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2. New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
NMNEC
New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
Thank you for coming.
We are here to talk about the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium.
We will learn what it is, what it has accomplished, and how it affects you.

3. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT 2016
You will recall that the IOM, the Institute of Medicine, produced a monumental nursing report in 2016 titled, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
This was a thorough examination of how nurses’ roles, responsibilities and education should change to meet the needs of an aging, increasingly diverse population and to respond to a complex, evolving health care system. The recommendations in the report focused on the critical intersection between the health needs of patients across the lifespan and the readiness of the nursing workforce. These recommendations were intended to support efforts to improve health care for all Americans by enhancing nurses’ contributions to the delivery of care.
The goals of the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium were propelled forward by this report.

4. Overview of NMNEC
Collaborative of all 18 state-funded pre-licensure nursing programs
Primary Goals
Increase number of BSN-prepared nurses
Build partnerships between Universities and Community Colleges to expand the BSN
Increase workforce diversity by offering the BSN in rural New Mexico
In a nutshell, the consortium, that I will refer to as NMNEC (Nem-neck), is
a collaborate of every state-funded pre-licensure nursing program.
It’s goals are to increase the number of BSN-prepared nurses
Build partnerships between universities and community colleges to expand the BSN
AND to increase workforce diversity by offering the BSN in rural New Mexico

5. Unique Features of NMNEC
Statewide Concept-Based Curriculum
Partnerships/MOAs between Community Colleges and Universities (co-enrolled)
Seamless Articulation and Transferability
ADN/BSN share same curriculum; students sit side-by-side in classes; ADN track is 4 terms while BSN track is 5 terms with additional classes embedded
Co-enrolled students receive both their ADN and BSN upon graduation at the end of the 5th term/level and sit for the NCLEX
Through a multi-year collaborative process, nursing faculty from across the state built a common ADN and BSN curriculum that formed the foundation to be able to form partnerships through Memorandums of Agreement where the University BSN is offered on the partnering community college campus. These students are co-enrolled in both the university and the community college.
The common curriculum has built the pathway providing seamless articulation and transferability among the participating NMNEC schools.
The ADN has approx. one year of pre-requisites while the BSN requires approx. two years of pre-requisites. Once accepted into a nursing program, the ADN and BSN students sit side-by-side. The ADN track is four semesters while the BSN is five semesters with additional classes embedded.
The Co-Enrolled students, the student earning his/her BSN degree at the community college earns their ADN from the community college and BSN from the university at the same time, often at the same ceremony, upon graduation.

6. Funding sources
NMNEC initiative has been grant/donor-funded since 2009
Dr. Nancy Ridenour
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
NM Higher Education Dept
This statewide effort has been ongoing since To date, the efforts have been donor and grant funded.
These funds have provided meeting expenses, travel expenses, salaries, and workshops.

7. NMNEC Article
“Answering the Call for a Bachelors-Prepared Nursing Workforce: An innovative Model for Academic Progression
JPN, Nov/Dec 2015, Giddens, Liesveld, Keller
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This is a great resource that gives a very in-depth overview of the consortium and the statewide initiative.

8. This is a graphic depiction of the NMNEC Model
This is a graphic depiction of the NMNEC Model. Let’s take a look at this.
The dark-blue pool on the left depicts the common statewide curriculum which is made up define pre-requesites and nursing courses.
This common curriculum has three pre-licensure degree options.
One is the BSN at a university.
One is the ADN at a community college.
The “Big Deal” is the middle option with the star – this is the Co-Enrolled option where the student earns his/her BSN degree in partnership with a university.
The other portion of the model depicts the pathway for continued education after the ADN or BSN degree is conferred.
As you see, this educational model is NOT a step-out program; The student chooses the ADN track or the BSN track from the get-go.

9. The Common Curriculum, known as the NMNEC Curriculum is concept-based.
This is a graphic depiction of the NMNEC Concepts. We refer to this as the concepts map.
This, and all of these documents can be found on the NMNEC website which is nmnec.org

10. Statewide NMNEC Procedures
NMNEC Grading Scale
NMNEC Admission Criteria
NMNEC Progression Policy
NMNEC Selection Requirements
Recommended NMNEC Student Transfer Procedures

11. NMNEC Curriculum NURSING COURSES
Level 1
Intro to Nurs Concepts (3)
Prin of Nurs Practice (4)
Evidence-Based Practice (3)
Level 2
Health & Illness I (3)
Health Care Participant (3)
Pharmacology (3)
Assessment & Health Promotion (4)
Level 3
Health & Illness II (3)
Prof Nurs Concepts I (3)
Care of Pts with Chronic Conditions (4)
Nursing Elective (3)
Level 4
Health & Illness III (3)
Clinical Intensive I (4)
ADN Capstone (2-6)
Clinical Intensive II (4)
Nursing Elective (3)
Level 5
Concept Synthesis (3)
Prof Nurs Concepts II (3)
Clinical Intensive III (4)
Capstone (4)
ADN Total credits=65-69
BSN Total credits= min 128
(30 credits must be from the university)
Here is a look at the Nursing Courses in the NMNEC Curriculum.
The “blue” courses are the ADN courses where they sit side-by-side the BSN students.
The “red” courses are the additional courses for the BSN students.
The ADN degree is a total of credits,
The BSN degree is a minimum of 128 credits of which 30 credits must be university courses.

12. NMNEC Student Skills by Level
What can the students do in the clinical setting in each semester?
NMNEC Skills by Level
Many of you may be wondering how this concept-based curriculum equates to skill level in the clinical setting.
This document outlines that in detail.
Clinical sites work closely with the Nursing Program Director and Faculty at each school to best coordinate the clinical education of students.

13. Increase BSN enrollment
Before 2014
Pre-licensure BSN was offered in two locations
Current
Pre-licensure BSN is offered in ten locations
2018+
Will add 7 more locations
This busy graphic shows you where the participating schools are located.
In 2014, you could receive your pre-licensure BSN at two state-funded schools; UNM and NMSU.
Today, you can receive your pre-licensure BSN in ten locations in New Mexico. That’s a 400% growth rate!
In the future years, NMNEC hopes to increase that with seven additional schools.
The Solid turquoise blue lines = Current partnership established with UNM to offer the BSN on the community college campus
Broken turquoise blue lines = Future partner with UNM
Solid maroon lines = Current partnership established with NMSU to offer the BSN on the community college campus
Light maroon line = NMSU and SFCC have discontinued their partnership and are teaching out the remaining BSN students
Purple broken line = Future partnership with WNMU
No line = NMNEC Curriculum and BSN Partnership TBD

14. Increase BSN enrollment
2015: BSN growth by 122%
32% increase with community college partnerships
Number of community college partners: 2 (at 3 locations)
90% increase in enrollment in university seats
2016:
357 BSN students are currently in BSN track
Number of community college partners: 4 (at 6 locations)
Added another pre-licensure university
2017 – 2018+:
Adds seven more community colleges with university partnerships
As you can see, the exponential growth of the pre-licensure BSN students in New Mexico continues to grow.
We see a tremendous growth each year as we add more BSN programs in the community colleges.

15. Outcomes of BSN program growth
Demand for BSN degree programs is increasing
WNMU admitted last ADN cohort Fall-2016
SFCC BSN cohort is 90%+ of their seats
Other programs are 50/50 BSN/ADN seats
Employers report, “You train em, we’ll hire them!”
Magnet Status
Lower death rates, lower re-admittance, lower accident rates, increased opportunity for leadership
Demand/growth is slower in rural, socioeconomic areas
Demand for BSN degree programs is increasing
WNMU admitted their last ADN cohort Fall-2016 because of the increased demand for the BSN degree option.
90% of students at SFCC have chosen the BSN option
Other programs are 50/50 BSN/ADN seats
Employers report, “You train em, we’ll hire them!”
Magnet Status requires a high-level of BSN-prepared nurses
There is quite a lot of literature that shows the benefits of a BSN-prepared nursing workforce showing lower death rates, lower re-admittance, lower accident rates, increased opportunity for leadership
Demand/growth is slower in rural, socioeconomic areas

16. NMNEC as a Model for Higher Ed
Common Course Numbering
NMNEC held as the statewide goal
Common numbering (currently crosswalked)
Common naming
Common descriptions
Common outcomes
New Mexico Higher Education Department is challenging academia to duplicate the NMNEC Model and build common curriculums as a pathway for partnerships.
This is being considered in engineering, EMT programs, PT, and OT programs.

17. Impact of NMNEC on Healthcare in New Mexico
BSN education: Faster Track to Advanced Practice
Implementation of ACA increases provider need
Advantages to BSNs in rural areas:
Students take courses in home community
Pay CC tuition rates for ADN/BSN shared courses
Increases provider diversity:
American Indian Populations
Hispanic/Latino Populations
The NMNEC Curriculum is designed to produce a BSN-prepared graduate with only ONE additional semester of school.
(Yes, the BSN student must have an additional year of pre-requisites.)
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the need for more providers.
Higher level providers are needed.
Primary Care nursing is growing.
The Co-Enrolled Student earning their BSN degree at the community college will pay 50% less tuition than at a university.
NMNEC now offers the BSN degree in TEN locations, of which, FIVE are in very rural, ethnically-diverse areas of New Mexico.

18. NM BSN-Prepared Nurses
Take a look at the orange lines that show us the number of RNs with a BSN.
In 2013 we had approximately 750.
In 2014, and 2015 you see significant growth.
Take a look at We have doubled our numbers, plus some.
The New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium has built a successful model that does, indeed, produce more BSN-prepared nurses while preserving the ADN degree program as well.
The entire nation has their eyes on New Mexico. Kansas has reproduced our model and many other states are attempting to follow.
(This data was received from the NMBON. Raw numbers are available at NMNEC.)

19. Questions?