Nursing, School of

By Gil Pound With one of the only Doctor of Nursing Practice programs in Georgia that caters to nursing educators as well as clinicians, Georgia College & State University is playing an important role in solving the state’s nursing shortage. According to a 2024-25 report by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, U.S. nursing schools had to turn away over 80,000 qualified applicants due to issues like insufficient faculty and classroom space. Most nursing schools say faculty...

By Gil Pound Seasonal influenza activity has been low nationally, but is increasing as the holidays approach according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control. Spanning from fall into spring, flu season is the time familiar symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches and fatigue crop up, possibly forcing one into a multi-day, not-so-fun vacation from school or work. Many Georgia College & State University students, faculty and staff are returning...

By Gil PoundA new Georgia College & State University facility is giving School of Nursing and other College of Health Sciences students more hands-on learning experiences.The expanded Simulation and Translational Research Center, or Sim Center, opened this fall and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Sept. 18.Formerly housed inside a 6,000-square-foot unit at the local hospital, the Sim Center was moved to a newly renovated 13,000-square-foot space at 154 Roberson Mill Road in Milledgeville...

By Gil PoundTwenty-seven Georgia College & State University nursing and pre-nursing students, including seven incoming freshmen, have received a combined $400,000 in full 2025-26 scholarships to strengthen the state’s nursing pipeline.The incoming first-years mark the fourth group to benefit from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Nursing Scholars Program available through the GCSU College of Health Sciences School of Nursing. Launched in 2022, the scholarship program awards funds...

By Caroline Duda, Contributing WriterFor faculty, staff and students in the Georgia College & State University School of Nursing, combating maternal mortality is the ever-present mission that drives their efforts. More than half of Georgia’s counties have no or limited access to maternal care, but GCSU alumni are actively resolving that deficit.Georgia College offers both a Master of Science and post-master’s certificate concentrating in nurse-midwifery. Through the first public program...

Three faculty at Georgia College & State University have created the Order of the White Rose chapter for the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard, which now spans the width of Georgia.Assistant Professors of nursing Dr. Amy Malcom, Dr. Joyce Norris-Taylor and Dr. Catherine Fowler co-founded the chapter to expand free funeral and tribute services to 14 rural counties in Georgia. A new program, the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard was established in January 2024 to provide funeral services to nurses,...

Retired registered nurse Anresa Davis of Savannah gave a keynote commencement address at her alma mater, Georgia College & State University.Her message to students graduating from the university’s College of Health Sciences was simple: to identify their unique strengths, always be prepared to care for those who cannot care for themselves and go forward “brilliant and kind.”Davis served more than 20 years as a nurse in surgical intensive care units and emergency rooms in Georgia. Then...

Dr. Avis Simon, commander in the Nurse Corps at the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command at Camp Lejeune, wants to help individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She already has a plan in place designed to identify it early in military members and veterans. Recently, she successfully defended her Doctor of Nursing Practitioner project at Georgia College & State University titled "Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...

The nurse midwifery concentration in Georgia College & State University’s Master of Science in Nursing is now fully accredited through the Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education. Watch as a graduate student simulates a birth to complete graduation requirements.Pre-accredited since May 2020, the program has graduated two cohorts of nurse-midwives and is the first public program of its kind to be accredited in Georgia.“The establishment of the Nurse Midwifery program at Georgia...