NYS Education Department Approves Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree to begin this Fall.
April 10, 2022
(Queens, NY) – St. John’s University has received approval from the New York State Education Department to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) program. Applications for admission are now being accepted and preparations are underway for the first cohort of students to begin classes in August.
“After much planning—and with great excitement—we launch the new nursing program at St. John’s,” stated Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., President. “Service is a core value of our University, and the nursing program aims to provide a stellar education within the context of our Catholic and Vincentian mission. The foremost goal of our program is to train skilled professionals and compassionate nurse leaders ready to serve others in societies in need of healing.”
Establishing a nursing program is one step in a major and long-term investment in the health sciences at St. John’s. Next month, on International Nurses Day, St. John’s will break ground at the Queens Campus for a new 70,000-square-foot building scheduled to open in Fall, 2024 that will be the permanent home of the nursing program.
The new medical and educational Health Sciences Center at the Queens, NY, campus will support and house existing and forthcoming health sciences programs in one facility. The new building will provide state-of-the-art technology, simulation labs, and flexible room layouts to allow for a multitude of teaching and learning styles. The innovative and flexible learning environment will ensure that future health-care workers can keep pace with the dramatic advancements in the health-care industry.
St. John’s will provide students with hands-on clinical rotations within a network of partner health-care systems, which include New York City Health + Hospitals, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, and Catholic Health. With an innovative curriculum, support for brand-new facilities, and established community partnerships the new nursing program at St. John’s aims to strengthen the local academic health system.
Nursing education is not new to St. John’s. In 1937, a Department of Nursing formed at the University and the department became a separate School of Nursing Education in 1942, helping to train nurses during World War II before being discontinued.
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Need for Nursing Education and Nursing Shortage:
According to a February 2022 survey on LinkedIn, registered nursing is the fourth most in-demand profession in the American workforce today.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 9% from 2020 to 2030. Approximately 194,500 openings for registered nurses are projected each year, on average, over the decade.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) reports that the increased need for nurses spans beyond the current pandemic. In late 2021, they urged the federal government to declare the current and unsustainable nurse staffing shortage to be a national crisis.
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For media inquiries, please contact the St. John’s University Office of Media Relations at 718-990-1621; [email protected]
Available for interview/comment:
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. President, St. John’s University.
Simon G. Møller, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Colleen Carmody, Ed.D., R.N., C.N.S. Founding Director, Nursing Program; Senior Associate Dean.
About St. John’s University:
St. John’s University is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic University founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians), with its main campus located in Queens, NY. St. John’s University also has campuses and locations in Staten Island and Manhattan, and in Hauppauge, NY; in Rome, Italy; in Paris, France; and in Limerick, Ireland. St. John’s University is comprised of six colleges, including the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business (including the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science), The School of Education, and the School of Law.
As of Fall 2021, the University has 1,410 full-time and part-time faculty, 15,452 undergraduate students, and 4,206 graduate students who come from 48 states and 118 countries. St. John's offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs, including 15 doctoral programs.