Author: Matt Batcheldor
‘Boot camp’ draws critical care nurses from across nation
Sep. 28, 2023—Nurse practitioners and physician assistants from around the country recently attended Vanderbilt's 12th annual ACNP/PA Critical Care Boot Camp.
VUMC performs novel reoperative lung and kidney transplant
Sep. 27, 2023—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed its first combined reoperative lung and kidney transplant.
Advanced Practice Fellowship Program gains ANCC accreditation
Sep. 27, 2023—Vanderbilt's Advanced Practice Fellowship Program has been accredited as an Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.
Marilyn Dubree, longtime leader of nursing at Vanderbilt, to retire
Sep. 14, 2023—After a distinguished career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center promoting excellence in nursing practice, Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FAAN, is retiring from her role as executive chief nursing officer.
Michael Rizzari named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Sep. 12, 2023—Michael Rizzari, MD, has been named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center and staff surgeon in Pediatric Abdominal Transplant Surgery at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Five VUMC nurses honored as Preceptor of the Year by VUSN
Aug. 30, 2023—Five Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurses were recently honored as Preceptor of the Year by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
Residency program supports newly licensed RNs as they transition from students to professional nurses
Aug. 29, 2023—Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Nurse Residency Program is a 12-month program that supports newly licensed RNs as they transition from students to professional nurses.
VUMC Nursing brings wellness initiative to Nashville Public Library’s Hadley Park branch
Aug. 24, 2023—A group of Vanderbilt nurses recently teamed up with the Hadley Park branch of the Nashville Public Library for a day of new wellness initiatives — including sharing health education information, raising awareness of health risks, and demonstrating healthy oral care habits to the community of North Nashville.
VUMC receives state grant to evaluate innovative models of nursing care that include screening and responding to social drivers of health
Aug. 15, 2023—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a to evaluate innovative models of nursing care that include screening and responding to social drivers of health to better meet the needs of all VUMC patients.
New teleconference program helps give nurses more time to care for patients in person
Aug. 11, 2023—Through Vanderbilt's new virtual nurse program, certain tasks such as documentation can be done remotely via a teleconference in the patient’s room, giving nurses at the bedside more time to care for patients in person.
VUMC nurses give presentations at Fuld National Institute EBP Summit
Aug. 3, 2023—Vanderbilt nurses gave four podium presentations at the 2023 Fuld National Institute EBP Summit in Columbus, Ohio.
Vanderbilt’s Smeltzer, Do named as 2023 Tennessee Rising Star Nurse Leaders
Aug. 1, 2023—Vanderbilt's Cory Smeltzer, RN, and Monica Schmidt Do, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, have been named as 2023 Tennessee Rising Star Nurse Leaders by the Tennessee Action Coalition.