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Georgia Nursing Summit to take place Feb. 4

Georgia health care leaders will discuss the implementation of recommendations in the Institute of Medicine report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” at the Georgia Nursing Summit Friday, Feb. 4 at the Loudermilk Center in Atlanta. The summit will … Continue reading

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Nursing education partnerships extended

The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing has extended partnerships with Macon State University in Macon and Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus to offer its Clinical Nurse Leader Program at those institutions for a second year. The intensive … Continue reading

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Nursing, health care in transformation, dean said

Health care is in a state of transformation and the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing is changing with it, Dean Lucy Marion said at her annual State of the School Address. . Continue reading

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MCG School of Nursing to host Non-Food Halloween Festival Oct. 27

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing will host its fourth annual Non-Food Halloween Festival Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 3-5:30 p.m. on the fourth and fifth floors of the Health Sciences Building. The event is targeted … Continue reading

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Dr. Natvig named associate dean of MCG School of Nursing

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Deborah Natvig, former chairwoman of the Department of Business Administration and professor of health care management at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., has been named associate dean for academic nursing practice at the Medical College of … Continue reading

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Faculty selected as journal’s first editorial team

Four Medical College of Georgia faculty members have been selected as the first multidisciplinary editorial team for The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (JAVA). The team, whose debut issue was published Dec. 28, includes: Dr. Cynthia Chernecky, professor … Continue reading

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MCG students get real-world experience with fake patients

View Video Version of This Story Alexis Taylor has never felt more prepared to treat real patients. She credits that to working with fake patients in the Interdisciplinary Simulation Center at the Medical College of Georgia. “The simulation lab has … Continue reading

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MCG Health, Inc. gift supports clinical nurse leader program

Georgia’s first class of clinical nurse leaders, designed to alleviate the nursing shortage by opening the field to people with non-nursing backgrounds, graduated from the Medical College of Georgia Dec. 14. A gift from MCG Health, Inc. will help increase … Continue reading

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Grant will benefit families’ mental health

The Healthy Grandparent Program at the Medical College of Georgia has received a grant from the Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area. The program, sponsored by the MCG School of Nursing, assists grandparents raising grandchildren in parent-absent homes … Continue reading

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MCG School of Nursing holds inaugural fall convocation

The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing will hold its inaugural fall convocation Friday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. in room 1222 of the Health Sciences Building.   Forty-five students who have completed their program since May will receive … Continue reading

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