All Posts: Berkley School of Nursing

• Ministry Leaders Discuss the Importance of Contemplation at Values Based Lecture

  (February 10, 2023) — Before coming to Georgetown in August 2022 as chaplain for the School of Health and School of Nursing, Sr. Celeste Mokrzycki served as vocations director for her congregation, visiting schools all over the East Coast and Midwest. Georgetown’s values made it stand out, she recalled.  “I think that if we can […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, Jesuit values, School of Health, Values Based Lecture

• GUMC Students Focus on Giving Back This Holiday Season

  (December 16, 2022) — In the midst of final exams and their own holiday preparations, students at the School of Health, School of Nursing and School of Medicine volunteered to spread happiness and health throughout the Georgetown community and beyond. School of Health Through Georgetown Individuals Vocal and Energetic for Service (GIVES), undergraduate students organize […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, community outreach, School of Health, School of Medicine, student experience

• Veterans Day 2022: Stories from GUMC Student Veterans

  (November 11, 2022) — Georgetown University is home to over 1,200 military-connected students, including current service members, veterans and military families. On Veterans Day — and throughout the year — we honor their service to our country. We introduce you to a few current and former students who credit their time in the service with […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, School of Medicine, student experience, student veterans

• Nursing, Medical Students Administer Flu Shots

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, School of Medicine, service to others, student experience

• Pre-Orientation Program Introduces Incoming Students to Pursuing Health Care with a Social Justice Focus

  (August 19, 2022) — CURA, the only pre-orientation program at Georgetown focused on health, immerses incoming students in the Jesuit values of community and service and sets out to imbue students with the knowledge that a person cannot be healthy without addressing underlying social determinants. “CURA welcomes students to Georgetown and builds a sense of […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, CURA, School of Health, social justice, student experience, student pre-orientation

• Clinical Nurse Leader Program White Coat Speaker Encourages Future Nurse Leaders to Use Their ‘Superpower’ for Society’s Good

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, nursing, nursing education, student achievement

• Changing the Perception of Midwives, One Hospital at a Time

  In the U.S., only 10% of births are attended by nurse-midwives, and in some areas of the country, misperceptions in the lay and medical community about the practice remain entrenched. As a result, hospitals remain resistant to embracing the skills of nurse midwives.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, nurse midwifery

• Georgetown School of Nursing Launches Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing Program

  (July 1, 2022) — Georgetown University School of Nursing announces its new PhD in Nursing program, a premier doctoral program designed for individuals seeking to advance the discipline and those they serve in academic, community health, health care, policy, global and research settings. The program, launching in fall 2023, will draw upon the interdisciplinary and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, graduate education, nursing, nursing education, PhD in Nursing Program

• New School of Nursing Guided by Dean’s Strong Vision for Equity, Social Justice

  (July 1, 2022) — As Georgetown launches a reconceptualized School of Nursing on July 1, Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, is uniquely poised to lead the school as dean, bringing her decades of experience working to advance health equity. Improving the human condition drives the University’s work, and the launch of the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, health equity, nursing, racial equity

• Georgetown Nursing Students Focused on Spiritual Health of Pilgrims in Lourdes, France

  (July 1, 2022) — Carrying on a Georgetown tradition of helping pilgrims seeking a healing experience at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, 13 rising junior and senior nursing students put cura personalis into practice this summer by focusing on the spiritual care of those who traveled to the holy site from […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Berkley School of Nursing, nursing, service to others