On Monday, while reporting on a decision by George Washington University to establish a separate School of Nursing, I wrote that it was interesting news because nurses continue to be in high demand, even in the current recession. But reader Brian Schuh, currently a nursing student at Georgetown, emailed to take to me task, citing a Baltimore Business Journal story from last year that refutes that assertion. “The fact is that there has been a…

In these recessionary times, nurses are still in high demand, so it’s a significant development that George Washington University has announced plans to establish a separate School of Nursing, as the Washington Business Journal reported on Friday. Nursing degrees had already been available through the Department of Nursing Education inside the School of Medicine, but the separate school will allow the university to offer additional degrees like a master’s of science in nursing, a…