Accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and The New York State Department of Education since 1967 QCC has graduated over 5000 nurses. It is the major supplier of registered nurses to the Queens community.

Program of Study: two and one half-year program leading to an Associate in Applied Science degree. Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Professional Nursing (NCLEX-RN).

Admission: Applicants to the Clinical Nursing Program must be an admitted Queensborough Community College student. Please check the Admissions Office website for further information on admissions.

Application to the Program: In order to progress to the clinical nursing sequence of courses, students must first complete the following:

1. Be an admitted Queensborough CC student
2. Have completed the pre-Nursing course sequence with a minimum 2.75 GPA
3. Have completed all remediation (including Math & Speech)
4. Have taken the PAX-RN exam
5. Submitted a Clinical Nursing Application to the Nursing Department

Applications for Spring 2010 will be accepted during Nursing Advisement On the following dates in room M-320

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Licensed Practical Nurses: LPN’s who are accepted into the nursing program may challenge the first clinical semester by successfully completing the following examinations:

1. The NLN Mobility Profile I passed with a minimum grade of 74.
2. The Nursing Performance Examination.

This course is worth 7 credits towards graduation.

Grading: Once admitted to the clinical nursing sequence, a student must receive a C or better in each nursing course to advance. Students must also maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 to advance and to graduate from QCC.