All Posts: School of Nursing

• School of Nursing Graduate Students Advance Jesuit Values Through Advocacy

  Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) and WHNP programs took to Capitol Hill with a mission to advocate for babies and their birth parents.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, nursing, nursing education, people for others, School of Nursing

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Seniors Receive White Coats, Take Pledge After Pandemic Delay

  Seniors in the School of Nursing’s bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program celebrated their ceremonial first steps into their professional careers with a white coat and pledge ceremony on April 18 as faculty welcomed them to the nursing profession.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BSN Program, nursing, nursing education, School of Nursing

• Nursing and Health Students Give a Day of Service at Food & Friends

  Volunteers worked in shifts to help pack medically tailored meals for Food & Friends’ clients in the D.C. region living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, School of Health, School of Nursing, service to others

• 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: Jesuit values, School of Health, School of Nursing, 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: community outreach, School of Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, 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: School of Medicine, School of Nursing, student experience, student veterans

• Nursing, Medical Students Administer Flu Shots

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, School of Nursing, 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: CURA, School of Health, School of Nursing, 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: nursing, nursing education, School of Nursing, 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: nurse midwifery, School of Nursing