News Archive
Continuing the Conversation
To help students, faculty, staff and alumni process systemic racism and its impact on society, GW Nursing will be hosting a series of events this summer.
Called to Nursing
Alison Hoffman had long worked in health care related fields by the time she enrolled in GW Nursing’s B.S.N. program. After serving as an officer in the U.S.
School addresses structural racism
This week, we hosted town hall dialogues with faculty, staff and students to provide a safe space to discuss the realities and impacts of structural racism in our society.
"You find problems you didn’t know existed"
For Elizabeth Bailey, caring for COVID-19 patients this spring revealed a truth about health care.
Students Immersed in Community Care for the Elderly
Undergraduate nursing students are putting lessons learned in the classroom into practice in their community through a partnership between GW Nursing and the Loudoun County Area Agency on Aging. Pairs of students spend two days a week at the Mac Brownell Adult Day Center in Purcellville and the Leesburg Adult Day Center, providing a vulnerable population with the kind of health education that promotes safety and wellness.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Superhero Nurse!
As Alexa Sequeira celebrates her graduation from GW Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program this week, she is also enjoying a bit of hero status in her hometown of Boston.
Student Brings Home Health Care Lessons From Slovenia
In my last semester of nursing school, I took the opportunity of a lifetime to travel to Maribor, Slovenia, for a week to watch universal health care in action and to see firsthand how another coun
A Brief History of Veterans' Time at GW
A GW colleague recently told Catherine Cox, associate professor of nursing, that one of the students in her lab is among the dozens with prior military experience whom Dr. Cox mentors.
$2.5 Million Gift Will Support Veterans
GW School of Nursing recently received $2.5 million, the largest philanthropic gift in the school’s history, to offer financial assistance to veterans pursuing a bachelor of science degree in
A Clinic in a Suitcase
Once her usual job sites closed due to coronavirus, a rolling bag became Emily Ramshur’s clinic.
A Decade of GW Nursing
On a warm evening in Ashburn, Virginia last September, Dean Pamela Jeffries led students, faculty and staff in a toast as the school’s name was unveiled atop Innovation Hall.
“Nothing is Normal”
Tryphena Lewis was born and raised in Brooklyn, but when she returned to New York City earlier this year, she hardly recognized her hometown.
Associate Professor heads to National Academy of Medicine as Scholar-in-Residence
Associate Professor Ashley Darcy-Mahoney will spend a year as the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, helping to develop federal health policy.
NP, Ph.D. Student & Mask Man
Dustin McKague M.S.N., FNP-BC, CWCN-AP works as a nurse practitioner in a Eugene, Ore. clinic, studies in GW Nursing's Ph.D.
GW Nursing Alum Serves as Team Lead in Field Hospital
Like millions of other Americans, Leah McElhanon, FNP-C, was furloughed in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike most of them, she is not spending April on the couch with Netflix. Instead, Ms. McElhanon is working 12-hour night shifts as a health care team lead in a Santa Clara, Calif. field hospital dedicated to taking care of COVID-19 patients.