Nursing @Northern
Northern has a long tradition of excellence in nursing education. We've been teaching nurses to meet the healthcare needs of our community since 1973.
Today we offer a nursing career ladder from Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), to Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), to pre-licensure ACEN-accredited Associate Degree Nursing program (RN) and a CCNE-accredited holistic RN to BSN completion program, as well as a AAS in Allied Health and a certificate in Phlebotomy.
Our nursing graduates can be found working at the bedside, in the community, and in leadership position both locally and nationally.
We are proud of our nursing and allied health programs, the diversity of our faculty and students, and our graduates who serve our community every day in a variety of healthcare settings. Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS) is committed to serving the educational needs of our cultureally diverse region. I hope that you will join us.
Ellen Trabka, MSN, RN, AHN-BC
Chair, Nursing & Health Sciences / Associate Professor of Nursing
100% NCLEX-RN Pass Rate
Northern’s Department of Nursing & Health Sciences has something to celebrate. Every one of the Spring 2023 graduates from the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program passed the NCLEX-RN licensure exam on their first try.
Several of the graduates were offered jobs in the local healthcare industry upon graduation, ...
Northern's Holistic RN to BSN
Northern’s location in Española, N.M., the “heart of Northern New Mexico,” helped to shape its distinctive holistic RN to BSN Program. We are in a geographical and cultural center for natural healers and complementary and integrative practices. Community members continue to embrace ancient Hispanic and indigenous healing practices alongside conventional allopathic methods. This was the foundation for developing an integral holistic nursing program through NNMC’s Nursing and Health Sciences in 2008. NNMC’S RN to BSN Program is New Mexico’s only American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC) endorsed holistic nursing program. While honoring a traditional nursing education...
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