The 4 types of New York nursing professions are:
Note: In New York, midwifery is not considered a nursing profession. Midwifery is a separately licensed profession.
New York Law requires the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to charge the following fees:
No. New York State is not a Nursing Licensure Compact State.
When you apply for a nursing license or to renew your nursing registration, you will be required to answer the following questions:
You must report all criminal convictions and disciplinary actions against you, regardless of whether it occurred in New York State or elsewhere. You do not have to disclose "youthful offender" offenses, if your records have been sealed.
Not necessarily. As part of the review of your license or registration application, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) will review your background including your prior conviction(s). NYSED decides on a case by case basis whether your prior criminal conviction(s) will disqualify you from being licensed as a nurse in New York.
Note: Courts often notify NYSED when nurses are convicted of a crime.
No. US citizens and other persons lawfully in the US may qualify for a nursing license.
No. You are not required to have a social security number. However, if you have a social security number, you must disclose it on your nursing license application and on your nursing registration renewal applications.
In New York State, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) is responsible for "approving" (registering) nursing education programs. A list of NYSED registered nursing education programs is available at www.nysed.gov/heds/IRPSL1.html. All out-of-state and online nursing education programs must be registered or approved by NYSED in order to place students in clinical rotations in New York State (except in federal U.S. Armed forces or Veteran's Administration facilities).
There are 5 methods for applying for licensure as an RN in New York State. If you were granted the BN, BSN, or BScN degree after January 1, 2015 from a university in a Canadian province (except Quebec), you may apply for licensure as a recent Canadian graduate (using RN method #4). If you don’t qualify, you may apply for licensure as an internationally educated applicant (using RN method #5).
For instructions for applying for licensure as an RN in New York State, click here.
There are 5 methods for applying for licensure as an RN in New York State. If you graduated from a nursing school in another country, you can apply for licensure as an internationally educated applicant (using RN method #5).
For instructions for applying for licensure as an RN in New York State, click here.
Before you will be allowed to take the NCLEX-RN, the following sequence of events must happen:
In New York State, a CNS is a registered professional nurse who has completed advanced education (usually a master's or doctorate degree) in a nursing clinical practice specialty and is certified by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) as a "Clinical Nurse Specialist" or "CNS".
CNS provide expert nursing services that benefit patients with complex health care needs. In addition to providing, coordinating and supervising care, CNS’s evaluate the quality and effectiveness of patient care. They provide clinical consultation to other health care personnel and may be involved in health care management, health systems improvement, clinical research and health care policy development.
Clinical nurse specialists do not determine medical diagnoses and do not prescribe or order medical treatments or diagnostic tests. For example, a clinical nurse specialist does not prescribe medications or order CT scans.
To be certified and registered as a CNS in New York State, you must:
To satisfy the professional education and experience requirements for CNS certification, you must meet the criteria in one of the paragraphs 1, 2, or 3, below.
To find out whether your New York education program is registered by NYSED as qualifying for CNS certification, click here. To find out whether your out-of-state or online nursing education program is registered by NYSED, e-mail NYSED at: opprogs@nysed.gov. Please be sure to identify, by name and address, the nursing education program that you attended.
Not necessarily. If you are already a New York licensed and registered RN, New York Law does not specifically require that you pass an additional license exam to be certified as a CNS. If you graduate from a CNS education program registered by NYSED, you do not have to pass an examination to be certified as a CNS. However, if you are trying to meet New York State criteria for becoming a CNS by being certified by a national certification organization, you may have to pass an examination to obtain a CNS certification from the national certification organization.
Yes. In order to practice nursing as a CNS, you must be licensed and currently registered as an RN, and certified and currently registered as a CNS by NYSED. Every three years you must renew your CNS registration and your RN registration with NYSED in order to continue practicing as a CNS.