Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing's Nurse Anesthesia Program, in affiliation with the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis, received continued International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists (IFNA) Accreditation in May 2019, valid until May 2024, allowing for the program to transition from a MSN degree program to a DNP degree program.  It’s official. The Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Program, in affiliation with the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St.

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program is ranked once again in this year’s “Best Nursing Schools: Master’s” list by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program is ranked once again in this year’s “Best Nursing Schools: Master’s” list by U.S. News & World Report. Goldfarb’s master’s program is ranked 135 out of 189 ranked programs (562 programs in all) in the U.S. Last year, Goldfarb’s master’s program was ranked 146 out of 220 ranked programs by U.S.

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree that prepares students to care for patients and families in hospitals, in the community and a variety of other settings. Goldfarb offers two accredited program options available to students; upper division and accelerated. There is no better time than now to pursue a nursing degree. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, certain jobs within the nursing field are projected to add more than 64,000 jobs between 2016 and 2026, a 31 percent increase.

Jessica Washington, a student at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing, recently was awarded the school’s 2019 Dr. Donald M. Suggs Minority Nursing Student Scholarship. Washington is a first-term nursing student in Goldfarb’s accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Rebecca Schamel was in the preceptorship of her nursing program at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing when the pandemic hit. Rather than finish their preceptorships in the hospital, nursing students were given two options: work through case studies online or volunteer at a COVID-19 testing site for BJC HealthCare. Schamel, who grew up in a family of nurses, volunteered.

“I went back and forth a bit but felt it was an opportunity to be a part of something the world hasn’t seen in a long time,” she says.

Over the course of two hours nursing students participated in a large-scale poverty simulation to learn about the challenges low-income families face in an effort to survive. The simulation was hosted by Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing.