Nursing
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August 31, 2022
Critical care skills sharpened at VUMC Nursing ‘Boot Camp’
Vanderbilt recently hosted a 'Boot Camp' conference for critical care nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to receive specialized critical care training to improve patient care. -
August 18, 2022
Dunworth named nurse executive for Advanced Practice
Brent Dunworth, DNP, MBA, CRNA, NEA-BC, has been named associate nurse executive for Advanced Practice in Vanderbilt's Office of Advanced Practice. -
August 11, 2022
New predictive tool helps capture bedside observations of nurses
Vanderbilt is collaborating with several other medical systems to implement a predictive tool that uses machine learning to extract patient behaviors documented by nurses in electronic health records and transform them into observable data. -
August 4, 2022
Nurse residency program gains second PTAP accreditation
Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program has been awarded its second Accreditation with Distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. -
August 4, 2022
VUMC nursing education leader Wilson retires after 45 years
Chris Wilson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, senior director of Nursing Education and Professional Development, retired at the end of July after 45 years of service to Vanderbilt. -
July 21, 2022
VUMC Nursing Informatics leader Hughart to retire
Vanderbilt Nursing Informatics leader Karen Hughart, MSN, RN, is retiring at the end of July after 45 years at the Medical Center. -
July 20, 2022
The nurse came back from Kroger to care for a patient, 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.