Nursing
Offered as a major (B.S.)
Saint Anselm College offers one of the most selective and respected nursing programs in New England, sharpening empathy, stimulating curiosity, and unlocking the full potential of our students to serve their communities and become leaders in healthcare.
Opportunities to Build Essential Skills
Build real-world, clinical skills. Through opportunities in- and out-of-the-classroom, you will elevate your sense of empathy while sharpening your purpose and potential to better the world. You will graduate from Saint Anselm ready to better the health of your patients and your community.
Additional Nursing Program Information
The Spanish minor for Nursing Majors is a course of study designed to provide nursing students with the opportunity to achieve advanced proficiency in Spanish in a highly specialized learning environment. Students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 20 credits consisting of three 4-credit courses and four 2-credit courses. The summer Costa Rica trip is also a requirement, where students complete a conversation course and nursing internship.
First Semester
BI 110 - Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing
PY 101 - General Psychology*
HU 103 - Conversatio I*
EN 105 - First Year Writing*
*Course fulfills core requirements
Second Semester
NU 110 - Introduction to Professional Nursing*
BI 108 - Microbiology
HU 104 - Conversatio II*
SO 212 - Social Statistics*
or Biblical Literacy Core*
*Course fulfills core requirements
See the four-year course sequence on the college catalog.
Gadbois Hall is currently home to our nursing department. There, you will learn everything from how to do a head-to-toe assessment to use an IV pump to care for a patient with a spinal injury.
Equipment includes:
- Multiple Adult Advanced Patient Simulators
- Birthing Patient Simulator and Child Patient Simulator
- Multiple Adult, Child, and Infant Patient Manikins
- Pyxis Medication Administration Dispensing Machine
- Functional Head Walls
- Electronic Smart Pumps for IV therapy
- Defibrillator, Ventilator, and EKG Machines
Exciting Facility News
The college is building a new state-of-the-art facility named Grappone Hall which will become the home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Estimated to be 45,000 square feet in size, the new facility will include nursing simulation labs, high-fidelity classrooms, student study spaces, and other features.
Clinicals
You've done all the reading and completed your labs; now find out what it's like to work in the field through clinical rotations. As a student nurse you will always participate in a nursing lab prior to providing patient care in a clinical setting.
- Nursing students start clinicals spring semester sophomore year
- All specialty nursing courses include clinical rotations
- Student to instructor clinical ratio 7:1 or fewer
- Clinicals are completed in variety of settings
- Our Critical Care course clinical experiences take place in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and Emergency Departments (ED)
Preceptorship
All nursing students complete a preceptorship before graduation. You may fulfill the requirement in the summer before senior year, during winter break, or in the spring semester of senior year. Preceptorship placements are available in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in a variety of clinical settings.
- 195 hours
- 1:1 student to preceptor ratio

COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
Taking Nursing Skills Global
Through this global seminar course, student nurses embark on a week-long clinical rotation in Costa Rica to apply the concepts they learned in the classroom.
I am always impressed with the caliber of Nursing Students from St Anselm. Their holistic nursing approach comes through when speaking to these young people. I never miss an opportunity to interview students from Saint A’s.
Recent Career Outcomes
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Catholic Medical Center
- Duke University Health System
- Fairfax Behavioral Health
- Lahey Hospital Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Center
- Tufts Medical Center
- US Navy
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Yale New Haven Hospital
Recent Graduate Schools
- Boston College
- Dartmouth College
- Northeastern University
- Yale University
- University of Pennsylvania


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