Everything you need to know about the Nursing Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

3. Let us
AMAZE
you

5. IPFW: where AMAZING happens
Did you know?
IPFW is diverse.
We have students from 44 states
and 74 countries around the world.
We offer more than 200 degree options.

7. Did you know?
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
IPFW offers more than 125 student
clubs and organizations.
We also offer 11 NCAA
Division I athletic teams.
We have fun.

8. Mastodon Athletics

9. Did you know?
90% of IPFW classes average
fewer than 40 students
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
We’re personal.

10. We have AMAZING student housing!

11. Did you know?
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
80% of IPFW faculty have earned the
top degree in their field.
We’re smart.

13. We hope you enjoy your visit!

14. Liberal Arts Building
Home of the IPFW
Department of Nursing

15. Faculty and Staff of the IPFW Department of Nursing

16. 5 Nursing Faculty honored:
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
Nursing and Health Science Fellowship Award Recipients for 2016:
Beth Kaskel, DNP, RN, CNE
Nila Reimer, Ph.D., RN
Deb Poling, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, CNE
Becky Salmon, M.S., RN, CCRN
Susan Wade, M.S.N., RN, CPN, CCRN

17. AMAZING: Baccalaureate Nursing Programs
IPFW: where AMAZING
happens
• Traditional (4 year) Bachelor of Science
(B.S.) with a Major in Nursing
• RN to B.S. Completion

18. Nila Reimer
Ph.D., RN

19. NCLEX-RN 2015
IPFW 98.77%
National 84.53%
Nursing Pass Rates Above National Mean
Master's prepared students achieved 100% pass
rates for Nurse Practitioner Certifications.

20. State-of-the-Art Control
Rooms for Hospital
Simulation Labs

21. Nursing students practice skills in one of four
hospital simulation labs.

22. Did you know?
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
We offer a domestic
intercultural immersion to a
Native American reservation
in the Wisconsin Northwoods.

23. AMAZING:
2014 Domestic Intercultural Immersion: Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin
IPFW: where AMAZING happens

24. Collaboration with Nurse Practitioner
Students and Spanish Education Students
Migrant Health Clinic
2015
Beck’s Hybrid Farm

26. Students Krista Spiess and Christa Swinney with
ANA President Cipriano
Poster Presenters QI Project on E-Bola in Orlando
ANA Nursing Quality Conference
February 4-6, 2015

27. Poster Presenters at The Honor Society of Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International Convention in Las Vegas
A.Smith,A.Barnes,and J.Maxton
November2015

28. STTI Xi Nu At-Large at IPFW and
USF Research Showcase
A. Waterson and S. Shane
November 2015

29. Students Present at NSM Symposium
in Philadelphia on Little/Big Initiative
A. Smith, Z. Dressel, A. Barnes, M. Feasel, Dr. Betty Neuman
June 2015

30. Little/Big Authors
W. Beiswanger, A. Smith, M. Feasel,
A. Barnes, Z. Dressel, A. Pfaff
NUR 44200 - Spring 2015

31. AMAZING!
FORT WAYNE HEALTHY CITIES HEALTH FAIR
IPFW: where AMAZING
happens

32. Interprofessional
Education

33. Expert Faculty MENTOR students in the discipline of

34. Heather Krull, DNP, FNP
We Have Award-Winning Faculty
2015 IPFW Center for Enhancement of
Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
2016 Purdue University
Scholarship of Engagement Fellow
2016 Purdue University
Scholarship of Engagement Fellow
Deb Poling, Ph.D., RN,
FNP-BC, CNE
Nila Reimer, Ph.D., RN

35. AMAZING: Graduate Programs
IPFW: where AMAZING happens
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse
Practitioner (AGNP)
• Nurse Educator*
• Nurse Executive*
*Currently not accepting
enrollments

36. DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE NURSING
PROGRAMS AND DNP COORDINATOR
Deb Poling
Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, CNE

37. WE CARE ABOUT HEALTHY LIVING

38. Campus
clinic is
staffed by
our
AMAZING
Nursing
faculty and
students.

39. Lafayette Street Family Health Clinic

40. IPFW Nursing Dept.
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41. Follow us on Twitter @ ipfwnursing

42. WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE
VIRTUAL TOUR!
of our AMAZING IPFW
Department of Nursing!
Dr. Lee-Ellen Kirkhorn
Chair of Nursing
2015 Wharton Executive Leadership Fellow

43. NURSING EDUCATION
LIES AHEAD
AN