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.

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.

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.