactive video classroom for distance learning courses and system- wide faculty meetings. The Center for Nursing Research and Scholarship can also be found on the third floor and has additional space in the lower level of the building. The Center for Nursing Research and Scholarship was recently renovated to provide workspace for 19 research assistants and offices for support staff. The Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research has space allocated within the Center for Nursing Research and Scholarship. Faculty offices and conference rooms are located on the fourth floor along with separate lounges for faculty and staff.

The Dean of the School of Nursing financed a large renovation of the space in the lower level of this building in 2003, turning it into modern office space. She facilitated the updating of the first floor hallways by repainting the walls, door frames and jambs, and installing new signage and brighter baseboards. Additionally, numerous improvements have been made to faculty and staff offices. An environmental task force comprised of faculty, staff and students was appointed by the dean in conjunction with the School’s strategic planning efforts. It made many of the recommendations that were acted on during these renovation efforts.

While classroom facilities are adequate, one area that is lacking is sufficient informal gathering space for students. The current student lounge also serves as a vending room for the school and is relatively small for the large number of students enrolled in the programs. Presently plans are under development to renovate the student lounge.

IUPUC Physical Facilities

The IUPUC campus is located in Columbus, 45 miles south of Indianapolis. At IUPUC, the division of nursing occupies office space on the second floor of the Columbus Center (CC) Building. The office suite houses the division head’s office, two full-time faculty offices, an equipped office available for use by adjunct faculty members, and a full-time secretary’s office. A part-time academic advisor’s office is located in the student services area on the first floor of the same building. All offices are equipped with computers, telephones, desks, bookcases or

shelving, and file cabinets. The division secretary’s office also includes a printer and copier and FAX machine; the academic advisor’s office contains a printer, copier, and scanner. Faculty and

staff have individual university e-mail accounts as well as access to the Oncourse online class management system, the OneStart Student Information System (SIS), all IU online libraries, and the internet. Teleconferencing equipment is available on individual phones and in various conference rooms throughout the campus. There is a designated work room at the Center equipped with copy machines and document shredders.

Classrooms are assigned in the CC and/or the Learning Center (LC) buildings according to size of class, equipment needs, and the time class is offered. Classrooms contain whiteboards or

blackboards, computers with CD and DVD capability, overhead projector equipment, and telephones. Additionally, classrooms in the LC contain classroom technology controlled by a central Crestron unit attached to each lectern. Larger-scale presentations can be conducted in the multi-media auditorium located in the LC. The learning laboratory located in the CC is

configured to be used as the primary laboratory space for nursing students.

IUB Physical Facilities

The IU Bloomington campus is located 54 miles from the Indianapolis campus. Faculty, staff and the Nursing Learning Resource Center are housed in Sycamore Hall. In Sycamore Hall there are individual office spaces for the assistant dean, 14 full time faculty members, an academic advisor and two staff members. Each faculty and staff member has a Dell Opti Plex 745 computer and a Hewlett Packard printer, as well as a Steelcase office furniture module that includes file drawers and overhead storage with a light panel. One color printer and two laptop computers exist for faculty use. Sycamore Hall also houses two copy machines, a fax machine, and two Dell servers. The classroom inventory is maintained by the campus registrar who assigns rooms for on-going needs (classes). When rooms are needed for one-time events (meetings, exams), school personnel reserve rooms. Rooms are adequate and technology is available as requested.

Strengths in the area of Resources

1. The interrelationship of the core school with the university’s academic health sciences campus provides a rich array of learning resources for faculty, students and staff. 2. The learning resources and support on all three campuses, especially library and

technology resources, are adequate to support the mission of the school. 3. Fiscal resources are sufficient to support the mission and goals of the school.

Areas for improvement in the area of Resources

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1. Informal lounge space and quiet study space for students, especially on the IUPUI campus, is limited.

2. Additional sources of funding to increase faculty and staff salaries are needed. 3. There is a need to continue to develop faculty and staff in the integration of new

technology into their teaching and work, particularly in the area of simulation technology. 4. Classroom space is at capacity on all campuses.

Future Plans

1. Develop and implement renovation plans for student lounge space within the IUPUI SON building.

2. In collaboration with faculty, school administration will continue to seek ways to increase funds for faculty and staff salaries.

3. Provide faculty and staff development to facilitate the effective integration of new technology into the teaching/learning process and the work of staff.

4. Explore ways to renovate existing space, as appropriate, to create more contemporary learning spaces.