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(Day Program) For more information about this program, please contact Margaret Mariani . 603-542-7744 x431. Practical Nursing Information Sessions with nursing faculty are a required step in the application process. Please click here for dates and times. The Practical Nursing Program prepares students for licensure as licensed practical nurses. Upon graduation students are prepared to work as level entry members of a multidisciplinary team providing care to clients in a variety of health care settings. The Practical Nursing Program promotes a self-directed approach to learning throughout the student's seminar, laboratory, and clinical experiences. Students participate actively in their learning process through involvement in regularly scheduled seminars, self study modules, laboratory and clinical work, and ongoing self evaluation. Students are regularly involved in group work that helps them develop the collaborative skills necessary for today's nursing practice, as well as providing them with a greater sense of community. Students and faculty meet during scheduled seminars to discuss theoretical concepts related to particular areas of study. Students then have the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to skills and other related nursing care in the laboratory and clinical settings. Students regularly utilize faculty as resources, and mentors to assist them in their learning process. The curriculum is based on Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing and includes a general education component. Nursing courses are taken sequentially and include a clinical component. Students must earn a minimum grade of C in Basic Anatomy and Physiology as a prerequisite for admission to NURC110. Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (80%) in all nursing courses. Nursing courses that do not meet this requirement must be repeated. Clinical learning experiences may be scheduled during the day and/or evenings. Prior to all clinical affiliations, students must provide evidence of a current certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (professional level), medical health insurance, and proof of certain immunization status. Specific information on these will be further discussed in the informational session. To ensure safety and well being of others, the expectation is that students will demonstrate honesty, maturity, emotional stability and ethical behavior during these experiences. Admission criteria:
The New Hampshire Nurse Practice Act, RSA 326:B identifies limitations to licensure ie., conviction of a felony, which may prohibit the graduate from writing the licensure examination. Applicants will be provided with specific limitations during the admissions process. Since January 2004, NH Law requires that every applicant for a license to practice as an LPN in NH must submit a notarized "Criminal Record Release Authorization Form" to the Division of State Police prior to application for licensure. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General requirements listed in the catalog;