The Catholic University of America Conway School of Nursing currently partners with more than 15 world-class health care facilities in Washington, D.C., and adjoining areas of Maryland and Virginia.
Undergraduate Nursing Student Clinicals
Undergraduate nursing students complete three medical-surgical rotations, along with one rotation in community health, obstetrics, mental health, and pediatrics. Each undergraduate student completes their clinical hours (approximately 650 hours) at sites including, but not limited to:
Adventist Shady Grove Medical Center Rockville, MD
Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis, MD
Children's National Medical Center: More than 1,500 nurses; Children’s National is the regional referral center for cancer, cardiac and critical care, fetal medicine, neonatology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, pediatric emergency medicine, and trauma. Children’s Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center is the region’s Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, the highest rating possible, and serves the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia.
Dominion Hospital Falls Church, VA
The George Washington University Hospital: Approximately 371 beds; inner city; 204 patient per day in ER
Holy Cross Hospital: Approximately 425 beds; a Catholic hospital; 24 births per day
The INOVA Health System: Ranked #1 of all D.C. hospitals (25 total) by US News & World Report; Five main hospital sites, many facilities; approximately 927 beds at Inova Fairfax Hospital; 28 births per day
MedStar Georgetown Hospital Washington, DC
MedStar Washington Hospital Center: Approximately 926 beds; 1,600 nurses; admits 110 patients per day; 60 cardiac catheterization procedures per day; average five open heart surgeries per day; 240 patients per day in ER; 465 out-patient procedures per day; Trauma center; national Burn Center; Neurological Intervention and Neurosurgery center
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
Suburban Hospital Bethesda, MD
Virginia Hospital Center Arlington, VA
Graduate Nursing Students' Clinical Opportunities
The dedicated graduate clinical coordinator assists graduate students with paperwork and contract negotiations for new healthcare agencies. A sample of clinical sites are listed below.
Community Clinics
Catholic Charities Washington, DC
Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Washington
Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Arlington
City of Greenbelt Greenbelt, MD
Unity Healthcare Washington, DC
Washington Health Institute, Washington, DC
Some of the other sites that welcome our students include:
Alexandria Health Department, Alexandria, VA
Community of Hope Health Services, Washington, DC
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
So Others Might Eat (SOME), Washington, DC
Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, DC
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD