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If a bill currently under consideration by the New York state legislature becomes law, nurses in that state will have to obtain a bachelor’s degree within 10 years in order to retain their licenses and keep working.
January 27, 2012 - If a bill currently under consideration by the New York state legislature becomes law, nurses in that state will have to obtain a bachelor’s degree within 10 years in order to retain their licenses and keep working.
New York has considered some version of the current bill (A01977 / S02533A) for about eight years now, according to Deborah Elliott, MBA, RN, deputy executive officer for the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), which has announced its official support for the legislation.
But the state’s effort to compel nurses to get a bachelor’s degree has existed far longer than eight years; one proposal that was introduced in 1974 and approved in 1985 would have required a bachelor’s degree for entry to practice, but that provision met so much opposition that it stalled. The current bill does not contain an entry-to-practice requirement.
