byrdine f. lewis college of nursing and health professions byrdine f. lewis college of nursing and health professions the byrdine f. lewis college of nursing and health professions contains the nursing school and school of allied health professions at georgia state university. history the school is named after byrdine f. lewis, the mother of kenneth lewis, a former ceo of bank of america and an alumnus of georgia state. ken's mother was a nurse, and he donated $2.5 million as an endowment in her honor. the school was originally part of the college of health and human sciences, but was restructured to its current configuration. the school of nursing's offices are located in the urban life building, along with the college of law. on august 1st, 2017, the institute was renamed from byrdine f. lewis school of nursing and health professions to byrdine f. lewis college of nursing and health professions degree programs health informatics nursing nutrition occupational therapy physical therapy respiratory therapy nursing the school of nursing within the college offers degrees in nursing leading to eligibility to become a registered nurse or an advanced practice registered nurse. undergraduate traditional bachelor of science in nursing accelerated bachelor of science in nursing rn to bs online bridge program graduate master of science in nursing adult health clinical nurse specialist / adult nurse practitioner child health clinical nurse specialist / pediatric nurse practitioner family nurse practitioner family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner nursing leadership in healthcare innovations post-master’s certificate adult health clinical nurse specialist / adult nurse practitioner child health clinical nurse specialist / pediatric nurse practitioner family nurse practitioner family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner rn to ms bridge program doctor of nursing practice doctor of philosophy nutrition the school offers degrees in clinical nutrition leading to eligibility to become a registered dietitian undergraduate bachelor of science - didactic program in dietetics graduate master of science - didactic program master of science - coordinated program physical therapy the school offers the doctor of physical therapy degree. occupational therapy the school offers a master of occupational therapy degree. respiratory therapy the school offers degrees in respiratory therapy leading to eligibility to become a certified respiratory therapist or registered respiratory therapist undergraduate bachelor of science in respiratory care as to bs online bridge program graduate master of science in health sciences respiratory therapy integrated bachelor’s to master's degree program