Clinical Experiences: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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| "Being
able to gain first-hand clinical
experience as early as freshman year
has really allowed me to grow as
an aspiring nurse and as a young
man" |
| – Michael Rupp (NHS ’10) |
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Georgetown BSN students begin their clinical and practical coursework
with patient contact in the first year of study. This hands-on
clinical training intensifies as students enter their sophomore,
junior, and senior years, totaling more than 900 clinical hours.
Students complete clinical hours in courses such as public health
nursing, health care of women, and mental health nursing.
Students are exposed to a wide variety of clinical settings—including
hospitals, outpatient and community clinics, treatment centers,
and long-term care facilities—as well as patient populations
diverse in age, gender, health status, socioeconomic background,
and geographic distribution. Clinical experiences are arranged
to maximize the learning of students in all facets of health
care. These varied experiences are guided by specialized nurse
clinicians in their respective fields. A new clinical assignment
with each clinical course affords the student a breadth of exposure
culminating in a customized senior practicum in an identified
area of interest for the student. This helps the student to focus
on the area in which they would like to ultimately work. Past
senior nursing practicum sites have included intensive care units
for both children and adults, HIV/AIDS clinics, oncology units,
emergency rooms, transplant units, and burn units.
Being in Washington, D.C., our students have access to some
of the best health care systems in the nation. These include
Georgetown University Hospital, which is conveniently located
just steps away from NHS, and the Washington Hospital Center,
one of the nation’s busiest cardiac facilities known worldwide
for its work in new techniques such as stents and intravascular
ultrasound. In addition, clinical placements are made at smaller
clinics in the area, including Whitman-Walker Clinic, which specializes
in HIV/AIDS care, prevention, and research. With more than 200
partner health care facilities in the D.C.-metropolitan area,
the options for specialized clinical study are endless.
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