Nursing Archive — Page 19 of 33

Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of Brent Dunworth wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a brown background.
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.

Nurse in gloves bathes a patient’s arm with a disposable cloth in a medical intensive care unit; hospital equipment and privacy curtains are visible in the background.
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.

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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.

Portrait of Chris Wilson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, smiling and wearing a dark blazer against a brown background.
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.

Portrait of Karen Hughart, MSN, RN, smiling and wearing glasses and a patterned blouse.
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.

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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.