Kylie Avery

December 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Kayce made me feel confident when I was scared, reassured when I was anxious, and safe when I felt like everything was close to falling apart.’

Kayce Boyd, RN, works in the Center for Women’s Health Mt. Juliet. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Kylie Avery

December 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Eric soared above what we expected and delivered holistic care (mind, body and soul)’

Eric Kapitbahay, RN, BSN, works on the 7 South Dialysis unit of Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Kylie Avery

December 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘I was the victim of a traumatic attack. Alex was there in such big ways.’

Alex Ford, RN, works at Vanderbilt Primary Care Bellevue. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Kylie Avery

Karen Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, System Chief Nursing Officer, and Jay Morrison, MSN, RN, director of Nursing Practice, were among the speakers at the virtual Nursing Staff Bylaws Convention. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

December 9, 2024

VUMC Nursing Staff Bylaws highlight latest, best practices

The convention allows nurses to contribute to and evaluate the frameworks for ethical decision-making, professional accountability and consistent standards of practice under which nurses operate.

By Kylie Avery

Medical Assistant of the Year award winner Stacy Bair-Taylor, CMA III, left, with Michele Hasselblad, DNP, RN, NE-BC, vice president of Adult Ambulatory Nursing.

November 27, 2024

CJ Collett and Stacy Bair-Taylor named Medical Assistants of the Year

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s CJ Collett and Stacy Bair-Taylor received Medical Assistant of the Year awards for 2024.

By Kylie Avery

November 21, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She always goes above what we expect and is kind and patient’

Miriam Majors, BSN, RN, works in the Surgical Services unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.