Staff Nurses
Marilou
 Marilou loves clinical practice at Georgetown University Hospital!
As a staff nurse in the dialysis unit, she was given the opportunity to climb the clinical ladder, a professional advancement program that is available for staff nurses. This was made possible because I have a supportive nurse manager who believes in the program and in her.
Georgetown University Hospital utilizes peer reviews. Staff nurses provide co-workers with a sound professional feedback, which she can take as an opportunity for growth.
As a Magnet Champion (the committee that worked to achieve and sustain Magnet status at Georgetown University Hospital) Marilou got to know not only the nurses from other units, but also employees from all over the hospital. For her, collaboration is now a positive encounter because she knows and likes the people she works with and depend on.
Tina
 Tina became a Georgetown Nurse right out of nursing school. That was twenty years ago and she has never regretted her decision. She has taken full advantage of countless opportunities for advancement, yet still has plenty of room to grow. Her career at Georgetown has taken her to Assistant Nursing Coordinator, then Unit Educator for our General Surgery unit.
But Tina feels there are so many other reasons to be a Georgetown nurse. She likes the encouragement nurses get in pursuit of professional advancement through tuition benefits and flexible scheduling to accommodate school. She is also fulfilled by the exposure Georgetown nurses get to cutting-edge surgeries and procedures performed by world-renowned physicians.
Despite a 60-90 minute commute each day, Tina has honestly never considered leaving. She feels strongly, as we do, that there is no better place to practice nursing than Georgetown University Hospital.
Toe Toe
 Toe Toe learned just how caring and compassionate the Georgetown nursing team could be under the most difficult of circumstances. It was just eleven years ago when her mother, who was never sick in her life, was told that she had a brain tumor. In her advanced condition, there was no better place in the region for her care and treatment than the Brain and Spinal Unit at Georgetown University Hospital.
Toe Toe and her family found the care to be superb and the nurses to be incredibly professional. It was a life-changing experience for Toe Toe as she realized how important caring, compassionate and knowledgeable nurses are for the patients and the family members.
After her mother passed away, Toe Toe knew that she had to be part of that special nursing team. Now, over 3 years later, she is still proud to be a member of what she considers to be the best nursing team in the business. Most of all, she knows first-hand what a huge difference she makes in the lives of patients and their families.
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