Eastern New Mexico University has added a master's program in nursing to its curriculum. The new 36-hour online program will be available spring 2013.
ENMU began working with the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium. The NMNEC is implementing programs around the state to increase the number of nurses in New Mexico and qualified nursing instructors for future generations.
?This will be accomplished by establishing partnerships between local community colleges and their universities that will result in the availability of a baccalaureate-level curriculum in these communities,? said Leslie Paternoster, director of ENMU?s nursing program. ?Having a master?s degree in nursing education will allow nurses to work in the education field of nursing. Nurses who have a MSN can teach in both associate and baccalaureate degree programs. MSN-prepared nurses can also move up into management position in care facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and clinics.?
ENMU is the second school in New Mexico to offer a master's degree in nursing. The university will accept 15 students for the spring 2013 semester.
?With the expected shortage of nurses, we felt that ENMU could offer this degree to help staff the nursing programs in the state,? said Paternoster. ?The nursing faculty at ENMU value the MSN in nursing education as we are part of the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium and feel it is our role to help the other nursing programs in the state to fill their faculty needs. Offering this degree will allow New Mexico nurses an education setting that is in New Mexico. A lot of nurses on the east side of the state go to Texas institutions to obtain their MSN degree.?
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