The School of Nursing offers a program leading to a Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing is fully accredited by the New York State Education Department and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
The Program is designed to prepare the student to develop the competencies essential for beginning professional nursing practice, and to build a foundation for graduate study. Upon completion of the program the graduate will be able to:

1. Provide culturally competent ethical nursing care aimed at promoting and maintaining health in individuals across the lifespan with a variety of spiritual, physical, and psychological needs.
2. Pursue knowledge and integrate current technological resources and research for the improvement of health care.
3. Assume a leadership role in planning, managing and monitoring health care to improve client outcomes in a variety of structured and unstructured settings.
4. Collaborate with other health care professionals in the development and evaluation of traditional and complementary care delivery systems.
5. Practice within the caring framework and legal parameters of the nursing profession.
6. Acknowledge pluralism, ethnic and cultural diversity as essential values and communicate these values throughout the healthcare community.
7. Advocate for equitable health care for all.

Program Requirements (top of page)

Admission as a nursing major:

• High school students must have an 85 high school average
• Transfer students must have a 2.75 cumulative grade point average for all work done at other colleges and a 2.75 cumulative science average
• Transfer students with less than 24 college credits must meet both transfer and freshman requirements

Students who do not meet these requirements may be considered for acceptance as probationary (PNU) major. Students accepted as PNU majors must meet the minimum GPA requirements within one academic year to remain in good standing.

Prior to entry into the professional phase (the first level clinical nursing courses), students must be successful on the School of Nursing Progression Examination and have clinical clearance.
 Continued enrollment in Nursing courses is contingent upon the following:

1. Maintaining a minimum 2.5 cumulative average
2. Maintaining a minimum 2.5 Nursing cumulative average 
3. Earning a grade of C+ or better in each Nursing course
4. Repeating no more than one Nursing course
5. Earning a B or better in any repeated Nursing course
6. Fulfilling all clinical clearance requirements prior to the beginning of each clinical Nursing course
7. Attending a mandatory hospital-orientation program each semester
8. Demonstrating competency in drug-dosage calculation during specified semesters
9. Demonstrating competency in the clinical laboratory courses
10. Passing both lecture and clinical portions of courses with a laboratory section
11. Participating in the Community Service Project (for a total 100 hours)

Full time Course of Study(top of page)

PROFESSIONAL PHASE** (top of page)

Total 64

Note: A student's program may be extended if the student is placed in proficiency mathematics, English and biology.
** Students progressing to the professional phase of the nursing program must take the HESI A2 Assess Test. Students are required to achieve a minimum average score of 75 on the HESI A2 Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, and Math sections to progress to the professional phase of the major

Total School of Nursing Credit Requirement 128

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Part-time Evening and Weekend Courses
Entrance into the professional phase of the part-time evening and weekend program begins every Fall semester.

PROFESSIONAL PHASE** (top of page)

Total 64

Note: A student's program may be extended if the student is placed in proficiency mathematics, English and biology. Professional part-time evening & weekend program begins every Fall semester

** Students progressing to the professional phase of the nursing program must take the HESI A2 Assess Test.  Students are required to achieve a minimum average score of 75 on the HESI A2 Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, and Math sections to progress to the professional phase of the major.

Total School of Nursing Credit Requirement 128

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