New Mexico

For PN licensure:

• Regulation 16.12.2.10 (A) Prerequisites for licensure of registered nurses and license practical nurses by examination in New Mexico. (1) Completion of and eligible for graduation from a board approved course of study for the preparation of registered nurses or practical nurses

For RN licensure:

• Successful completion of a Board approved program.  If the state does not approve pre-licensure nursing programs, national programmatic accreditation (i.e. ACEN, CCNE, CNEA) is required. 

 

For APRN (CNP, CRNA, CNS) licensure:

      Nurse Practitioner:

• Successful completion of a graduate level nursing program designed for the education and preparation of nurse practitioners as providers of primary, or acute, or chronic, or long-term or end of life health care.  The program must be offered through an accredited institution of higher education or through the armed services.
• A minimum of 400 hours of clinical experience is needed to receive prescriptive authority.

      Registered Nurse Anesthetist:

• Successful completion of a graduate level program designed for the education and preparation of certified registered nurse anesthetists.  The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs must accredit the program.
• A minimum of 400 hours of clinical experience is needed to receive prescriptive authority.

      Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Successful completion of a clinical nurse specialist program at the master’s or doctoral level in a defined clinical nursing specialty through an accredited institution of higher education.

• A minimum of 400 hours of clinical experience is needed to receive prescriptive authority.

      Nurse Midwife:

• The New Mexico Board of Nursing does not license or regulate certified nurse midwives.  Please refer to the NM Department of Health for more information.

 

For more information:

• New Mexico Nurse Practice Act 
• New Mexico Nursing Rules and Regulations