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JCMC Nursing Annual Report - Mountain States Health Alliance

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Georgita Washington<br />

On Dec. 19, 2009, Georgita<br />

Tolbert Washington, Ph.D.,<br />

RN-BC, MSN, CCRN,<br />

received her doctor of<br />

philosophy in nursing<br />

from East Tennessee State<br />

University in Johnson City,<br />

Tenn. A native of Charleston,<br />

S.C., she received her bachelor of science in nursing<br />

from Clemson University and her master of science<br />

in nursing from the Medical University of South<br />

Carolina.<br />

Dr. Washington’s dissertation research, titled,<br />

“Effects of Anxiety-Reducing Interventions on<br />

Performance Anxiety in Graduate Nurses,” was<br />

conducted to determine the best methods of<br />

reducing anxiety in those newly graduated from<br />

nursing school. This would hopefully facilitate<br />

their transition from student to professional nurse,<br />

helping to contribute to strategies to ease the nursing<br />

shortage. She plans on further research in this<br />

area to facilitate the retention of new nurses to the<br />

profession and to <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong>.<br />

Georgita is a 10-year team member at <strong>Mountain</strong><br />

<strong>States</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Alliance</strong> and is currently the director of<br />

nursing education for Johnson City Medical Center.<br />

She has a clinical background of 26 years in critical<br />

care nursing, with 18 as a critical care clinical nurse<br />

specialist. Her role at MSHA also includes chair of<br />

the nursing research council, which is very active in<br />

mentoring new researchers.<br />

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bringing loving care to health care | www.msha.com

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