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2. New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
NMNEC
New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
2018 Update
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.

3. 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 their 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.

4. 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, both ADN (associate degree) and BSN (bachelor’s degree).
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 is also now looking at how to build pathways from the LPN curriculums into the NMNEC curriculum
As well as looking at seamless pathways from the NMNEC ADN degree into the different RN-to-BSN programs across the state
NMNEC is building comprehensive pathways for academic progression in all levels of nursing
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.

5. 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 of 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 Dual Degree Option where students are Co-Enrolled in the university & community college and based at a community college
The Dual Degree student is co-enrolled at both the university and the community college simultaneously.
The student then receives his/her BSN and ADN degree upon completion of the BSN degree.
The ADN is a crucial component of this model as it allows the community college to confer the Associate’s degree at the same time the university confers the Bachelor’s degree.
Both institutions receive payment from the state for the conference of their degree.
The other portion of the model depicts the pathway for continued education after the ADN or BSN degree is conferred.
AND, as I mentioned earlier, NMNEC is also looking at the LPN pathway that leads into the ADN and/or BSN.
As you see, this educational model is NOT a two-plus-two where you attend the community college for your first two years and then transfer to the university for two more.
The student chooses the ADN track or the Dual Degree-BSN track from the get-go.

6. 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 common statewide curriculum known as the “NMNEC 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. They take the courses listed in black.
The BSN students take the additional courses listed in red.
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.
Essentially, the ADN coursework is imbedded within the BSN coursework.
The ADN students and BSN students sit side-by-side throughout the courses that are shown in “black.”
BLACK = ADN Total credits=65-69
BLACK + RED = BSN credits= min 128
(30 credits from the university)

7. 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.

8. BSN enrollment/Parterships
2018: UNM BSN Program Locations:
•UNM-Albq • Central New Mexico CC
• UNM-Taos • Santa Fe CC
• New Mexico JC • UNM-Gallup
• San Juan College • UNM-Valencia
2018: NMSU BSN Program Locations:
• NMSU-Las Cruces • NMSU-Grants
• NMSU-Alamogordo • Santa Fe CC
2018: WNMU BSN Program Locations:
• WNMU-Silver City • Luna CC
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. (dotted lines depict future partnerships)
What this means is that the UNM BSN is offered at these community college locations as well.
The maroon lines who the four locations that NMSU offers the BSN.
And the purple lines show the two locations where Western offers the BSN.
All of these schools are teaching the same common nursing curriculum which provides seamless transfer between schools!
UNM partners – turquoise
NMSU partners – maroon
WNMU partners - purple

9. Growth in BSN Seats Pre-licensure BSN Seats 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
University BSN Seats
224
256
280
304
Community College
Co-Enrolled BSN Seats
128
192
200
176
228
TOTALS
384
472
504
480
532
The BSN seats (enrollment capacity) in the universities (UNM, NMSU, WNMU)
has increased by 80 seats over the past three years.
With the development of University/Community College Partnerships,
available seats increased by an additional 228 for a total statewide increase of 137%!

10. Growth in BSN Students
Growth in BSN Students: 2013: BSN offered in two state-funded schools = 403 BSN students 2017: BSN offered in ten state-funded schools = 2027 BSN students 2018: Three more will offer BSN: THIRTEEN LOCATIONS! = 2072 BSN students
So – if there are more seats, there must be more students – let’s look at this.
In 2013 the BSN was offered in two state-funded schools = 403 BSN students
In 2017 the BSN is offered in ten state-funded schools = 2027 BSN students
In 2018, three more will offer the BSN: THIRTEEN LOCATIONS! = 2072 BSN students
The reason this has grown so much is because of the Dual-Degree-Co-Enrolled option that NMNEC has developed.
As I mentioned, the Dual-Degree BSN students based at a community college or branch campus are
co-enrolled with a partnering university. Upon graduation, they receive
their ADN degree from their community college and their BSN from the
partnering university.
This Dual-Degree-Co-enrolled option provides:
Lower tuition
Ability to stay in your home community
Increased opportunity for hometown employment

11. NMNEC BSN Graduates NMNEC Curriculum Grads 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
University-based 72
184
272
Community College-based 16 64
146
160
TOTALS 88
248
418
432
More seats, more students, means more BSN graduates.
Here’s what that looks like.
As I mentioned, the five-term BSN concept-based common statewide nursing curriculum, known as the “NMNEC Curriculum”
was implemented in two schools in 2014 and is now, in 2018, is offered in fourteen locations in New Mexico.
The common curriculum provides a resource efficient, seamless system of nursing education across the state.
AND, as you can see, there has been a continued increase in the BSN students graduating from the statewide common nursing curriculum.

12. NM Newly Licensed 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 newly licensed RNs with a BSN.
In 2013 we had approximately 750 newly licensed 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 newly licensed 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 and California have very similar models and many other states are attempting to follow.
(This data was received from the NMBON. Raw numbers are available at NMNEC.)

13. Successful Outcomes BSN Programs:  400% (seven CCs = tuition savings)
Access:
BSN students  414%
BSN seats  144%
Diversity of BSN students is changing
Rural BSN-prepared is increasing
SO – what have we accomplished so far?
The number of schools offering the BSN degree option has grown by 400%
All four quadrants of the state now offer the NMNEC curriculum – both ADN and BSN degree options
There are fifteen locations teaching the NMNEC Curriculum – the common statewide prelicensure curriculum.
Fourteen of those offer the BSN degree while nine offer the ADN.
The diversity of the BSN student population is changing to better represent the minority-majority composition of New Mexico
(because the BSN degree option is offered in SO many rural NM locations where the percentage of the minority population is high)
Students who receive their nursing degree “close to home” most often secure employment in their home communities, growing the BSN-prepared population in rural New Mexico

14. 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 has, and is continuing to increase the pathways for nurses to progress academically.
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 four years ago, the pre-licensure BSN degree was offered in two state-funded schools.
Today it is offered in fourteen locations and in coming years that number will continue to grow!

15. Questions?