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.
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.
New Grant-Funded Program Expands Access to Health Care
April 4, 2020
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.
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.
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.
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.
Experiencing Universal health Care in Costa Rica
November 16, 2019
Costa Rica has seven provinces. I was fortunate to experience three. One week was not enough time in the capital, San Jose, but our time there offered an incredible opportunity to immerse ourselves in the culture and to study the country’s universal health care system.
Faculty Awarded Funding for Breast Cancer Follow-Up Care Study
November 14, 2019
New Doctoral Program Aims to Prepare Nursing Researchers
November 14, 2019
Nurses comprise the largest group of health care providers in the country, so discoveries made in nursing science can have a large-scale impact on the quality of patient care, said Kathleen Griffith, Ph.D., M.P.H., CRNP-F.
Underserved But Deserving of Care
November 14, 2019
