50+ Named Clinical Partners. Brooklyn’s Most Connected ABSN.
No other ABSN in this review comes close to publishing what LIU Brooklyn publishes: a full named list of 50+ clinical affiliate institutions covering virtually every major health system in New York City. The Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing sits in Brooklyn — surrounded by one of the world’s densest healthcare markets.
Students rotate through NYC Health+Hospitals facilities, three NewYork-Presbyterian campuses, Northwell Health, NYU Langone, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mount Sinai, Maimonides, Hospital for Special Surgery, and dozens of community, geriatric, home health, and specialty settings.
The affiliation agreement language explicitly notes that these clinical experiences “lead to permanent placements (potential future employment)” — a direct career pipeline built into the clinical rotation structure.
Three start dates per year and a multi-specialty simulation center on campus make access both flexible and well-prepared.
ABSN Admission Summary
LIU Brooklyn sets the highest published GPA threshold of any program reviewed — 3.3 (B+/88%) across all college coursework, including all science prerequisites. Students dismissed from any prior nursing program are ineligible.
Academic requirements:
- Completed bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
- Minimum 3.3/B+/88% cumulative GPA across all college coursework from all institutions
- Minimum 3.3/B+/88% in all science prerequisite courses — lectures and labs graded separately are evaluated individually
- Minimum 63 transferable core/liberal arts and ancillary credits
- All prerequisite coursework completed before admission (not just before enrollment) — all must be within 5 years of the term enrolled
- Students dismissed from any nursing program are not admissible to LIU Nursing
Eight required prerequisite courses:
Sciences — in-person lab required; 3.3/B+/88% or higher; within 5 years:
- Anatomy & Physiology I with lab (4 cr.)
- Anatomy & Physiology II with lab (4 cr.)
- Chemistry with lab (4 cr.)
- Microbiology with lab (4 cr.)
- Biology with lab (4 cr.)
Other prerequisites:
- Lifespan Developmental Psychology (3 cr.) — C or higher accepted; no 5-year expiration requirement
- Statistics (3 cr.) — within 5 years; 3.3 or higher
- Finite Mathematics (3 cr.) — examples: pre-calculus, calculus, trigonometry, or college algebra; within 5 years; 3.3 or higher
Note on CLEP exams: Prerequisites taken through CLEP require a score of 63 or higher. CLEP does not include labs; lab courses cannot be satisfied through CLEP and must be taken in person.
Application process:
- Apply through LIU’s admissions portal
- Submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
- Contact the Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing directly for current application cycle information and deadlines by semester start date
Clinical placement eligibility — required before clinical rotations begin:
- Health forms including titers, health clearance, and required vaccines submitted by applicable semester deadline (August 1 for Fall; December 1 for Spring; May 1 for Summer) via CastleBranch (portal.castlebranch.com/lk25)
- Background check — passed
- Drug screen — passed
- HIPAA and OSHA certification courses completed
- AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification card
- Annual physical examination per NYS Department of Health regulations
- Health requirements are current for one calendar year (influenza expires in September each year)
Post-admission compliance:
- LIU grey uniform top (purchased from Flynn & O’Hara with school logo) with black nursing scrub bottoms; white closed-toe, closed-back leather or vinyl shoes
- Assessment kit (aneroid BP cuff, professional-grade stethoscope, penlight with pupil gauge, bandage scissors, wristwatch with second hand, black pen, small notebook)
- Additional background checks and drug screening may be required by specific clinical agencies
- Students convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation could be ineligible for NY State RN licensure regardless of program completion — consult the NY State Education Department Office of the Professions
Progression standards:
- Minimum C+ required in all science and nursing courses
- Minimum nursing GPA and overall GPA of 2.75 must be maintained
- All science courses must have been completed within 5 years of acceptance
Curriculum
Fifty-nine nursing credit hours are distributed across 16 months of full-time study. The curriculum pairs lecture-based theory courses with concurrent lab and clinical sections throughout — every major clinical specialty course carries a corresponding lab and clinical companion. A two-part Medical Surgical Nursing sequence (NUR 285 and NUR 290) carries the program’s heaviest clinical credit weight, and the Community/Population Health course closes the program with a real-world community-centered project.
Prerequisite Overview
Eight prerequisites required — five with in-person labs, all at 3.3/B+/88% or higher (except Developmental Psychology requiring C), all within 5 years (except Developmental Psychology). See the admission summary above for the full list.
59-credit nursing major sequence:
NUR 210 – Contemporary Topics in Nursing (2 cr.) Introduces students to critical contemporary nursing concepts — professionalism, clinical judgment, informatics, health care law and ethics, evidence-based practice, safety, health care economics, and quality improvement. Establishes the professional practice framework for the full program.
NUR 211 – Informatics for Nurses (2.5 cr.) Examines information management, technological advances, and health care information systems; covers patient privacy, EHR applications, and future directions in computerized integrated health care delivery.
NUR 220 – Health Assessment and Health Promotion (3.5 cr.) Develops comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessment skills for adults and older adults; covers interviewing, history-taking, physical examination, cultural assessment, and documentation; emphasizes culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate care.
NUR 235 – Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice (3 cr.) Covers cellular biology, genetic diseases, forms of cell injury, fluids and electrolytes, immunity, and tumor biology — applied to pathophysiology of common disease states with clinical manifestations and treatment; clinical reasoning augmented through case studies.
NUR 240 – Pharmacology for Nursing Practice (4 cr.) Explores pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenetics; covers dosage calculations, drug therapy challenges, prototypes of major drug groups, evidence for best practice, and legal/ethical standards governing drug administration.
NUR 231 – Principles of Nursing Practice (6 cr.) Core foundational nursing course covering safety, infection control, nursing process, medication administration, therapeutic communication, teaching/learning, and cultural and spiritual care; taken concurrently with lab (321L) and clinical (321C); physiologic skills including mobility, hygiene, infection control, vital signs, oxygenation, skin and wound care, and elimination taught in laboratory and simulation.
NUR 262 – Introduction to Health Care Systems and Policy (3 cr.) Provides an overview of the health care system and the policy, political, economic, and social forces shaping it; examines how these factors affect nursing; this is a writing-intensive course fulfilling LIU Brooklyn’s writing requirement.
NUR 263 – Research/Evidence for Nursing Practice (3 cr.) Introduces nursing research processes and evidence-based practice; covers identifying clinical questions, searching and appraising evidence, critiquing research studies, and exploring ethical and legal implications in research.
NUR 270A – Maternity/OB Nursing (3 cr.) Seven-week course covering nursing care of the childbearing woman and newborn within family-centered care; global perspective on social, economic, and political factors affecting maternal-newborn health; clinical, lab, and simulation experiences integrated.
NUR 270B – Pediatric Nursing (3 cr.) Seven-week course covering nursing care of children and adolescents across the care continuum; family-centered strategies for optimizing health, developmental functioning, and psychological wellbeing; environmental and social determinants of child health examined; clinical, lab, and simulation experiences integrated.
NUR 275 – Behavioral and Mental Health Nursing (4 cr.) Covers therapeutic communication, mental health concepts, psychopharmacology, milieu management, and individual/group/family therapy models; evidence-based practice, health promotion, and prevention integrated; taken concurrently with clinical (NUR 420C equivalent).
NUR 285 – Medical Surgical Nursing I (6 cr.) First of two medical-surgical courses; examines adult health care needs using selected concepts, altered health states, and social determinants; emphasis on prevention of complications and critical thinking; concurrent lab and clinical experience in acute care settings.
NUR 280 – Nursing Leadership and Management (3.5 cr.) Covers leadership theories, management, communication, ethics, law/policy, and quality in healthcare; mentorship with a nursing leader provides applied leadership experience; community health equity partnership integrated; concurrent clinical (NUR 430C).
NUR 290 – Medical Surgical Nursing II (7 cr.) The highest-credit course in the program; second medical-surgical course focusing on evidence-based care for adults and geriatric clients with complex health alterations; emphasis on preventing complications and promoting optimal well-being; concurrent lab and clinical.
NUR 295 – Community/Population Health Nursing (5.5 cr.) Explores the nurse’s role in health promotion and population-based disease prevention; uses Healthy People 2020 as a framework; integrates nursing theory, epidemiology, ecology, and social sciences; includes a real-world community-centered project addressing health and educational needs of a specific population; concurrent clinical.
More curriculum details available in the course catalog: LIU Brooklyn Accelerated BSN Catalog
Clinicals
Clinical rotations are integrated throughout the 16-month program via concurrent clinical sections paired with every major nursing course. LIU Brooklyn’s 50+ named clinical affiliates span the full spectrum of New York City healthcare — public, private, academic, community, specialty, and home health settings.
- Clinical integration: Every major nursing theory course has a corresponding clinical section (designated C) running simultaneously — clinical and theory advance together throughout the full program
- Total published clinical affiliates: 50+ — the most extensive named clinical partner list of any program in this review
Named clinical partners include:
NYC Health+Hospitals network (10+ facilities): Bellevue, Coney Island, Coler, Cumberland, Elmhurst, Gotham Health, Harlem, Jacobi, Kings County, McKinney, Metropolitan, North Central Bronx, Queens, Woodhull
NewYork-Presbyterian (3 campuses): NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NYP Lower Manhattan Hospital, NYP/Queens
NYU Langone Health: NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
Northwell Health: Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center (referenced through alumni employment)
Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai West, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Additional major partners: Maimonides Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Interfaith Medical Center, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, St. Mary’s Hospital of Brooklyn, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn, and others
Community, geriatric, and specialty settings: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Metropolitan Jewish Health System (multiple), Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Bishop J. Mugavero Center for Geriatric Care, The Silvercrest Center, Project Renewal, Rivington House, New York Congregational Nursing Center, and others
- Employment pathway: The school explicitly states that clinical affiliates “lead to permanent placements (potential future employment)” — clinical rotations function as a structured job pipeline
- Simulation center: LIU Brooklyn’s multi-specialty simulation training facility allows students to develop clinical skills before entering affiliate sites; used throughout all semesters
- CastleBranch compliance: All health clearance and compliance documentation submitted through CastleBranch — deadlines are August 1 (Fall), December 1 (Spring), May 1 (Summer)
Tuition
Estimated total program cost: ~$55,000–$65,000
LIU charges an annual undergraduate tuition rate of $41,874 covering 24–36 credits per academic year (full-time). The ABSN spans 16 months with 59 credits across approximately 3–4 terms depending on credit distribution per semester.
| Scenario | Annual Rate | Estimated Total |
|---|---|---|
3 full semesters (~20 cr. each) | $41,874/year | ~$62,811 |
4 terms at varying credit loads | $41,874/year | ~$55,832–$65,000 |
Per-credit rate (below 12 or above 18) | $1,307/cr. | Varies |
Confirm exact per-term billing with LIU Enrollment Services — the ABSN’s per-semester credit load and summer term billing may differ from the standard annual rate calculation. Contact liu.edu/enrollment-services for current ABSN-specific tuition estimates.
University fee: $2,116 full-time per year (additional)
At approximately $55,000–$65,000 in program tuition, LIU Brooklyn is priced in the mid-to-upper range for New York-area private ABSN programs — comparable to Iona (~$59,980) and D’Youville (~$72,000–$75,000). The 50+ named clinical partners, three annual start dates, and explicit employment pipeline through clinical affiliations are the primary value differentiators.
See the official tuition page for more details: LIU Tuition & Fees
Accreditation
The baccalaureate and master’s nursing programs at the Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing, Long Island University Brooklyn, are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), ccneaccreditation.org. The programs are accredited by the New York State Board of Regents. Graduates are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN licensure examination. Students with a criminal conviction other than a minor traffic violation should consult the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions regarding potential impacts on RN licensure eligibility before enrolling.