Nursing

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. 

Learn more about the Spanish Minor for Nurses →

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