NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in New Mexico

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in New Mexico, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 16th highest rate of 51. Albuquerque and Alamogordo have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 364S00000X · method

Albuquerque has the most, 11

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in New Mexico

  1. Lynda Bickerstaff, RN, MSN, CNS, CWOCNCarlsbad, NM 882201598784571
  2. Shimer Carden, CNSCarrizozo, NM 883011962510743
  3. Christy Cooper, CNSClovis, NM 881011811478142
  4. Emma Edgar, AGCNS-BCAlbuquerque, NM 871091205317005
  5. Beverly Firth, RN, MN, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871071740431311
  6. Catherine Gray, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871061558419887
  7. Susanne Hays, RNAlbuquerque, NM 871121639391378
  8. Helen Hendrixpoling, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871061679699417
  9. Cynthia Hill, CNSHobbs, NM 882401225271224
  10. Charles Kaiman, APRN/BCAlbuquerque, NM 871081346253556
  11. Suzanne Lareau, RN, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871081093778581
  12. Nicole Murray, APRN, AG-CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871061316323215
  13. Mohammad TahaAlbuquerque, NM 871121336843820
  14. Carla Vandyke, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871091134213937
  15. Luana Vendramel WeeksAlamogordo, NM 883101922819366
  16. Juliana Wisher, CNSAlbuquerque, NM 871061053403865

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

New Mexico ranks 16 of 51 per resident

  1. Connecticut0.8
  2. Massachusetts0.8
  3. Kansas0.8
  4. New Mexico0.8
  5. Colorado0.7
  6. Michigan0.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

16 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 11 of them (69%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. North Dakota16
  2. Rhode Island16
  3. South Carolina16
  4. Louisiana17

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Colorado0.7
  2. Kansas0.8
  3. Massachusetts0.8
  4. Connecticut0.8

The largest states

  1. Ohio234
  2. California163
  3. Illinois162
  4. Texas151
  5. Minnesota140

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.