The New Mexico Action Coalition continues a partnership between the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence (NMCNE) and the New Mexico Business Weekly (NMBW). The NMCNE created the Nursing Council of New Mexico, an action-oriented coalition of nurses and others who will join the coalition and continue their work on faculty development initiatives, a rural nurse residency program and community action teams. With a readership of 50,000, NMBW connects the Action Coalition to the state’s business community through the magazine’s weekly and special publications and its series of business recognition and networking events.

The New Mexico Action Coalition has initiatives underway to support the IOM recommendations in education, residencies, data and practice, and has interwoven leadership, diversity and interdisciplinary collaboration into its efforts. The coalition will focus on developing and deploying a statewide plan for nursing education including a common curriculum and shared resources, building upon and expanding its successful rural nurse residency program; developing a robust data infrastructure in collaboration with other health professions and deploying Aligning Forces for Quality Transforming Care at the Bedside principles across the state.