Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

July 22, 2024

Nursing may be a later in life career for Christin Inman, RN, but the VWCH Patient and Family Choice Award winner is right on time

“I take my time with every single patient and want to hear what brought them here and what they want to take out of their experience.”

By Danny Bonvissuto
July 10, 2024

The LifeFlight legacy: 40 years in 40 photos

Since July 1984, LifeFlight has made 76,942 flights and transported 80,118 patients. It’s transported another 37,133 patients since its ground transport program began; critical care ground transports number 4,188.

This is the ever-expanding legacy: mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, children and grandparents — alive. Explore an audio clip, map and more.

By Craig Boerner, Diana Duren, Holly Fletcher, Erin O. Smith, Wayne Wood
June 25, 2024

Connie Orr honored as a Care Partner of the Year 

Orr is one of five care partners from across Vanderbilt Health recognized for their exceptional interaction, dedication and positive impact with patients, families and staff.

By Jessica Pasley
June 24, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “She provided calmness during our storm”

Chelsey Scott, RN, works in the Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 30, 2024

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital: 5 years

To honor VWCH’s 45 years of service, and their fifth as Vanderbilt Health, C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Health System Officer, and VWCH president Scott McCarver presented a State of the Hospital address to the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce

By Danny Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024

Nurses support one another as they grieve colleague

Nurses are accustomed to comforting patients and families through loss, but when they lose one of their own, it hurts in a unique, palpable way. Fortunately, they can count on each other.

By Kathy Whitney
May 10, 2024

Audrey Kuntz won an award. Her colleagues gifted her a tool belt.

For her ability to problem solve and advocate for patients and staff, Kuntz was a named a Credo Award winner.
By Matt Batcheldor
May 10, 2024

“Your Health in Bloom” employee health fairs coming to Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

May 9, 2024

Mom’s the word for mother-daughter Labor and Delivery nurses at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Denise Zickgraf and her daughter, Victoria Garcia, support new mothers and each other
By Danny Bonvissuto
May 3, 2024

Enhanced ‘VUMC News’ website offers new features

The new site is designed to provide easier access to information for members of the VUMC community, and for millions of other visitors to the site each year.
By Holly Fletcher
May 2, 2024

Leadership Assembly: VUMC Growth Strengthens Communities

Recent expansions in locations, capacity and business lines underscore how VUMC is navigating fast-paced population growth and the financial headwinds facing health systems across the country.
By Holly Fletcher
April 23, 2024

Events honor those involved in organ donation

Sixty-nine individuals donated their organs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2023, and they and their families were saluted on April 17 at the annual Donate Life Ceremony.
By Matt Batcheldor
March 13, 2024

Robert C. Bone, VUSM graduate and founder of Lebanon hospital, dies at 87

By Wayne Wood
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