Academic Nursing Graduation

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 Academic Nursing program graduates.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine recently celebrated the 37 outstanding Academic Nursing graduates of the Department of Academic Nursing’s CRNA and DNP programs. The Academic Nursing programs have a special legacy cultivating leadership and advocacy, and the Class of 2023 has extended the distinctions of the program.

“I want to congratulate all the class of 2023 graduates of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine academic nursing programs,” said L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Chief Science Officer and Vice Chief Academic Officer of Advocate Health. “I’m so excited about the contributions they will make to health and health equity across our nation.”

2023 Nursing Graduation

Wake Forest University School of Medicine is proud to congratulate all of our 2023 academic nursing program graduates.

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Ebony Boulware

I want to congratulate all the class of 2023 graduates of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Academic Nursing Programs. I'm so excited about the contributions they're going to be making to health and health equity across our nation.

Simone Evans-Allison

Here's not one faculty that has not been supportive. I love them all and appreciate them for really impacting my journey and growing to be a better person personally as well as professionally.

Taylor Aines

They really encourage us to get involved outside of just the clinical realm and also encouraged us to get involved with the community with some volunteer projects.

Megan Cox

The clinical sites that they send us to are very diverse, so I feel like I got a very well-rounded experience and I also had the opportunity to go to the Philippines and practice over there for two weeks. So I got to do some global health stuff that I feel really prepared me as well.

Angelan Johnson

Obtaining this degree is going to help me reach my goals of being able to oversee and help implement things in the community. It'll help me be able to embed the psychiatric health in our community and take that to a new level with leadership and inspire other nurses and other colleagues to do so.

Simone Evans-Allison

My grandmother, who I cared for for 16 years, she'll say, "Mone, you a doctor?" And I'm like, "No, grandma. I'm better than that. I'm a nurse." So I am now a doctor nurse, and I'm so honored and I know she has the best seat in the house.

The Class of 2023 Nurse Anesthesia graduates dedicated a total of 46,410 clinical hours, visiting 36 clinical sites nationwide and going abroad to the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and the Philippines. This year’s Nurse Anesthesia class was Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s final class to earn Master’s degrees, as the program will now transition to offering a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

The Class of 2023’s Post Masters Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates have been awarded $50,000 from the Office of Philanthropy, participated in 15 regional and national presentations, and contributed to five peer-reviewed publications. Several graduates have expressed intentions to enter academic spaces, to strengthen the knowledge and understanding of new nurses regarding the imperatives for greater evidenced-based practice.

“Obtaining this degree is going to help me reach my goals of being able to oversee and help implement things in the community, and take them to a new level with leadership to inspire other nurses and colleagues to do the same,” said Angela Johnson, DNP.