(No minor required)

(120 minimum credit hours required)

Western New Mexico University offers an RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be prepared for positions in patient care, leadership, school health, and community health. The baccalaureate tracks in nursing at Western New Mexico University are accredited with full approval by the New Mexico Board of Nursing (https://nmbon.sks.com), 6301 Indian School NE, Suite 710, Albuquerque, NM 87110, telephone (505) 541-8340.

The baccalaureate tracks in nursing at Western New Mexico University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org), 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 887-6791.

Program admission requirements:

1. Graduate of an approved A.D.N. or Diploma program in nursing;
2. Valid unencumbered U.S. Registered Nurse (RN) license.
3. Cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75,
4. Professional Liability Insurance

Program requirements:

Prior to enrollment in Gerontological Nursing (NUR 401) and Community Health (481) the following must be submitted:

• Current CPR certification
• Immunity to rubella
• If born after 1956, proof of rubeola immunity
• Current evidence of a negative TB skin test
• Sufficient course work must be taken through WNMU to satisfy the resident credit requirement.

Transfer Credit:

1. Graduates of Associate Degree Programs can transfer lower division credits to WNMU; (Lower Division Core Requirements)
2. Credit earned in a diploma program will be evaluated on an individual basis.
3. There is no time limit on how long ago the nursing program was completed.
4. The School of Nursing may accept nursing courses from non-regionally accredited institutions based upon a departmental review of the appropriateness of the course. The department will inform the transcript advisor by way of a memo of its decision to accept such courses.