Prospective students with a bachelor's degree in another field can apply to the Second Degree Transfer (Non-Accelerated) Program provided you have successfully completed a bachelor's degree. The Second Degree Transfer (Non-Accelerated) program allows students to complete remaining prerequisites prior to entering the four consecutive semesters of full-time study in nursing coursework and can begin in the fall (September) or spring (January) semester. By the end of this program, you will be prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) to obtain licensure.
Second Degree Transfer (Non-Accelerated) Baccalaureate students are admitted to Meyers as undergraduates with 44 advanced standing credits in the liberal arts and up to 17 advanced credits in the sciences--based on credits you earned while obtaining a bachelor’s degree plus additional prerequisite requirements.
The Second Degree Transfer (Non-Accelerated) Program is for students with a baccalaureate degree in another field, offering options for students who want to make a career change to nursing and still need to complete remaining prerequisites. Students enter the program with an advanced standing of 44 liberal arts credits based on completing a baccalaureate program at an accredited university or college. Students must complete or satisfy the requirements for prerequisite courses in nutrition, chemistry, statistics, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and developmental psychology, and following this they will complete 64 credits of nursing courses.
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| NURSE-UN 80 | Statistics I | 3, Fall Spring | |
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45 hours lecture. 3 credits. This course is an introduction for undergraduate students into the field of statistics as it is used in nursing, epidemiology, public health, and clinical research. It will concentrate on understanding what the statistics are used for and what they tell us rather than mathematical theory. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. |
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| APSY-UE 1271 | Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan | 3, Fall Spring | |
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Discussion of human growth across the lifespan; multiple contexts in which development unfolds are explored & implications for practice are considered. |
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| NURSE-UN 75 | Microbiology | 3, Spring Fall | |
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45 hours lecture. 3 credits. This course introduces the principles of the infectious disease process with respect to the properties of infectious agents, modes of transmission, manifestations of infections, their prevention and treatment, and the properties of the immune system. Major infectious disease45 hours lecture. 3 credits. This course introduces the principles of the infectious disease process with respect to the properties of infectious agents, modes of transmission, manifestations of infections, their prevention and treatment, and the properties of the immune system. Major infectious diseases in humans, including the methods used for their identification in the clinical lab, are covered. Modes of transmission are described, as well as treatments and prevention. The application of principles of microbiology to the work of health professionals is also discussed. |
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| NURSE-UN 70 | Anatomy & Physiology | 3, Summer Spring Fall | |
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45 hours lecture plus lab. 3 credits. The course focuses on the structure and function of the human body and how it affects health and wellbeing. The structure and function of each body system is studied and their inter-relationships explained. |
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| CHEM-UA 120 | Introduction to Modern Chemistry | 5, Fall Spring | |
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Selected principles and applications of chemistry, with emphasis on the fundamental nature of chemistry. Basic course dealing with concepts of atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, solution chemistry, equilibrium, reaction rates, and properties of gases, liquids, and solids. |
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| NUTR-UE 119 | Nutrition and Health | 3, Fall | |
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Introduction to nutrition science and its role in health and society: nutrient characteristics, requirements, and food sources, energy balance, weight control, dietary guides and food planning, and social and economic factors that affect food production and consumption. Liberal Arts CORE equivalent – satisfies the requirement for Natural Sciences for non-majors |
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| NURSE-UN 239 | Health Assessment & Promotion | 4, Fall Spring | |
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22.5 hours lecture plus lab. 3 credits. This course focuses on the development of comprehensive health assessment skills, including measures of physical and functional status, documentation of the assessment findings, and health promotion strategies for each body system. Considerations of racial and cultural differences are discussed with respect to health assessment as well as health promotion strategies. |
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| NURSE-UN 1435 | Pathophysiology | 3, Fall Spring | |
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45 hours: 3 credits. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of usual health patterns of major body systems to changes that occur during the illness experience. Major pathophysiologic concepts are explored using a body systems approach. Theories relating to etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations are used to study common disease processes. Concepts from anatomy, physiology, and chemistry courses provide the foundation for exploring human dysfunction. Concepts learned in this course are basic to nursing practice. |
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| NURSE-UN 240 | Adult & Elder Nursing I | 6, Spring Fall | |
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45 hours lecture plus clinical and lab. 6 credits. This course focuses on the development of the concepts and skills used by the professional nurse. Using nursing theory, students apply the nursing process and nursing skills in the on-campus laboratory practice and in the care of adult clients and their significant others in clinical settings such as acute care facilities and skilled nursing facilities. |
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| NURSE-UN 1261 | Professional Nursing | 3, Fall Spring | |
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45 hours: 3 credits. This course explores historical assumptions about nursing as a basis for understanding professional roles and the image of nursing in today's society. Nursing is identified as a learned, valued profession; emphasis is on the influence of history in its evolution. Contemporary nursing workforce, educational trends, and practice issues are explored as primary factors in professional status. Ethical and legal aspects of nursing practice are discussed. Political and economic factors shaping nursing practice in the health care delivery system are defined and evaluated and compared to other health systems. |
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| NURSE-UN 120 | Integrating Evidence into Clinical Practice | 3, Spring Summer | |
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45 hours lecture. 3 credits. The course focuses on the conceptual and research development of nursing knowledge for evidence-based practice. Areas of nursing inquiry currently investigated are presented. The validity of quantitative and the conformability of qualitative methods used to answer nursing research questions are discussed. Students critically evaluate current nursing research and assess applicability to clinical practice. They also evaluate and assess the applicability of related research reported in the media. |
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| NURSE-UN 241 | Acute Care Psych Nrse | 3, Summer Spring | |
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22.5 hours lecture plus clinical. 3 credits. This course focuses on bio-psychosocial models as a perspective for viewing health promotion of persons and groups experiencing vulnerabilities and alterations in mental health across the life span. The nursing process is applied to individuals and groups in acute care mental health settings. |
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| NURSE-UN 1241 | Adult & Elder Nursing II | 6, Spring Summer | |
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45 hours lecture plus clinical and lab. 6 credits. This course focusees on professional nursing care for individuals and their significant others experiencing acute and/or chronic illness. The nursing process is applied in caring for adults and their significant others across health care settings, such as the hospital, skilled nursing facilities, and home care. |
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| NURSE-UN 1436 | Nrsg Pharmacotherapeutic | 3, Spring Summer | |
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45 hours: 3 credits. This course provides students with the knowledge of pharmacologic preparations used in the maintenance of health and prevention of illness. The content focuses on the drug actions, therapeutic response, patient-teaching responsibilities, and nursing implications in identifying areas of side effects, adverse effects, drug interactions, and safe administration of medications for patients of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds. Evidence-based research and legal/ethical issues are also addressed in the context of the nurses' role in pharmacotherapy. |
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| NURSE-UN 1242 | Maternity Nursing | 3, Fall Summer | |
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22.5 hours lecture plus clinical and Recitation. 3 credits. This course focuses on providing a nursing process framework for examining families in the childbearing years. Individual, societal, cultural, and environmental variables and healthcare disparities relating to childbearing and parenting are identified. Delivery of nursing care to pregnant, laboring, and postpartum mothers and their newborns is the clinical focus, with a goal of maximizing the health potential of young families. |
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| NURSE-UN 1243 | Adult & Elder Nursing III | 6, Summer Fall | |
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45 hours lecture plus clinical and Lab. 6 credits. This course focuses on the interactions among aging, disease, functional ability, the environment, and health disparities of adults and elders. Emphasis is placed on the application of the nursing process to health promotion/maintenance and disease management relating to orthopedics, neurology, cognition and decision making, genitourinary, rehabilitation, immune dysfunction, and elimination in the adult and older adult populations. |
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| NURSE-UN 1255 | Pediatric Nursing | 3, Fall Summer | |
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45 hours Lect Plus Clinical and Lab: 5 credits.This course provides a family theory and nursing process framework for examining families in the child-rearing years from infancy through adolescence. Individual, societal, cultural, and environmental variables and health care disparities relating to childrearing and parenting are identified. Delivery of nursing care adapted to the unique health and developmental needs of children and th45 hours Lect Plus Clinical and Lab: 5 credits.This course provides a family theory and nursing process framework for examining families in the child-rearing years from infancy through adolescence. Individual, societal, cultural, and environmental variables and health care disparities relating to childrearing and parenting are identified. Delivery of nursing care adapted to the unique health and developmental needs of children and their families is the clinical focus, with a goal of maximizing the health potential of young families. There is a strong health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention component. |
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| NURSE-UN 1248 | Contemporary Issues in Health Care | 3, Summer Fall | |
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45 hours: 3 credits. This course will explore current issues in the |
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| NURSE-UN 1244 | Community Health Nursing | 6, Fall Spring | |
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45 hours lecture plus clinical. 5 credits. This course focuses on understanding and applying the theoretical principles of and evidence base for public health nursing to culturally competent, community health nursing practice and professional role development. The focus of community health nursing practice is on protecting and enhancing the health of communities and humanly diverse populations, including those at risk and those challenged by health disparities, developmental needs, and mental health concerns and for clients living with poverty. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, health care policy, and ethics. |
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| NURSE-UN 1245 | Leadership & Management in Nursing | 6, Fall Spring | |
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45 hours lecture plus clinical and Lab: 5 credits. The goal of this course is to facilitate the paradigm shift from student to professional nurse. The focus is on the understanding, synthesis, and application of the evidence- base for using leadership and management principles in prioritizing and delivering nursing care to groups of patients as a team member within the health care organization. The course prepares the student nurse for entry into professional nursing practice after graduation. It addresses health policy, economic issues, and the integration of ethical and legal aspects of care. |
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| Nursing Elective | 3, Fall Spring Summer | ||
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Admission Criteria
- Completion of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Demonstrated overall strong academic performance.
- Completion of 0 – 6 out of the 7 required prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better before starting the program.
Prerequisite Courses
Make sure to review all of the required criteria necessary to accept prerequisite courses.
**DUE TO COVID-19, NYU MEYERS IS ACCEPTING ALL PREREQUISITES TAKEN ONLINE FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER 2021 SEMESTERS**
- Students that will have completed all 7 prerequisites should apply for the Accelerated 15 Month program.
- All courses must be at least three-semester hour credits, with the exception of chemistry (which must be four-semester hour credits with lab).
- Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Human Anatomy & Physiology II - OR- one semester of Human Anatomy and one semester of Human Physiology
- Chemistry with Lab (at least four credits)
Note that the following courses will not satisfy this prerequisite: Organic or Biochemistry - Microbiology
- Nutrition
- Statistics
- Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan - The course must cover the psychological development of a human across the lifespan. Note that the following courses will not satisfy this prereq: Introduction to Psychology, General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Child Psychology, and Adult Psychology
Additional Information on Prerequisite Courses:
Make sure to review all of the required criteria necessary to accept prerequisite courses.
**DUE TO COVID-19, NYU MEYERS IS ACCEPTING ALL PREREQUISITES TAKEN ONLINE FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL 2020 SEMESTERS.**
- During this time, all prerequisite courses will be weighed equally whether taken in a classroom setting or online.
- Prerequisite courses must be completed at a regionally accredited four-year or two-year college or university.
- All prerequisites must have been taken less than ten years prior to date of matriculation.
- It is recommended that students have at least half of the prerequisite courses completed at the time their application is submitted.
Contact the Office of Admissions
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Technical Standards Requirements
Applicants must meet the Technical Standards for Core Professional Nursing Competency Performance in order to be eligible for admission to, progress in, and graduate from the nursing program.
Criminal Background Check Policy
All nursing students will be required to complete a series of clinical learning experiences in order to successfully meet the learning outcomes for a given program of study. Prior to participating in clinical learning experiences at any off-campus healthcare facility, students are required to complete a criminal background check and a drug test. Each clinical facility has policies regarding possible convictions and potential drug use that may bar students from being accepted at the facility for clinical placement. If a student is not accepted to an assigned placement because of the findings of a background check or drug screen, NYU Meyers does not guarantee an alternate clinical placement. College policy dictates that students who are unable to complete clinical requirements for any reason will be subject to dismissal from the program.
The process of obtaining a nursing license in New York and many other states may involve consideration of an applicant’s criminal history or other conduct (review the NYS license application). Criminal convictions and/or a record of certain other conduct may prevent a nursing student/graduate from being licensed and may preclude the nursing graduate from obtaining gainful employment as a nurse. Applicants to NYU Meyers are encouraged to determine, prior to matriculation, the licensure requirements in the state(s) in which they intend to practice.
Equal Opportunity Statement
NYU Meyers does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis. Prospective students of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for all of our programs.
Application
Apply to the Second Degree Transfer Program!
Deadlines
Fall Entry:
Priority - March 1
Final - April 1
Spring Entry:
Priority - September 15
Final - October 15
Applications will not be accepted after the final deadline. Applications will not be considered for admission until all required documents are submitted.
Applicants for the Second Degree Transfer (Non-Accelerated) Program may be offered conditional admission while in the process of completing any remaining prerequisite or degree requirements. However, all degrees and prerequisites must be completed before students can start the program.
Application Requirements
Application Fee
$80 non-refundable fee must be paid when submitting your admission application. Fee waivers are available upon approval. If you would like to apply for a fee waiver, please fill out the section “request for fee waiver” in the Personal Information section of the Common Application.
Essay
You are required to submit one full-length essay. This will be located under the Program Materials "Questions" section in the Common Application, and should be up to 400 words (2500 characters).
Recommendation Letters
One to two professional or academic letters of recommendation are recommended but not required. Your letter of recommendation should comment on your maturity, intellectual potential, and motivation to pursue a career in nursing.
To submit a recommendation letter, follow the instructions once you are in the Common Application. The application will provide you with an electronic link to send to your recommenders. They will then submit their recommendation letter through that link.
Transcripts
You must submit an official college transcript(s) in a sealed envelope from each college or university that you attended before the application deadline. Applications with missing transcripts will not be reviewed.
Transcripts can be sent to the following address (not NYU Meyers):
New York University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
383 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003, USA.
Transcripts may also be emailed to admissions.ops@nyu.edu but should still bear an official stamp, must come from a school official, and must be sent from an official school email address.
Standardized Test Scores
Standardized test scores are NOT required for admission into the Second Degree Transfer Program and will not be used as a factor when determining your admission decision.
If English is not your first language, please send your TOEFL or IELTS scores. You can read more about the standardized testing policy for international students here.