Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 35 of 36

Person practicing chest compressions on a CPR training mannequin while another participant assists.
February 21, 2013

Classes help hone parents’ resuscitation skills, confidence

It’s a skill few parents ever think they’ll have to use, but it can be an invaluable, life-saving tool — cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mostly commonly known as CPR.

By Christina Echegaray
Group of young people on a stage holding individual poster boards that spell “$100,843.13”; several wear red shirts, with a large blank projection screen behind them.
February 14, 2013

Photo: Dance Marathon

After students, families and the community danced the night away for 13.1 hours, the Vanderbilt University Dance Marathon student executive committee unveiled how much money had been raised for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
A doctor in a white coat speaks with a woman and a young girl seated on an examination table during a clinic visit; he holds a small device in his hands.
February 14, 2013

Device helps ease child’s overactive bladder burden

Until a year ago, Kate Lamons would slip into her mother’s classroom during school to change clothes, hopefully fast enough that she could return to her own class before anyone noticed that her clothes were wet from an overactive bladder.

By Christina Echegaray
Exterior of a modern children's hospital building with blue cylindrical towers and colorful three-dimensional lettering along the front wall reading “Children’s Hospital.”
February 7, 2013

Children’s Hospital hosting pediatric nursing job fair

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will host a pediatric nursing job fair from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the second floor performance stage of the hospital.

By Christina Echegaray
Tina Woods, wearing a turquoise jacket and hospital ID badge, stands in a hospital library beside shelves of children’s books.
January 17, 2013

Children’s Hospital teacher lands educator award

Tina Woods, in-house school teacher at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was recently named American Paper & Twine Co./Georgia Pacific Teacher of the Year for 2012.

By Christina Echegaray
A child smiles beside a costumed blue-and-white mascot wearing a yellow jersey marked “00” in a decorated doorway. A penguin sign reads “NORTH POLE,” and an adult stands in the background wearing a “Give Kids the World Village” shirt.
December 20, 2012

Preds passion

By Christina Echegaray