Nursing
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October 8, 2020
Nurse-led training program in Guyana carries on
Just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended international travel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurses completed two new educational initiatives in the South American country of Guyana, and a strong collaboration continues virtually in response to the coronavirus. -
October 2, 2020
The doctor’s closet was a mess. Her friends conspired to have a Netflix show organize it for her.
Whitney Browning, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital, is featured on the Netflix show "Getting Organized with the Home Edit" thanks to her sneaky friends -
September 9, 2020
VUMC Nursing’s ‘Boot Camp’ hones critical care skills
About 250 nurse practitioners and physician assistants nationwide gathered over Zoom from Sept. 2-4 for the ninth annual ACNP/PA Critical Care Boot Camp, the first in its history to be entirely virtual, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
August 13, 2020
Acupressure studied to treat neonatal opioid withdrawal
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently completed a study to create a standardized protocol for using acupressure to treat newborns with opioid withdrawal syndrome. -
August 13, 2020
Children’s Hospital ECMO program lands excellence award
For the fifth straight time, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s heart-lung support program has received the ELSO Award — Gold Level for Excellence in Life Support by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). -
August 6, 2020
Yeatman named interim chief nursing officer for VWCH
Jeanne Yeatman, MBA, MOM, RN, CMTE, EMT, associate nursing officer and executive director of Vanderbilt LifeFlight, has been named interim chief nursing officer of Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH). -
August 5, 2020
COVID unit nurse speaks from the heart about the impact of the disease and the importance of masking
At the mayor's press conference Cody Hamilton told of the toll COVID takes on those who have the disease, and those who care for them