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Family Nurse Practitioner Student Advocates for Health Equity

When Juliette Carr (G’21) was seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner Program that would foster her focus on promoting health equity, she decided upon Georgetown’s because of its…

April 20, 2021

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Georgetown Nursing Helps Promote Public Health Through COVID-19 Efforts

National Public Health Week 2021: Georgetown nursing students, faculty, and graduates have been working to promote the health and well-being of individuals and communities…

April 9, 2021

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Georgetown FNP Alumna Manages COVID-19 Vaccine Site in Maryland

Jessica Landau (G’20), a recent graduate of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, is managing a COVID-19 vaccine site in Maryland. The Georgetown alumna, who hopes to continue…

April 8, 2021

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Rediscovering Georgetown’s Women Graduates of the First Decades of the 20th Century

As Women's History Month comes to a close this week, learn about the religious sisters who were receiving their Georgetown degrees in the first decades of the 20th century. One…

March 29, 2021

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In Memoriam: Georgetown BSN Alumna and Renowned Nurse Leader Dr. Bernardine M. Lacey (1932-2021)

Renowned nurse leader Dr. Bernardine (Mays) Lacey, who received her BSN at Georgetown in 1969, passed away Friday, March 26. Lacey, who served as the founding dean of Western…

March 28, 2021

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Nursing Chair Co-Edits Second Edition of Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Textbook

Dr. Edilma L. Yearwood, chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice, and longtime colleagues Dr. Geraldine S. Pearson and Dr. Jamesetta A. Newland co-edited the new…

March 22, 2021

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BSN Alumna Advocates for Communities Through Longtime Career at Catholic Health Association

Julie Trocchio (BSN 1968) said her career at the Catholic Health Association of the United States, where she is senior director of community benefit and continuing care, has…

March 19, 2021

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Women’s History Month 2021 — Renowned Nurse Leader Had Georgetown Connection

More than 40 years ago, distinguished nurse leader Vernice D. Ferguson (1928-2012) shared her expertise on Georgetown’s campus through the Dean’s Lecture and Nursing…

March 17, 2021

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Nursing Students, Faculty, and Grads Support GU-Coordinated COVID-19 High-Capacity Vaccination Site

Georgetown and the District of Columbia recently partnered to coordinate a COVID-19 high-capacity vaccination site in Southeast DC. Among the participants at the weekend clinic,…

March 16, 2021

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GU Professor and Alumna Named Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives

Professor Melicia Escobar, who is the clinical faculty director for Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/WHNP and WHNP Programs, has recently been selected to become a fellow of the…

March 15, 2021