PICU

“I will always remember her. I can’t imagine a more compassionate individual,” and other DAISY Award-winning examples of extraordinary nurses

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

A combination of professional experience and personal loss makes Lochmiller a Credo Award winner during the February 2023 Leadership Assembly.

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

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

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

“It really helped everyone focus on something positive. We were all excited about supporting them, encouraging them and lifting them up.”

April 12, 2019
First quarter DAISY Awards honor three 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
November 30, 2017
Bear the therapy dog’s legacy lives on at Children’s Hospital

Bear was calm and gentle with children and loved to visit them in the hospital. He leaves behind a legacy at Children’s Hospital, especially in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
By Jennifer Wetzel
November 10, 2016
Family’s PICU experience sparks commitment to giving

Two years ago, Laura and Justin Burney faced the unthinkable: almost losing their infant daughter, Brooklyn.
By Christina Echegaray
February 7, 2013
PICU reaches new milestone in fight against infections

On Jan. 10, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt reached impressive new territory — 365 days without a single case of central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) or ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).
By Paul Govern