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GW SON Top-Ranked
GW SON continues to be ranked among the top 50 schools of nursing. GW is in the top 13% of ranked graduate nursing schools.
US News & World Report also ranks our online MSN #13 out of more than 145 programs nationwide.
In a first-ever ranking of Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, we are no. 30, placing us in the top 20% of ranked programs. These top rankings reflects the quality of our student engagement, faculty credentials and training, student services and technology, peer recognitions, and admissions selectivity.
News Features
Immersion in Ecuador
Division of Entrepreneurial Enterprises Leading GW SON into New Ventures
GW SON Faculty Member Awarded Clinical Scholars Fellowship
GW Instructor Discusses Importance of Health Workforce Studies
Second-year DNP students meet with HHS researchers
Jean Johnson to lead NONPF as interim executive director
Welcoming GW SON’s Cohort 12 to Campus
Joyce Hahn begins second term as President of Virginia Board of Nursing
Graduate Orientation Brings MSN, DNP and Certificate Students to Campus
Immersion in Ecuador
By Steven Rozecki, BSN Cohort 10
Our trip to Ecuador with The Global Initiatives March 11-20 was an experience like no other. Working directly in the local community, collaborating with local health care professionals, provided us with a unique opportunity to see health care in a way we had never seen before. One day we walked nine miles through the streets of Tumbaco, going door to door administering Polio vaccines and, in their native language of Spanish, educating families on maintaining immunizations.
Division of Entrepreneurial Enterprises Leading GW SON into New Ventures
A new division of the George Washington University School of Nursing is translating the creativity, expertise, intellectual capacity and innovative spirit of its faculty and staff into new and exciting ventures.
GW SON Faculty Member Awarded Clinical Scholars Fellowship
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Dr. Erin Athey a three-year fellowship to support her work addressing mental health issues while providing primary care services for underserved communities at The Care Center, an HIV clinic in Southeast Washington, D.C.
GW Instructor Discusses Importance of Health Workforce Studies
Before he worked at GW, Ed Salsberg founded and served as director for Center for Health Workforce Studies - NY. Mr. Salsberg was also a founding director for the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which was established in 2010.
Second-year DNP students meet with HHS researchers
More than a dozen Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) students traveled to Capitol Hill during their on-campus orientation for a special opportunity learn more about how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services drafts health policy that affects health care professionals nationwide.
Jean Johnson to lead NONPF as interim executive director
Dr. Jean Johnson, founding dean of GW SON, is joining the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) as interim executive director.
Welcoming GW SON’s Cohort 12 to Campus
For the George Washington University School of Nursing, it was the largest cohort yet. For many of the students in attendance, it was their first step on the path to a career in nursing.
Joyce Hahn begins second term as President of Virginia Board of Nursing
Governor Terry McAuliffe has called on Dr. Joyce Hahn to serve another four-year term on the Virginia Board of Nursing.
Graduate Orientation Brings MSN, DNP and Certificate Students to Campus
Students in the GW School of Nursing’s online graduate programs came to Washington, D.C., from far and wide, amid the August heat and humidity, for Graduate Orientation.
News Briefs
GW SON Top-Ranked Nursing School
GW SON is ranked in the top 13% of graduate nursing schools. This national recognition illustrates our commitment to meet nurses’ demand for flexible and creative online learning opportunities.
Both of our graduate programs earn top ratings from US News & World Report.
Our online MSN program is ranked #13 out of more than 145 programs nationwide and in the first-ever ranking of DNP programs, our online DNP is no. 30, in the top 20% of ranked programs.
GW SON Highlights
Clinical Professor Wins AACN Pioneering Spirit Award
GW SON’s Cathie Guzzetta, PhD, RN, FAAN on May 16 received the 2016 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Pioneering Spirit Award.
This award recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing regionally and nationally, and relate to AACN’s mission, vision and values.
First GW SON MOOC aimed at improving health care quality
Current research suggests that medical error is the third-leading cause of death in the United States, and not just in hospitals. Medical errors happen in every setting. It’s estimated that 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experience harm in skilled nursing homes, costing approximately $2.8 billion per year and almost 60% of these errors were preventable, according to an HHS report.
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