LOCATION: Sylvia Trottier Hall
PHONE: (603) 897-8530 For well over a decade, the Rivier College Division of Nursing has prepared students to meet the rapidly changing demands of the healthcare environment. Rivier continually builds on its strengths, offering programs that provide students with individual attention, quality education, and numerous opportunities for practical experience. Rivier offers two- and four-year nursing degrees that prepare you to enter this exciting and challenging profession. The hallmark of all of Rivier's nursing programs is the faculty-supervised clinical experience in hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the greater Boston and central New England regions. Rivier’s highly regarded nursing programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Our undergraduate and graduate nursing programs prepare students to become licensed registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nurse educators throughout the United States. Click here for a complete list of nursing degree programs
On the undergraduate level, the College offers a part-time associate of science degree; a full-time, four-year professional track baccalaureate degree, and a flexible RN to BS program for registered nurses. Rivier has affiliation agreements with Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH and at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts. Rivier’s graduate nursing programs prepare professionals for positions in advanced practice nursing and/or to teach in schools of nursing or other healthcare settings. Students in the program develop state-of-the art skills that prepare them to excel in today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment.
Rivier Advantages • You receive valuable hands-on training in our simulated clinical and nursing skills laboratories, fully equipped with examining instruments, mannequins, ophthalmoscopes, IV pumps, advanced cardiac assessment modalities, and more. • Our students enjoy clinical experiences at a wide variety of healthcare settings throughout central New England. These sites include the Lahey Clinic; St. Joseph’s Hospital; Concord Hospital; Southern New Hampshire Medical Center; Catholic Medical Center; Elliot Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital, and others. • Rivier’s nursing programs offer flexibility. For graduate students, we offer a degree completion program for ARNPs, as well as two-year, three-year, and five-year tracks. Undergraduate students can choose from several options, including a two-year associate, four-year bachelor’s degree, or advanced placement for LPNs.
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