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FNP student Catherine Hood, BSN, RN, (left) practices checking a patient’s hearing under Rowe’s observation.
provide much-needed care to families in places like Western Maryland.”
About 20 percent of the students in the Baltimore FNP specialty come from the Rockville area, so Rebecca Wiseman, PhD ’93, RN, associate professor and chair of UMSON’s programs at USG,
says the new project should gain traction right away. She also says recent market research analysis concluded that a nurse practitioner program was needed in
the region.
“There’s a sense that this is an area that
could support the program and that the
program would meet its needs,” she says. Gourley says she looks forward to
seeing students providing care in the field. “It’s always great to go out and see your graduates practicing and providing a great service to a community,” she says. “It’s enormously rewarding.”
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