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GW SON Is Top Ranked by US News
US News & World Report ranks our online MSN 4th out of more than 130 programs nationwide. This top ranking reflects the quality of our student engagement, faculty credentials and training, student services and technology, peer recognitions, and admissions selectivity.
Overall, GW SON continues to be ranked among the top 50 schools of nursing. GW is in the top 10% of ranked nursing schools and the top 7% of the more than 730 schools offering undergraduate and/or graduate nursing degree programs.
Graduating students learn about health care & technology
Wreaths Across America
VSTC & SON host Health IT's Judy Murphy
Mission to Haiti
GW online MSN ranks 4th nationwide
Dean Discusses ACA's Effects article
Interested in a DNP?
SON Hosts Virginia Simulation Conference article1
Graduating students learn about health care & technology
Dr. Nancy Falk and a group of 35 Accelerated BSN students took advantage of GW SON’s location in the nation’s capital and visited the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, an interactive learning destination that, “demonstrates what Kaiser Permanente and others have done and are doing to advance health care in the United States.”
Wreaths Across America
“Remember, Honor, Teach,” is the mission of Wreaths Across America, a group that honors the service and sacrifices of veterans by laying Remembrance Wreaths at cemeteries throughout the country every holiday season. A group from GW SON did its part to “Remember, Honor, Teach” in late January, when it came time to clean up the Remembrance Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery. Weeks after most had moved on from the charitable season surrounding the holidays, SON students Pooja Shah, Kellie Ketelson, and Becky on Jan.
VSTC & SON host Health IT's Judy Murphy
During a wide-ranging policy discussion Jan. 15, 2014, Judy Murphy of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT in the US Department of Health and Human Services touched on everything from definitions associated with health informatics, the rise of quick care centers in pharmacies, broadband connectivity in rural areas, to patients’ engagement with their own healthcare – and how it all relates to the implementation of electronic health records, quality care, and big data.
Mission to Haiti
“It’s like going back 100 years in healthcare,” said Dr. Joyce Pulcini upon her returning from a medical mission trip to Haiti with eight GW SON students and three other faculty members. The group spent Jan. 5-11 in Haiti, providing care to patients in a women’s health center, mobile clinics and patients’ homes. They also made health education presentations to both patients and healthcare providers.
GW online MSN ranks 4th nationwide
GW online MSN ranks 4th nationwide by US News & World Report. There are more than 130 programs nationwide. “GW SON is proud to receive this exceptional recognition,” says Dean Johnson. “Delivering high quality education is core to our mission and this national acknowledgement illustrates the school’s commitment to meeting the demand for flexible educational opportunities for nurses to advance their careers and improve the health of their communities.”
Dean Discusses ACA's Effects article
As national conversation centers around the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), George Washington University School of Nursing Dean Jean Johnson participated in an expert panel during an event dedicated to understanding this transition in the world of healthcare. "Countdown to Transformation: A Roadmap for Health Care's Next Era - 90 Days Out" was hosted by the National Journal.
Interested in a DNP?
You’re invited to attend a virtual information session Wed. Jan. 15 at 7. The D.N.P. advances professional nursing roles in clinical practice and nursing leadership and management. It is designed to develop leaders in health care. GW SON offers two options for students entering at the post-Bachelor level, and five DNP options for students entering at the post-Masters level.
SON Hosts Virginia Simulation Conference article1
The George Washington School of Nursing hosted the Virginia State Simulation Alliance conference, attended by nearly 100 healthcare professionals from across the commonwealth. The conference included interprofessional workshops, group sessions, and panels to study how simulation can improve healthcare delivery.
School of Nursing Magazine - First Issue!
GW Nursing is here! This inaugural magazine features great stories about our alumni, donors, faculty, and students, and the positive impact GW School of Nursing is having locally and beyond.
Featured Field of Study
Nurse Practitioners Vital to Health Care's Future
Nurse Practitioners – nurses who have at least Masters degrees and are qualified and licensed to diagnose and treat a wide range of medical issues – are playing a key role in alleviating the current shortage of healthcare providers.
In the Spotlight
A New Beginning for Dawna Poyner
More than 30 years after graduating from college the first time, Dawna Poyner entered GW SON’s Accelerated BSN to earn her nursing degree, hoping to enter a field where she will be able to, “help people at a more meaningful level than I could in the past,” she said.
BSN Pinning, December 2013
Across the globe, nurses are welcomed into the profession by their professors and mentors at pinning ceremonies during which the new nurses take the Nightingale Pledge and receive ceremonial pins customized to represent the school from which the students earned their Bachelor of Science in Nursging (BSN) degree.
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GW SON, the Washington Regional Nursing Research Consortium, and the Washington DC Area Geriatric Education Center Consortium invite you to a free event that is worth two CEUs:
Care Transitions: State of the Art and Future Research
Presented by
Mary D. Naylor, PhD, FAAN, RN
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
3:00pm - 5:00pm
For more information and to register
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