School of Nursing | Georgetown University

The School of Nursing at Georgetown University builds on a 120-year tradition of excellence in nursing education at the professional, advanced practice, and doctoral levels. Our on-campus and distance-based, online nursing programs emphasize research and scholarship, are grounded in a social justice framework, and are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. Our commitment to nursing is infused with the Jesuit values of caring for the whole person — cura personalis — and serving the common good.

I love the [nursing] career, because there’s nothing that you cannot do as a nurse. … I think that nurses really have to see the full humanity of people, not just within acute care, but wherever people reside.

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“We are taking nursing to a new place, one that’s more responsive to the reality of patients. We’re preparing our students to manage patients in the community as well as the hospital.”

Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Senior Advisor to the Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging & Anti-Racism

“Our students come from different areas, ranging from high-tech hospitals to rural facilities. We are really excited to be able to offer an acute care degree in places where students would not be able to get this type of education.”

Kelly A. Thompson-Brazill, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN-CSC, FCCM, Director, Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program

“I am passionate about developing robust and inclusive curricula that illuminates solutions to achieve health equity and cultivate anti-racist practices.”

Melicia Escobar, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM, Program Director, Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and WHNP Programs