The School of Nursing & Health Studies is a vibrant learning community. This news section features the achievements of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Visiting Jesuit Chair Engages Ethical Questions in Health Administration, Health Policy
January 11th, 2022
The Rev. Michael Rozier, SJ, assistant professor of health management and policy at Saint Louis University’s College of Public Health and Social Justice, has joined the Georgetown community this semester as a visiting Jesuit chair in the Department of Health Systems Administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
American Journal of Nursing Recognizes Georgetown Nursing Professors with Book of the Year Awards
January 10th, 2022
For more than 50 years, the American Journal of Nursing has celebrated “the best in nursing publishing” through an annual Book of the Year Awards list. Two Georgetown nursing professors – Dr. Cindy L. Farley and Dr. Edilma L. Yearwood – are among the individuals being honored on the 2021 list, which was released in the journal’s January 2022 edition.
Georgetown Appoints Transformative Nurse Leader as Dean of Newly Reconceptualized School of Nursing
December 15th, 2021
On July 1, Dr. Roberta Waite, a transformative nurse leader, will begin service as dean of the newly reconceptualized and standalone Georgetown University School of Nursing – one that continues a tradition of nursing education that began on the Hilltop in 1903 and will grow from the current School of Nursing & Health Studies.
Health Care Management & Policy Senior Plans Service-Focused Medical Career
December 13th, 2021
Matthew Fisher (NHS’22), a senior health care management & policy major, has enjoyed his time at Georgetown, including community service opportunities through Alpha Phi Omega. “I have learned so much from my HCMP courses, which has helped me in medical school interviews and to really set myself apart as not just a future physician, but a physician-leader,” he said.
Georgetown Nursing Chair, Professor to Serve as Editor of Psychiatric Nursing Journal
December 9th, 2021
Dr. Edilma L. Yearwood, who leads the Department of Professional Nursing Practice, has been named the new editor of the “Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.” “This is a wonderful opportunity, and I am humbled and touched by the faith placed in me by both Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick and Elsevier Publishing,” said Yearwood, who will begin in January while continuing in her current leadership role at Georgetown.
Georgetown Nurse Ethicists Help Develop Ethics Toolkit for New ‘Essentials’ of American Association of Colleges of Nursing
December 7th, 2021
Dr. Carol Taylor, professor of advanced nursing practice, and Dr. Sarah Vittone, assistant professor of professional nursing practice, helped develop a new 10-page ethics-related toolkit to support the new “Essentials” of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
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