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Healing over the holidays: A nurse’s guide to spending the holidays at the hospital

There’s no place like the hospital for the holidays. And we don’t mean that in a good way. But here are some ways to make it better.

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC’s latest winners.

She has worked with children varying in age from under 2 years old to teenagers as old as 18.

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries

Team members serving COVID-19 inpatients were more densely connected, interacting far more than their medical ICU counterparts.

Zach Lloyd was only 37 years old with no pre-existing health conditions, but COVID-19 was bringing him within an inch of his life.

October 1, 2020
Caregivers discuss impacts of treating COVID-19 patients

Taking care of patients critically ill with COVID-19 takes an emotional and physical toll on health care providers who say many of these patients are among the sickest they’ve ever encountered.
By Nancy Humphrey
November 6, 2019
Third quarter DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. This is Vanderbilt's latest group.
By Matt Batcheldor
March 28, 2018
Julie Foss departs the Medical Intensive Care Unit for the last time

The "proud Vanderbilt nurse's" life's work, and her passion, are the patients and the employees of MICU.
By Matt Batcheldor