The program, called PODS because of its fast pace and class clusters, was a success from the moment of implementation and currently has nearly 30 students enrolled at Indiana University Kokomo. IU Kokomo graduated its first nursing students in an innovative program called PODS in 1998. Our nursing students are so busy with work and families it would have taken years for them to complete the nursing major courses. To make the transition from an associate degree to a bachelor's degree, students take 21 weeks of nursing studies. The program consists of seven week sessions that meet for a full day once a week.
Students complete the courses over two summers and a spring semester.
Logansport resident Ruth Kain finds PODS a complement to her hectic schedule as an emergency room nurse at Logansport Memorial Hospital and as a nurse practitioner for Planned Parenthood of Cass County. You have classes one day per week and the instructors are accommodating to your schedule in helping you complete assignments. Kain, who received her associate degree from IUK, was encouraged to go for her bachelor's degree by her mother, Gail Kaufman, who graduated from the PODS program last year.