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Complete Your Degree From Anywhere

With Lehman’s R.N. to B.S. in Nursing program, take courses fully online and complete your clinical hours at a location of your choosing.

This program is designed to specifically prepare Registered Nurses, with an unencumbered New York State license, for professional nursing practice and provides a foundation for graduate study in nursing 

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Program Highlights
  • Earn your B.S. in just one year
  • Take your classes online and choose your clinical site
  • Year-round course offerings
  • Learn from experienced, dedicated faculty who are experts in nursing

The program is a 37.5-credit major of the total 120 credits required for graduation.

Independent study courses and honors projects are available to qualified students. 

Application Deadline: Rolling Admission 

 

RN-BS Nursing Program Virtual Information Sessions

This information session will cover both the traditional and online R.N.– B.S. nursing programs at Lehman College and the admissions review process. It is intended for students who have earned an associate degree in nursing and currently have a NYS R.N. license. Interested students wish to obtain a second bachelor's degree in nursing.

Wednesday, November 20th 5:30 – 6:30 PM Monday, January 6th, 2025, 5:30 – 6:30 PM Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Prerequisites

  1. Current Registered Nurse with an unencumbered nursing licensure and registration in New York State.
  2. Sixty (60) college credits with a grade point average of 2.5 or greater; or an associate degree in nursing from a accredited nursing program in NYS, or nationally accredited institution.
  3. Official transcript(s) from all schools attended must show successful completion of the following pre-requisites:
    • A college course in chemistry, or chemistry taken in a state approved nursing program (or its foreign equivalent), or successful completion of the following courses at Lehman College: 
      • CHE 114: Essentials of General Chemistry: 3 Credits 
      • CHE 115: Essentials of General Chemistry Lab: 1.5 Credits 
    • HIN 268: Human Growth and Development: 3 Credits (or equivalent course which covers growth and development through the life span.) 

 

INFORMATION FOR REGISTERED NURSES

Registered nurses applying to the RN-BS programs, Online or Traditional RN-BS, may fulfill the HIN 268: Human Growth and Development pre-requisite by earning a qualifying score on the CLEP Human Growth and Development exam.

Official CLEP scores must be sent to Lehman College and evaluated for transfer credit. For more information, students can visit the Lehman CLEP website. 

New York State prides itself in the high quality of its licensed and certified professionals. For the protection of its citizens, each license and certificate has requirements that individuals must meet in order to be licensed or certified in New York State. CUNY’s academic programs leading to licensure or certification are carefully designed to meet and exceed these State requirements. This is a role CUNY plays in protecting the public. Other states frequently have their own requirements, so if your goal is to practice in another state, this disclosure will help you check to see what that state requires.

Per U.S. Federal Regulations, §668.14 and §668.43, and in compliance with the SARA Policy Manual, CUNY Lehman College provides the following disclosure related to the educational requirements for professional licensure and certification.

This Disclosure is strictly limited to the CUNY Lehman College determination of whether this academic program, that if successfully completed, would be sufficient to meet the educational licensure or certification requirements in a State for Accounting. CUNY Lehman College cannot provide verification of an individual’s ability to meet licensure or certification requirements unrelated to its educational programming. Such individual determinations are made by state licensing boards and are fact-specific determinations.

This disclosure does not provide any guarantee that any particular state licensure or certification entity will approve or deny your application. Furthermore, this disclosure does not account for changes in state law or regulation that may affect your application for licensure and occur after this disclosure has been made. Enrolled students and prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact their state’s licensure entity using the links provided to review all licensure and certification requirements imposed by their state(s) of choice.

CUNY Lehman College has determined this academic program curricula, if successfully completed, is sufficient to meet the licensure and certification requirements for Nursing licensure in the following states:

CUNY Lehman College has determined that the curricula is insufficient to meet (or has not been verified to meet) the licensure and certification requirements for Nursing in the following states:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming