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Changing the Field of Nursing

Our nursing students become scholars, and enhance the practice if nursing through a wide range of research efforts. Like developing new understanding of health among vulnerable populations. And addressing health equity as it relates to rural health, chronic illness, women and children’s health and health policy issues.

We educate carefully selected, diverse nursing students to become primary care practitioners, nursing professors, nurse leaders.

Signature Programs

The nursing program at UNM prepares you for success in a profession with over one million job openings projected through 2022.

  • No. 1 Nursing School in New Mexico
  • No. 3 Mountain West region MSN Program
  • No. 11 Nationwide Nurse-Midwifery Program
  • 1150+ Nursing Students Enrolled
  • 93% 2019 NCLEX-RN Pass Rate

Virtual Campus Experience

Explore the UNM College of Nursing’s Virtual Campus Experience and what being an undergraduate UNM student nurse means.

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Educating Health Care Leaders of Tomorrow

Learn about Education

Judy Liesveld, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, CNE, Associate Dean of Education and Innovation, tells you about the exceptional education you will received here at the UNM College of Nursing.

Nursing Programs

Explore Practice

Carolyn Montoya, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, FAANP, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, defines what practice and community looks like here at the UNM College of Nursing.

Practice & Community

Meet Our Faculty

Meet Jennifer Lovato, MSN, RN, an alunma and senior lecturer at the UNM College of Nursing. She is the level 1 coordinator working with new bsn students from their very first term of nursing school. 

 

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In the News

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Partners in a Pandemic

The UNM College of Nursing joined more than 70 nursing schools across the nation in the COVID-19 Community Engagement Pledge led by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

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Lending a Helping Hand

UNM Nursing Student Gains Real-World Experience Volunteering with the New Mexico Medical Reserve Corps

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Educational Excellence

The University of New Mexico College of Nursing’s Online Master of Science of Nursing Programs are among the best in the country, according to the latest ranking from U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 edition of America’s Best Online Graduate Schools.

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