Medical Center Nursing Archive — Page 1 of 4
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April 10, 2020
VUMC adult hospital prepared for surge of COVID-19 admissions
As of April 9, Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH) had admitted 79 patients with COVID-19, 55 of those admitted had subsequently been discharged, and three patient had died. Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital had admitted 10 patients with COVID-19, none had died, and one of those admitted had subsequently been discharged. -
February 27, 2020
APRN fellowship program receives ANCC accreditation
VUMC's Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner Fellowship has been accredited with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. -
February 20, 2020
Gannon to oversee efforts to expand ECMO program to additional units
Whitney Gannon MSN, MS, RN, APRN, has been named to the new position of director of Quality and Education for the Vanderbilt Extracorporeal Life Support Program (ECLS). -
January 29, 2020
VUMC, VUSN academic/practice partnership lauded
The partnership between Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Vanderbilt University Medical Center was recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) with its 2019 New Era for Academic Nursing Award. -
December 12, 2019
Study explores burnout among APRNs, physician assistants
In one of the first studies to document burnout among advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs), Vanderbilt researchers examined causes and solutions. -
November 14, 2019
Ivory named director of VUMC Nursing Research
Catherine Ivory, PhD, RN-BC, RNC-OB, has been named senior director of Nursing Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
August 22, 2019
New murals celebrate VUMC nurses
More than 500 nurses working for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Adult Clinics are represented on new murals that were recently installed in two locations.