1. New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
NMNEC
New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
Hi, I’m Becky Dakin.
I’m the Program Manager for NMNEC.
Mary – Hi I’m …..
I know that all of us in this room are in very different stages of understanding about what NMNEC is, so Mary and I would like to give a little review and bring you all up-to-date with the progress of this statewide initiative.
NMNEC stands for the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium.
Mary’s going to give you a little history behind the consortium.

2. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT 2011
Mary
Back in 2009, Dr. Nancy Ridenour recognized that nursing education needed to change.
She and Dr. Jean Giddens got there heads together, wrote a white paper, and started talking about a statewide initiative to transform the face of nursing education.
Through lots and lots of meetings, the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium came to fruition by the end of 2010.
A year later, the IOM, the Institute of Medicine, produced a monumental nursing report titled, “The Future of Nursing.”
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 the complex, evolving health care system.
One of the stated goals in this report was that we need a BSN-prepared nursing workforce.
This report set the goal that we wanted 80% of our nursing workforce to be BSN-prepared by 2020.
This goal became known as “80-by-2020.”
At the time of the report, approximately 50% of nurses in the US were educated at the baccalaureate level.
The goals of the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium were propelled forward as this report confirmed what Dr. Ridenour had been saying.
This report also provided the documentation for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to provide funding to nine states to develop a model that would meet the 80-by-2020 goal. New Mexico was one of the recipients of that four-year grant.

3. Overview of NMNEC
Collaborative of all 18 state-funded pre-licensure nursing programs
NMNEC Goals
Increase number of nurses with BSN and graduate degrees in New Mexico
Improve efficiency, quality, and educational outcomes of nursing education through cooperation among community colleges and universities
Increase workforce diversity by improving nursing education for minorities, particularly in rural areas
Mary
So, what is NMNEC?
We are a collaborative of all 18 state-funded pre-licensure nursing programs in New Mexico.
We’re not talking about the RN-to-BSN degrees that you receive post-licensure.
NMNEC is all about the pre-licensure nursing degrees.
NMNEC’s goals are to increase the number of BSN-prepared nurses
Build partnerships between universities and community colleges to expand the BSN degree option
AND to increase workforce diversity by offering the BSN in rural New Mexico
NMNEC Goals
Increase number of nurses with BSN and graduate degrees in New Mexico.
Improve efficiency, quality, and educational outcomes of nursing education through cooperation among community colleges and universities.
Increase workforce diversity by improving nursing education for minorities, particularly in rural areas
NMNEC Mission The mission of the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium is to prepare nurses for entry and educational advancement through developing and sustaining a resource-efficient and unified system of accessible, innovative, and state-of-the-art nursing education.
NMNEC Vision The New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium is a collaborative partnership with a vision for nursing education that addresses the healthcare needs of New Mexicans by preparing a qualified, diverse, and professional nursing workforce.

4. Becky
Here is the graphic depiction of the NMNEC Educational Model.
Let’s take a look at this.
The dark-blue pool on the left depicts the common statewide curriculum which is made up defined prerequisites and nursing courses.
This common curriculum has three pre-licensure degree options:
The top square is the BSN at a university.
The bottom square 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 based at a community college earns his/her BSN degree in partnership with a university.
The co-enrolled student receives his/her BSN and ADN degree upon completion of the BSN degree.
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 two-plus-two; The student chooses the ADN track or the BSN track from the get-go.

5. 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) (ADN only)
Clinical Intensive II (4)
Nursing Elective (3)
Level 5
Concept Synthesis (3)
Prof Nurs Concepts II (3)
Clinical Intensive III (4)
Capstone (4)
Becky
Let’s look at how this plays out in the curriculum.
The NMNEC Curriculum BSN nursing courses are delivered in five terms.
They take all of the courses listed here.
The Associate degree, the ADN, concludes at Level 4 and they take the courses listed in black..
Essentially, this shows you that the BSN only takes one more term of nursing courses.
However, the BSN requires two years of prerequisites while the ADN requires only one year.
Many students work on “wanting to be a nurse” for quite some time and find that they have met the needed prerequisites to pursue their bachelor’s degree.
It’s very appealing to know that the BSN can be obtained on only one additional term.
BLACK = ADN Total credits=65-69
BLACK + RED = BSN credits= min 128
(30 credits from the university)

6. Statewide NMNEC Procedures
NMNEC Grading Scale
NMNEC Admission Criteria
NMNEC Progression Policy
NMNEC Selection Requirements
Recommended NMNEC Student Transfer Procedures
Becky
For all of the NMNEC schools to be able to work together, statewide policies have been developed and approved statewide.
NMNEC has a common grading scale
A common admissions criteria
They’ve agreed on a common progression policy,
Common selection requirements
NMNEC has developed recommended NMNEC student transfer procedures as well.
There can’t be a stated policy pertaining to this because there are far too many variables.

7. BSN enrollment/Parterships
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
Mary
Here’s how it looks across the state.
This busy graphic shows you where the participating schools are located.
Just three years ago 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
In the future years, NMNEC hopes to increase that to a total of eighteen location.
The turquoise blue lines show the five schools UNM is partnering with.
What this means is that the UNM BSN is offered at these community college locations as well.
UNM now offers their BSN degree option in six locations.
This has doubled the number of pre-licensure UNM BSN students over the past three years.
The dotted turquoise lines depict the two additional UNM partners that will come on board the Fall of 2018 (UNM-Gallup and UNM-Valencia)
UNM partners – turquoise
NMSU partners – maroon
WNMU partners - purple

8. NM BSN-Prepared Nurses
Mary
So, has the BSN-prepared nursing workforce increased in New Mexico?
Yes it has.
Take a look at the orange lines that show us the number of licensed RNs with a BSN.
In 2013 we had approximately 750 RNs with a BSN.
In 2014, and 2015 we see significant growth.
Take a look at the orange line in This shows that we have doubled the number of RNs with a BSN.
There are three primary contributing factors to this growth.
Workforce demand, increased capacity, and the NMNEC statewide initiative
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.)

9. New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
Recap: NMNEC
New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
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
Becky
To recap so each of you can talk about NMNEC and have a GREAT elevator speech,
The consortium IS increasing the number of options and locations for students to obtain a pre-licensure BSN degree.
The consortium is successfully increasing the number of nurses in our state with a BSN degree through offering that degree through university- community college partnerships around the state.
Just three years ago, the pre-licensure BSN degree was offered in two state-funded schools.
Today it is offered in TEN locations and in coming years that may grow to eighteen locations!

10. Questions?