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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“Teaching Healthy Living to Middle Schoolers”

May 3, 2019

Delivering high-quality health care requires knowing more than a patient’s blood pressure, heart rate and weight. People are more than these numbers: where they live, what they eat, whether they exercise also play a role in their health. This crucial lesson is imparted to GW Nursing bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) students through a participatory action research project conducted in partnership with the AnBryce Foundation. The project went on display this spring at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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New Tools of the Trade

April 19, 2019

A growing body of literature supports the connection between poverty and related social determinants of health in shaping health outcomes, especially in early brain and child development.

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Two faculty members named AANP Fellows

March 29, 2019

Drs. Sandra Davis and Pamela Slaven-Lee are among the 62 nurse practitioner (NP) leaders inducted as Fellows in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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Health Workforce Institute Report Call Upon Nurses to Address Growing Health Care Issues

March 19, 2019

A new report authored by Professor Patricia Pittman, co-director of The George Washington University Health Workforce Institute (HWI), outlines the pivotal role that nursing must play in a continually evolving health system.

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GW Ranked Among Best by U.S. News & World Report

March 13, 2019

U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings for graduate nursing programs today, in which GW Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing tied at 43 and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs tied at 37. In addition, the school was ranked in the specialty category of Family Nurse Practitioner tied at 16.