Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

March 11, 2020

The NICU Interdisciplinary Mock Code Work Group knows every second counts in a code response to save critically ill patients’ lives.

The work group, which calls a mock code twice a month to give team members as much practice as possible, has managed to cut the response time to a code in half, from about 143 seconds to 77 seconds.

By Nancy Humphrey
March 2, 2020

VUMC welcomes seven Leap Day babies

Neonatal nurse practitioner Wendy Araya, a Feb. 29 baby herself, offers advice to the latest leaplings

By Jessica Pasley
December 14, 2018

Twenty-three families with babies in NICU treated to holiday outing to Opryland Hotel

A time for holiday cheer and a break from the hospital

By Jessica Pasley
October 16, 2018

An approaching hurricane. A critically ill baby. A Vanderbilt team flies in to help.

“The mother was so grateful that we were able to get her baby to a safe place.”

By Jessica Pasley
July 23, 2018

NICU nurse overwhelmed by support from co-workers after house fire

The house is gone. Love remains.

By Jessica Pasley
February 15, 2018

Love is all around on babies’ first Valentine’s Day

Tiny feet, tiny Valentines, big love.

By Jennifer Wetzel
September 14, 2017

Daughter follows mother into nursing through VUMC Nursing Explorer program

Reed Sparta, a senior in high school, is a current member of VUMC's Nursing Explorer program; she was inspired by her mom Elizabeth Sparta, R.N., who works in VUMC's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
By Leigh MacMillan