A nursing student attending Manhattan's Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing associate degree program will study Introduction to Nursing, Nursing Care of Patients with Common Health Problems, Principles of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing and more. Liberal Arts and Science Courses include English I, General Psychology, Introduction to Sociology and Nutrition and Diet Therapy, among others. A nurse with an associate's degree can work as a registered nurse in a hospital, nursing home, doctor's office or school setting.
Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
776 Avenue of the Americas
4th Floor
New York, NY 10001-6354
212-614-6110
At the Plattsburgh State University of New York, a bachelor of science degree in nursing will require four years and 120 credits in courses including Foundations of Nursing, Topics in Pathophysiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and General Psychology. By the student's senior year, he will be expected to take senior-level courses in Care of Adults, Maternal Child Nursing and Community Health Nursing. A nurse with a bachelor of science degree will earn more than a nurse with just an associate's degree. The nurse with a bachelor's degree also can hold management positions.
Albany Medical College in central New York state offers a master's of science degree in nurse anesthesiology. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) candidates at Albany Medical are required to take basic courses including Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and Pharmacology. They go on to study Nurse Anesthesiology and partake in Clinical Practicum Laboratories and Research Techniques, among other courses. A CRNA administers anesthesia to surgical, general and obstetric patients. CRNA students also learn to undergo complicated procedures involving vascular, pediatric, cardiac and oncological surgeries.
Albany Medical College Center for Nurse Anesthesiology
16 New Scotland Avenue, Suite 303
Albany, NY 12208
518-262-4303
When you earn your doctorate (your Ph.D.) in nursing, you are considered to be contributing to the "science of nursing," according to Adelphi University's website. A master of science degree in nursing is required for a doctorate, and an additional 54 credits is needed. A nurse at Adelphi earning her doctorate will take two graduate-level statistics courses and nursing education courses. These classes include Health Policy Leadership, Ethics in Health Care, Research in Nursing Education, and more. A Ph.D. holder can be a nursing director, a nursing home administrator or an associate professor of nursing, among other titles.
Adelphi University School of Nursing
Alumnae Hall Room 220
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
516-877-4510