School of Nursing

Research

Centers and Institutes

As the nation's only school of nursing offering the full range of degree programs, we provide a continuum of nursing education unmatched by any other university. Our goal is to help students reach their career goals in the health care profession and prepare them to meet the lifelong challenges they’ll face as nurses.

Center for Enhancing Quality of Life and Chronic Illness
Learn more about our research center dedicated to improving the quality of life in persons with chronic conditions.

Center for Research and Scholarship
We have a major research focus in the areas of behavioral oncology and quality of life in chronic illness.

Center for Research in Nursing Education
Learning more about the center's mission to improve the health and quality of life for citizens of central Indiana, the state, the nation and beyond through developing, testing, and disseminating of new pedagogies for nursing education and teacher preparation.

Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research
Learn more about the program, as well as the Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group, formed by Walther program scientists.

Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center
RESPECT Center faculty work to improve the care of patients with serious and terminal illness through a focus on enhancing communication through their own work and in collaboration with colleagues. The Center brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across the IUPUI campus in key areas such as ethics, communication, nursing, medicine, psychology and public health. Center activities include developing and conducting interdisciplinary palliative and end-of-life research; supporting the development of new ideas; and developing new partnerships for translation into practice.

Resource Center for Innovation in Clinical Nursing Education
The RCICNE is a 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art clinical/simulation area with video capture and broadcast capabilities. The Center has 4 debriefing rooms as well as 4 simulation rooms with a central control room. It also features 6 exam rooms and has 10 hospital cubicles in an open instructional space. It includes a state-of-the-art classroom, 2 computer labs, storage, a faculty workroom, and 3 offices.