Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Academic Director: Margaret Reilly, DNS, APRN, CNE 
CUNY School of Professional Studies
101 West 31^st Street, 7^th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Email Contact: Nursing@sps.cuny.edu

Mission

The mission and vision of the School of Professional Studies online nursing programs is to offer a liberal arts-based educational experience which will guide students in attaining the knowledge, skills, and values essential for professional nurse leaders and managers, including the ability to make sound judgments and address the health needs of diverse cultural groups.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the BS in Nursing will be able to:

1. Provide care that is cognizant of and respectful of the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices.
2. Participate in patient safety and quality initiatives within the context of an inter-professional team.
3. Practice the profession of nursing based on a set of core values that incorporate a humanitarian, altruistic, and social justice perspective.
4. Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, communities, and other health-care providers.
5. Integrate reliable evidence to provide the highest quality patient care.
6. Advocate for relevant local and global healthcare policy.
7. Apply leadership and management concepts to ensure best possible health care outcomes.
8. Use critical thinking skills to make sound clinical judgments.
9. Utilize and manage all available health information technology to provide safe and effective patient care.

The Program

The online BS in Nursing (R.N. to B.S. in Nursing) program provides registered nurses with the academic credential necessary to help them advance in the field. Through the flexibility of online study, students of this program build on prior knowledge gained at the associate’s degree level, and explore pressing issues related to today’s changing global healthcare environment. The program is designed to assist students in developing intellectual curiosity and a spirit of inquiry essential to professional development.

Dedicated CUNY faculty and expert practitioners draw on the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to help students develop and demonstrate competency in:

• Health assessment
• Leadership and management
• Nursing research
• Care of culturally diverse populations
• Global Health and policy issues

By building on prior learning, the curriculum prepares associate’s degree and diploma nurses for the increasingly complex and varied roles that they will be expected to assume. These include:

• Providing a safe environment for the delivery of care;
• Practicing nursing through a humanitarian, altruistic and philanthropic lens;
• Communicating effectively;
• Making sound clinical judgment;
• Working with an interdisciplinary team, including clients, families and other stakeholders; and,
• Effectively managing patient care to ensure best possible healthcare outcomes.

Accreditation

The RN to BS in Nursing at CUNY School of Professional Studies is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

Admission Criteria

In addition to the admission criteria for undergraduate degree programs, applicants to the online Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing program must meet the following criteria:

• Associate’s degree in nursing from the City University of New York or from a non-CUNY regional or nationally accredited credit-granting institution with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
• Nurses who hold a nursing diploma from a non-credit granting institution may also apply. Diploma applicants will be awarded 36 credits for their nursing education, if they have passed the NCLEX-RN and have an NYS RN license to practice, and will be required to complete 84 credits of coursework to be awarded the BS in Nursing degree.
• Current licensure in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse, or eligibility to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination - RN (NCLEX-RN) - in New York State. Students who do not currently hold an RN license may apply to the program in the last semester of their pre-licensure program in anticipation of licensure. Unlicensed students who meet the eligibility criteria will be admitted on a case by case basis and will be required to obtain their RN license before beginning their second term in the program.

The online application requires students to complete a personal essay that will help us understand your educational goals and readiness to return to college.