The offices of the Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, the Assistant Dean of Nursing and most nursing faculty are located on the second floor of the Health Professions Center. Please review the online directory for specific office locations. To find a particular office, you can inquire at the Administrative Assistant's Desk or check the directory board located outside Room 2068.
The Graduate Nursing Program Chair has offices at both the University’s main campus and at Stone Family Center for Health Sciences, third floor.
The Graduate Nursing Director is located at Stone Family Center for Health Sciences, third floor.
Changing Your Legal Name
Students who marry, divorce or by court order change their name and wish to change the name on their permanent academic record must do so with the Registrar's Office. The student should submit a Change of Legal Name form to the Registrar's Office. The request must be accompanied by a social security card bearing the new name.
If you have not requested a change of legal name with the Social Security Administration, please apply for a new social security card with the nearest Social Security Office. Information on how to apply for, replace, or change your name on your social security card is available online at www.ssa.gov
NOTE: Refer to the Preferred or Chosen Name, Gender Identity, and Pronoun Policy for changes not requiring a legal name change.
Changing Address or Phone
Changes in local and/or permanent addresses or telephone number are to be reported immediately to both the University Registrar's Office and the Nursing Program.
Contact information for the Registrar's Office:
812-464-1762 or 800-467-1965 (#3)
812-464-1911 (Fax)
Email the Registrar's Office
Students should always include their full name and student ID number in University correspondence.
The USI Information Technology Department assigns an email account to every newly enrolled student which is maintained throughout your time as a student. You can get your USI email address through MyUSI. If you have any questions about your USI email account, contact the Information Technology Help Desk at 812-465-1080.
You must use your USI email for all university communications. There are times when only your university email address can be used to gain access to some University services such as MyUSI, Blackboard, and library databases from off campus locations. Students must have an established an email account before the first class meeting. Students are responsible for checking USI email accounts daily while enrolled in coursework.
Please refer to the USI Public Safety website for vehicle regulations and for more information about USI parking regulations.
Personal travel is required of students for all clinical courses. Liability for driving to and from clinical sites falls on the owner of the vehicle. Automotive insurance is required. Information concerning registration of your car and parking at clinical agency sites will be provided by the clinical agency.
Extensive library services are available to students at USI's David L. Rice Library.
Services include interlibrary loans, research information, computer access, and copying/printing services. Students should contact the library (812) 465-7127 or through the library homepage for a current listing of library hours.
Students are expected to have healthcare insurance while enrolled in the program. The student is responsible for all costs, including any costs associated with any type of clinical exposure, while enrolled in the program.
Students are required to follow the College Infection Control Policies required for health exams, immunization and tuberculosis testing policies. These records are tracked through student enrollment in the third-party repository.
Pregnancy and Change in Health Status
Student pregnancy or a change in health status is to be reported to the course coordinator. A physician's consent is required for students to continue clinical agency experiences. After surgery or other hospitalization, a physician's release to return to clinical is required.
If you have a disability for which you may require academic accommodations for this class, please register with Disability Resources as soon as possible by contacting 812-464-1961, usi1disres@usi.edu, or visiting Science Center Room 2206.
If you will be in an internship, field, clinical, student teaching or other off-campus setting this semester please note that approved academic accommodations may not apply. Please contact Disability Resources as soon as possible to discuss accommodations needed for access while in this setting.
For more information, please visit the Disability Resources website.
Information about Essential Functions may be found in the CNHP Handbook.
Students who are injured in the clinical setting are to report the incident IMMEDIATELY to their instructor and complete an agency and School incident report. The College incident report will be filed in the Dean's office.
Students are responsible to remove themselves from clinical environments where they perceive risk for harm. In this situation, clinical faculty should be notified the same day the incident occurred.
Students who exposed to blood and body fluids in the clinical setting are to report the incident IMMEDIATELY to their instructor and complete an agency and School incident report. The College incident report will be filed in the Dean's office.
See College of Nursing and Health Professions Handbook for Exposure Incident Forms.
Nurses as role models and providers of care must avoid lifestyle factors associated with disease. Smoking is prohibited in all clinical environments and all USI campus buildings. Students are not allowed to smoke, use E-cigarettes, vapor nicotine or oral tobacco in any clinical facility while in the clinical environment or on USI campuses.
Courses and clinical assignments may be scheduled with relative short notice during the semester. This allows us to provide you with optimal learning experience. We cannot guarantee absence of conflict with your work schedule.
Program and School Committees
Students are invited to attend and participate in Program and School committee activities. Information about meetings will be communicated.
Sigma Theta Tau International/Omicron Psi Chapter
The Nursing Honor Society at the University of Southern Indiana provides leadership and research development for eligible nursing students and professionals. Its purposes are to:
- Recognize superior achievement
- Recognize the development of leadership qualities
- Foster high professional standards
- Encourage creative work
- Strengthen commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession
Students in the graduate program are required to achieve a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent, and to have completed one-fourth of the graduate program of study to be considered for membership.
Program documents, including those verifying program completion and required clinical rotations, will be maintained by the college. Personal background information will be stored in the student’s third-party repository account.
Please refer to the Emergency Preparedness Plan in the College of Nursing and Health Professions Handbook.
Student Virtual Center
The Graduate Student Virtual Center is a Blackboard site under "MSN Program." Each graduate student will be entered into the Blackboard "MSN Program" with the enrollment of the first graduate nursing course. This one Internet/Blackboard site provides information about the USI Graduate Nursing Program including access to fellow graduate students, employment opportunities, handbook, advising information and many more items of interest.
The Graduate Student Virtual Center is a Blackboard site under "MSN Program." Each graduate student will be entered into the Blackboard "MSN Program" with the enrollment of the first graduate nursing course. This one Internet/Blackboard site provides information about the USI Graduate Nursing Program including access to fellow graduate students, employment opportunities, handbook, advising information and many more items of interest.
The Graduate Student Virtual Center is a Blackboard site under "MSN Program." Each graduate student will also be entered into the Blackboard "DNP Program" with the enrollment of the first graduate nursing course.
Additionally, each DNP student will be entered into the Doctoral Student Virtual Center (DSVC) with the enrollment of the first DNP nursing course. These Internet/Blackboard sites provide information about the USI Graduate Nursing Program including access to fellow graduate students, employment opportunities, handbook, advising information and many more items of interest.
Each DNP student will be entered into the Doctoral Student Virtual Center (DSVC) with the enrollment of the first DNP nursing course. This one Internet/Blackboard site provides information about the University of Southern Indiana nursing programs including access to fellow DNP students, employment opportunities, handbook, advising information and many more items of interest.