Basic Entry Option
Nursing is a growing, vital field that provides numerous opportunities for employment in a wide variety of health care settings with the added benefit of flexible working hours. Nurses work throughout the country with people of different age groups and cultural backgrounds. Nursing education at the University of New Mexico is predicated on the belief that learning is an individual and lifelong process.
The BSN degree not only provides the broadest background in the sciences and liberal arts, but also prepares you for a fascinating, lifelong career. The basic BSN Program at the College of Nursing covers 4 academic terms, approximately 16 months. The program consists of foundation courses during the first 4 terms and clinical courses for the last 4 terms must be taken year-round, including the summer. While in clinical courses, you will experience hands-on learning in hospitals and other health care settings under the supervision of nursing faculty.
Relevant Documents: Curriculum Worksheet
Curriculum Goals
The goals of the BSN program are to prepare graduates to meet the complex health care needs of New Mexicans in an evolving health care environment and to prepare graduates for advanced nursing education.
Curriculum Objectives
The graduates of the baccalaureate in nursing program will:
1. Engage in life long learning to maximize high-quality nursing care through increased understanding of human responses to health and illnesses.
2. Apply evidence-based practice in nursing care.
3. Provide culturally appropriate, patient-centered nursing care to individuals, families, and communities.
4. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to improve the quality of health care.
5. Apply leadership principles in varied professional nursing practice roles.
6. Apply critical thinking in the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards for professional nursing practice.
7. Incorporate appropriate technologic advances into high-quality nursing care.