Page 149 of Saint Anselm College 2002 - 2003 Catalog by Saint Anselm College Manchester New Hampshire

150 on caring for individuals with actual or potential health problems and their families. The progressive concepts are integrated into classroom, laboratory and clinical settings. Students alternate between adult nursing or parent-child nursing specialty areas. Clinical assignments are determined by the specialty. Twelve credits/three course count. Adult Nursing Specialty Adult nursing provides students with the theoretical content necessary to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for adult clients with select actual or potential health problems. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies are addressed in the theoretical and clinical components of this course. The students experience takes place primarily in the acute care setting but may include the use of other community-based resources. Parent Child Nursing Specialty The parent child nursing specialty deals with care of childbearing/childrearing families. Theoretical and clinical components focus on promoting wellness, preventing health problems, and intervening for actual health problems of mothers, infants, children and their families. Students care for well and sick clients in schools, clinics or homes and acute care settings. 46 This courses focuses on the nursing process and use of Neuman's Advanced prevention as intervention typology. Emphasis is placed on caring for Nursing I individuals, families and or communities with actual or potential complex health problems. The progressive concepts are integrated into classroom, laboratory and clinical settings. Students alternate among critical care, rehabilitation, and long term care nursing or psychiatric and community health nursing specialty areas. Clinical assignments are determined by the specialty. Twelve credits/three course count. 47 This course builds on the knowledge and skills developed in Advanced Advanced Nursing I and continues to focus on nursing process and use of Nursing II Neumans prevention as intervention typology. Emphasis is placed on caring for individuals, families and or communities with actual or potential complex health problems. The progressive concepts are integrated into classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. Students alternate among critical care, rehabilitation, and long term care nursing or psychiatric and community health nursing specialty areas. Clinical assignments are determined by the specialty. In the final four weeks of the semester each student participates in a preceptorship experience in a clinical specialty area. Twelve credits/three course count. Community Health Nursing Specialty The community health component introduces students to beginning concepts of caring for individuals, families and

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