Nursing Program

The nursing program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other New York colleges that offer nursing program.

The Nursing program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for more than 20 years.

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SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Also known as Downstate Medical Center

101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY

The SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the only four nursing schools in the state to offer Master’s degree programs in all the advanced nursing practice roles - clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists.

The mission of this school is simply to be a center of excellence. They aim to achieve this through empowering their graduates to be multicultural leaders to effect changes in health policy so that urban communities can benefit from “culturally competent care.”

The College of Nursing was set up in 1967 to offer a baccalaureate program in nursing. The RN to B.S.N. program is one of the largest of its kind in the state, admitting more than 100 RNs every year. The college also offers an accelerated BSN program, which is a 15-month course. Aside from these two programs, other degree tracks include: Clinical Specialist, Nurse Practitioner and Master's in Public Health and Master of Science in any of the four advanced practice roles.

The Brooklyn-based college charges tuition of $390 per credit for in-state students, which is nominally lower than other comparable institutions in the state. Out of state tuition is $695 per credit. Program credits vary from 41 to 61. Financial aid is made available to qualifying students in the form of grants, loans and scholarships.

On-campus accommodation is available in the Resident Halls, which are fully furnished and equipped with state-of-the art conveniences and technology.

There is also a work-study program that allows real-life experience while studying.

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. SUNY Downstate Medical Center has offered the following academic levels for students:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree

Students by Academic Level (2019)

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).