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Student pass rates soar on NCLEX and NP certification exams
GW Nursing recently got the results of two key certification exams for Accelerated B.S.N. students and nurse practitioner students, respectively.
GW Nursing Faculty Volunteer to Help Fight COVID-19
GW Nursing faculty members give time to local government health departments through the Medical Reserve Corps.
Obtaining Clinical Hours for Students during the Pandemic: Creative Solutions -- Virginia Nurses Today
Beginning in March 2020, nurse educators were abruptly slammed with unprecedented clinical education disruption due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
With Online Learning Front and Center, GW Nursing Continues Streak in Top 10
For the fourth straight year, GW’s Master of Science in Nursing program landed in the top 10 of U.S.
Nursing Media Summit Draws Lively Exchange
On December 10, the GW School of Nursing’s Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement,
GW Nursing and NAHQ Commit to Advancing Health Care Quality Competency
As focus increases on health care quality and positive patient outcomes, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and the George Washington University School of Nursing (GW Nursi
Nursing Professor Appointed to Prestigious Fellowship
Richard Ricciardi, professor in the Policy, Populations and Systems community in the School of Nursing, was awarded a fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
GW Nursing’s Karen Drenkard Receives 2020 Year of the Nurse Award
George Washington University School of Nursing Associate Dean of Clinical Practice and Community Engagement Karen Drenkard has been awarded the 2020 Year of
GW Nursing Research Seeks to Reduce Disparities in Maternal Mortality
A pair of George Washington University School of Nursing researchers were recently awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to
Policy Review reveals obstacles to access less costly, life-saving drugs for patients in the U.S.
Researchers have developed the first report card on biosimilars for three blockbuster cancer drugs marketed by Genentech/Roche: Rituxan, Avastin and Herceptin.
5B Film Screening in honor of World AIDS Day
To commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the GW School of Nursing and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) partnered to screen the documentary film 5B.
GW Veterans Seek New Ways to Serve Through Nursing
George Washington University School of Nursing student Tyler Wood said it was a desire to continue serving others that pushed him to pursue a career in nursing after completing his service as a combat medic in the United States Navy.
Duty Calls
If life were a movie, a grizzled Richard “Ric” Ricciardi would have been splitting firewood at the end of a long driveway when Department of Defense officials drove up and told him the world needed him to come back to work.
“This is Getting Old” — A Podcast with a Purpose
Melissa Batchelor, director of the Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities and a leader in geriatric nursing, is coming up with innovative ways to disseminate content on age-friendly systems within this field and beyond.