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.
$2.5 Million Gift Will Support Veterans
May 12, 2020
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.
A Decade of GW Nursing
May 7, 2020
“Nothing is Normal”
May 6, 2020
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.
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.