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Nursing Chair Co-Edits Journal Issue Focused on Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health

The new issue of the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing focuses entirely on the social determinants of health and mental health. Dr. Edilma L. Yearwood, chair and associate…

February 21, 2021

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Values Based Chair Begins Work on National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee

Dr. Laura Anderko, who is the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Chair in Values Based Health Care at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, has been invited to serve on a new National…

February 11, 2021

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Celebrating the First GU African American Nursing School Graduates During Black History Month 2021

An oral history project is ensuring that the memories and voices of the first African American women to graduate from the School of Nursing – between 1964-1969 – are elevated…

February 3, 2021

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New Midwifery, Women’s Health Textbook Edition Expands Health Equity Focus

The new edition of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery and Women’s Health – involving the contributions of Georgetown editors and authors – looks at midwifery and…

February 2, 2021

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Clinical Simulation Leader Honored at Georgetown Women in Medicine Event

A nurse innovator who manages the O’Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center at the School of Nursing & Health Studies was recently honored at the annual awards…

January 29, 2021

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BSN Alumna of the Class of 1954 Discusses Time as Georgetown Student

Anne (Sherer) Jackson, who earned her BSN at Georgetown through the onetime five-year program, graduated in 1954. She recently said, "My memories of Georgetown are very fond. And…

January 21, 2021

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Georgetown Doctor of Nursing Practice Students Selected for AACN Digital Innovators Program

Amanda Boys (G’14, G’21) and Shannon Lyons (G’21), students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, have been selected for the Digital Innovators Program of the Graduate…

January 14, 2021

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Georgetown BSN Alumna Co-Authors Book About Family Court Reforms

BSN alumna Judith DiMaio Moran of the Class of 1968, who went on to receive a JD, co-authored the book, "Caring for Families in Court: An Essential Approach to Family Justice" …

January 11, 2021

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GU Nursing Alumna, Award-Winning Author Has Spent Decades Advocating for Women

BSN alumna Sister Christine Schenk, CSJ, of the Class of 1968, is an award-winning writer, including of the book "Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early…

January 7, 2021

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Georgetown Alumna Received 3-Year Nursing Diploma in 1949 and BSN Degree in 1953 Through New ‘Supplemental Program’

In the early 1950s, Mary Anne (Maryman) Curtis, who had already received the three-year diploma at Georgetown in 1949, decided to return to the university to complete the BSN,…

January 4, 2021