News Archive

With as many students and faculty active in education, practice, policy and research as we have at GW Nursing, it can be difficult to capture all of their stories. These are just some examples of the work going on here — work done by dedicated students and top-tier faculty alike — that help this school continue to grow and flourish.

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A Clinic in a Suitcase

May 12, 2020

Once her usual job sites closed due to coronavirus, a rolling bag became Emily Ramshur’s clinic. The family nurse practitioner walked the streets of Washington, D.C. with an outreach team, screening homeless people for COVID-19 symptoms and handing out masks and hand sanitizer. As coronavirus spread through the city, her responsibilities shifted to staffing a quarantine and isolation site at an area hotel.

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NP, Ph.D. Student & Mask Man

April 15, 2020

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. program and now spends his spare time sewing cloth masks for those who need them amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GW Nursing Alum Serves as Team Lead in Field Hospital

April 15, 2020

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.

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GW Nursing M.S.N. rose 10 places in U.S. News rankings

March 18, 2020

GW Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing rose 10 places to 33 in today’s U.S. News & World Report annual rankings for graduate nursing programs. GW’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) programs tied at 45. In addition, the school was ranked in the specialty category of D.N.P.: Administration/Management tied at seven.

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GW University's Pandemic Readiness and Response Task Force

March 5, 2020

GW University's Pandemic Preparedness and Response Team (PPRT) has been closely monitoring COVID-19 in the United States and abroad. This website is available to help answer questions and address concerns among the GW community.

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Dr. Daisy Le: Fighting Health Inequities

(from Diverse Education)

January 24, 2020

USNWR Best Online Programs, Grad Nursing 2020

GW Nursing Again Ranked Top 10 for Online Graduate Nursing

January 15, 2020

U.S. News & World Report again ranked GW’s master of science in nursing in the top 10 for online graduate nursing, with the school coming in at number six for the second year in a row.

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Professor Ricciardi Inducted as Sigma President

November 21, 2019

Professor Richard Ricciardi was inducted today as president of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) during the organization’s biennial convention in National Harbor, Maryland.