Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is the nursing school of

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. The school awards the

Bachelor of Science in Nursing The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN, BScN) also known in some countries as a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) or Bachelor of Science (BS) with a Major in Nursing is an academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by an accredited ...

(BSN), Master of Nursing (MN),

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(MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing ( PhD). The school is named after Nell Hodgson Woodruff, wife of long-time president of

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Robert W. Woodruff. Mrs. Woodruff left nursing school when she married, but she supported nursing causes throughout her life. Two of the school's nursing specialties, pediatrics and midwifery, were highly ranked in '' U.S. News & World Reports 2012 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." The school's pediatric nurse practitioner program made its first appearance in the report at No. 11. The school's midwifery program remains in the U.S. News rankings at number 13.

Notable alumni

* Fatu Kekula, who during the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak used trash bags as protection against the virus and saved 3 out of 4 of her family members, is completing her final year of nursing studies at the School, training in burn care in order to work with children in Liberia who have suffered burns from falling into cooking pits.

Notable staff

Elizabeth Sharp Elizabeth Sager Sharp CNM, DrPH, FAAN, FACNM, (December 16, 1933 - February 7, 2016) was an American nurse and midwife who specialized in maternal and newborn health. In 1999, she received the American College of Nurse-Midwives' Hattie Hemsch ...

, nurse and midwife who set up the graduate midwifery training program, the Emory University Nurse-Midwifery Program, at the School of Nursing

Degree programs

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing offers degree programs at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral level.

Bachelors level

* Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Masters level

* Masters of Nursing (MN) * Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) * Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)/ Master of Public Health (MPH) * Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)/ Master of Arts (MA)

Doctoral level

* Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) * Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)Nell Hodgson Woodruff Admissions. Accessed March 31, 2014.
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External links

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Records, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Historical Collections, Emory University

References

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