Archive: COVID-19
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BSN Alumna Who Serves as a Pediatric Nurse Now Caring for Patients in COVID-19 ICUs
Since graduation and licensure, Emily Varua (NHS’19), a BSN alumna, has been caring for children at Morristown Medical Center. For weeks now, she has expanded her areas of practice to assist with the center’s COVID-19 response, including working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
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Human Science Alumnus Earns PhD, Researches Viral Transmission
Dr. Paul Jacob “Jake” Bueno de Mesquita (NHS’12), a human science alumnus, recently earned his PhD in environmental health science, examining influenza spread in indoor settings. Along with colleagues, he is now focusing on COVID-19 research.
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As Lieutenant in Navy Reserve, Georgetown BSN Alumna Cares for Patients with COVID-19
Jen Tran (NHS’11), a BSN alumna, is about to mark eight years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, where she is currently a lieutenant. Since early April, she has been helping care for patients with COVID-19 in New York City.
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BSN Alumna Provides Care for Patients in COVID-19 ICU in Maryland
During the first year of her nursing career, Lauren Ridlon (NHS’19) has worked in a cardiac care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. That unit has been converted to a COVID-19 unit, and the Georgetown nursing alumna and her colleagues have been providing care to patients affected by the virus. “Even through the hardest days, I am able to experience and hopefully emulate what made me fall in love with the career of nursing: humanity,” she said.
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Clinical Nurse Leader Student Creates Virtual Music Initiative for Senior Community Centers
When Clarisza Runtung (G’21) read a news article about the closure of senior community centers because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to combine her love of music and nursing to create virtual performances to help address loneliness.
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As Medical Center COO, Health Systems Administration Alumnus Helps Lead COVID-19 Response
Ken West (G’09), FACHE, who received his master of science degree in health systems administration at Georgetown, serves as the chief operating office of Regional Medical Center of San Jose. West’s organization, located in Northern California, has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic for weeks.
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NHS Alumni, Now Physicians, Reflect on COVID-19 Pandemic
Some NHS alumni, who have gone on to medical school, have been working during the COVID-19 response to provide direct care to affected individuals, to keep other patients in their care healthy and safe, and to coordinate research efforts.
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Georgetown Nursing and Hoyas Lacrosse Alumnus Cares for Patients with COVID-19 in Maryland
Ryan Hursey (NHS’18), a Georgetown BSN alumnus who played as a defensive midfielder on the Hoyas men’s lacrosse team, is a critical care nurse who has been caring for patients with COVID-19 in a medical intensive care unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).
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BSN Alumna Cares for Patients in COVID-19 ICU in New Jersey
Lauren Gilmore (NHS’17) works as a staff nurse in an intensive care unit at Capital Health Medical Center, a New Jersey hospital system. For about a month, she and her colleagues have been caring for patients with COVID-19 in the unit.
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Nurse Anesthesia Alumnus Contributes to COVID-19 Response at Harborview Medical Center
Georgetown alumnus Ebou M A Cham (G’14) is a certified registered nurse anesthetist who has been working for several years at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been participating in Harborview’s response efforts. Cham was recently featured, among others, in the Reuters’ photo story, “Faces of Seattle’s Coronavirus Frontline.”
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