Biography
Mitch Irvin, RN, MSN is a Lecturer II and Director of the Direct Entry Pre-Licensure Program in the College of Nursing at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. In addition to his teaching and program leadership responsibilities, Mr. Irvin has developed deep expertise in clinical ethics through sustained professional development training and extensive applied ethics work within the hospital setting. He serves as Co-Chair of the UNM Health Sciences Center Ethics Committee, where he contributes to institutional ethics consultation, policy development, and the cultivation of an ethical culture of care across the health sciences enterprise.
Mr. Irvin's commitment to ethics education extends beyond the clinical environment into interprofessional and academic contexts. He co-created a professional development certificate course in clinical ethics, providing practicing clinicians and health sciences professionals with a structured framework for ethical reasoning and decision-making at the bedside. He also chairs the Health Sciences Center's Interprofessional Education Shared Values and Ethics Conference, a collaborative forum designed to engage students across the health professions in the foundational ethical principles that underpin patient-centered, team-based care. Through his combined roles as educator, program director, ethics committee leader, and curriculum developer, Mr. Irvin brings a practitioner-scholar perspective to the preparation of the next generation of nursing professionals.
Areas of Specialty
Acute Care
Education
MSN, Eastern New Mexico University, 2020 (Nursing)
BSN, University of New Mexico, 2010 (Nursing)
BA, University of New Mexico, 2004 (Religious Studies)
BS, University of New Mexico, 1999 (Nutrition)
AS, New Mexico Junior College, 1993 (General Studies)
Certifications
RN: Registered Nurse