As you know, any Registered Professional Nurse (RN) in the state of New York must have the corresponding license. For this matter, you must meet some specific requisites, which require you to have some professional education and examination basics, be 18 years old as a minimum and have and demonstrate a good moral character. In case you decide to withdraw the application for the license, you are able to rely on a partial refund. Nevertheless, if after all this, you come to a decision of seeking licensure in this state again, you will have to be taken as a new applicant, pay the fees and meet the requirements established at the time you go through the whole procedure again.
However, the story does not end there. In order to become a Registered Professional Nurse, you are required to meet certain education requirements, encompassing a 2-year diploma or degree from general professional nursing program that the Department consider to be acceptable. Besides, this program must be approved by the corresponding governmental agency of the specific place where the school is situated. This is done with the purpose of preparing for practice as a RN.
Every single applicant should receive training in the subject matter of infection control and barrier precautions. This training or coursework encompasses knowledge regarding prevention of the HIV and the hepatitis b virus (HBV). Also, it must be taken into account that all applicants who graduated from nursing program before September 1, 1993 have to submit an attestation of compliance with the coursework requirements as well as if they were exempted of them. So, remember that the only thing you should do in order to become an RN is go for it!