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Hello All:

I just recently switched my major to nursing. I hold an Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts, and have some college credits in Hunter College. I live in NYC, and I really need assistance. I have no idea how to go about finding a good nursing school. I have two children, one still an infant, and I cannot find a nursing program that has evening/night classes. Also, I would like information on how I could find hospitals that are willing to pay for my tuition. Please keep in mind that I have no experience in this. I've called hospitals and schools, and the bureaucracy I'm up against is horrible. I get no answers; just college brochures in the mail.

Please help..

Thanks in advance for any insight.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU (PCCN); Heme/Onc/BMT.

NYCStar -

First off, I want to welcome you to "allnurses.com"! :)

There have been a least a couple of threads that deal with this subject. With special thanks to "JT", here's a link to one post which provided information that hopefully you'll find helpful!

Click Here!

Good luck and let us know how things go! :)

Ted

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Thank you so much. The post was helpful. I will continue my research, and let you guys know how things go. :)

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Associate Degree Programs:

Beth Israel Medical Center - Manhattan

Bronx Community College - CUNY - Bronx

College of Staten Island - CUNY - Staten Island

Borough of Manhattan Community College - CUNY - Manhatttan Interfaith Medical Center School of Nursing - Brooklyn

Kingsborough Community College of CUNY - Brooklyn

LaGuardia Community College-CUNY - Long Island City

Long Island College Hospital - Brooklyn

Medgar Evers College-CUNY - Brooklyn

New York City Technical College of CUNY - Brooklyn

Queensborough Community College of CUNY - Bayside, Queens

BSN programs:

Adelphi University - Garden City, Long Island

College of Mount Saint Vincent - Riverdale, Bronx

New York University - Manhattan

Pace University - Manhattan and Westchester

College of Staten Island - CUNY - Staten Island

Herbert H. Lehman College of CUNY - Bronx

Hunter College of CUNY - Manhattan

Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus - Brooklyn

Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus - Long Island

Medgar Evers College-CUNY - Brooklyn

Mount Saint Mary College - Newburgh

Saint Francis College - Brooklyn

Saint Joseph's College - Brooklyn

SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn - Brooklyn

Wagner College - Staten Island

York College of CUNY - Jamaica, Queens

For schedules, requirements, program, etc, check out the nursing dept pages on the websites of the colleges in bold letters. Most of those have eve classes. The CUNY and SUNY schools are least expensive. If you get a job at a hospital as a nurses aide or something & go to its own nursing school, you might get a discount.

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I appreciate the info. I will check them all out.

Have a good day :)

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St Vincents Medical Center's Nursing School on Staten Island just had an open house tonight to recruit nursing students for the 2-yr associates degree program.

If you give them a call tomorrow and tell them you found out about tonights event too late to attend, Im sure they will be more than happy to give you all the info you missed.

Good luck.

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.

Seems like Mount Sinai had a nursing program once, too. Dunno if they still do.

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