GW Nursing at a Glance

Prepare nurse leaders, providers and scholars to improve the health of all people by leveraging our presence in the nation’s capital.

We support and uphold GW’s values to strengthen and improve our community.

• Integrity
  We are honest and fair in our words and actions.
• Collaboration
  We achieve more by engaging others in shared processes and decision-making.
• Respect
  We value people as individuals and treat them with fairness, compassion and care.
• Excellence
  We achieve distinction through knowledge and innovation.
• Openness
  We are accessible, receptive and share information freely.
• Diversity
  We value and include people from different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives in the pursuit of our common goals.
• Courage
  We encourage risk-taking, learning from failure, and perseverance in our pursuit of excellence.

We cultivate excellence in teaching and learning, research and service through equal access to resources, opportunities and advancement for all members of our community. We foster a culture in which we acknowledge, discuss and address privilege to increase success among marginalized people. Our community commits to engaging in the dynamic process of promoting equity and social justice.

We acknowledge the challenges health care providers face in delivering high-quality patient care across clinical and community settings. The demands of a career in nursing can take a toll emotionally, physically and spiritually, which is why we seek to cultivate resilience and self-awareness in the face of adversity.

We are committed to educating nurses on how to deal with burnout, fatigue and other factors that cause them to leave the profession. By teaching specific coping strategies and mechanisms as part of our Professional Well-Being Initiative, we aim to train a generation of nurses that can manage the stress and challenges of an ever-changing health care environment.