Accelerated BSN Option | College of Nursing (2024)

Unique Clinical Experiences

Your clinical experiences will be diverse. You will receive the necessary experiences to ensure you are ready for your career as a BSN-prepared nurse.

Our students have the opportunity to participate in international clinical experiences in the Navajo Nation, the 19 New Mexico Pueblos, and the Apache Nation and Mescalero Tribe, among others.

Partnership for success

We have a strong partnership with UNM Health System that allows our students to participate in clinical experiences in the state's only Level 1 trauma center. Each year, about99% of our Pre-Licensure BSN Albuquerque campus students participate in clinical experiences within the UNM Health System, including Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho.

Our BSN students also participate in clinical placements with our other clinical partners: New Mexico VA Health Care System,Lovelace Health System, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque Public Schools and New Mexico Department of Health, among many others.

Explore more about your clinical experiences at UNM.

Practice In a Safe Environment

At UNM you will practice and test your skills you learn in the classroom in our state-of-the-art simulation center and skills lab. Simulation provides you with the hands-on learning you require in a low-risk environment. All simulation experiences follow strict COVID-safe guidelines to make sure you’re practicing in a safe way; the right way.

We have all the equipment!

Ourhigh-fidelity manikins are fully interactive and mimic a real person. They canhave conversations with you, blink and track their eyes, and even bleed.

Students also benefit from ourlow-fidelitymanikins used for learning basic skills. We practice IVs, catheters, feeding tubes, wound care, positioning and much more.

Our simulation center is dedicated to learners and includes 24 clinic spaces, 7 debriefing rooms, 3 acute care rooms, 5 skills rooms with 6-8 beds each, and a community student waiting area/lounge.

Learn more about simulation at UNM.

The Student Experience

Being a lobo nursing student is more than just simulations, clinicals and exams. It’s about the full experience. Our students aregetting out in the community and making a difference for all they serve. From participating in national nursing organizations to volunteering to administering vaccinations. Honored for their work–publications, scholarships, awards and grants.They are advancing the future of nursing.Learn about the student experience.

Student Nursing Organizations

Learn to lead by leading. Build lifelong relationships. Join student nursing organizations and honor societies at The University of New Mexico College of Nursing.

Sigma Theta TauHonor Society

Become a member. Potential members who meet eligibility criteria are invited to join Sigma– baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing.Learn more about Sigma.

Virtual Campus Experience

Explore what being a UNM BSN student looks like. Watch videos and testimonials that give you a glimpse into your future experience. Explore the virtual campus.

We celebrate our diversity.

New Mexico is a diverse state and UNM’s student population is among the most diverse in the country.

Committed to diversity and inclusion

We value our diverse communities, students and faculty,and we strive to promote equity and advocate for inclusiveness.We value our partnerships with our community to enhance our understanding and learning.

Learn more about UNM’s Division of Diversity and Equity and Inclusion;the Health Sciences Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and theUNM College of Nursing Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.

UNM isn’t just a place, it’s a community.

A community where every student is a part of our pack. No matter which campus you are on. And we have many.

Health Sciences Campus in Albuquerque

Just across the road from UNM Main Campus you will find the North Campus. North campus is home to the Health Sciences campus where you will study. This campus provides you with all the resources you will need and more. Starting in the classroom, we provide you a home to gather and study in the College of Nursing building and Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education (The Dom). To put your education into practice in the simulation and skills labs at the Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation Center (IHSC). And studying it all at the

You won’t be alone on campus. You will be surrounded with students, learners and faculty from the College of Pharmacy, College of Population Health, the School of Medicine, Allied Health Programs, and the School of Law. With quick access to the UNM Health System and UNM Hospital. Ready for critical interprofessional learning.

Fuel up with coffee and meals at the Happy Heart Bistro. Probably most important of all you can take time to breath, exercise – or study on the grass with views of the Sandia Mountains. And find supplies and apparel at the UNM Medical/Legal Bookstore.

HSC-ABQ has everything you need and more. Experience photos of campus as part of our virtual campus tour.

Land Acknowledgement

Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia. The original peoples of New Mexico – Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache – since time immemorial, have deep connections to the land and have made significant contributions to the broader community statewide. We honor the land itself and those who remain stewards of this land throughout the generations and also acknowledge our committed relationship to Indigenous peoples. We gratefully recognize our history.

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