Nursing

February 28, 2019

VUMC shines in new advanced practice book

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a leading institution for advanced practice professionals, recently reached another milestone for prominence in this area.

A Metro Nashville Police Department crime scene investigator uses a nursing mannequin with simulated bruising to demonstrate how to photograph assault injuries to VUSN students Erin Talbott, left, Lauren Lariscy, Jennifer Pricher and Rita Peters.
February 14, 2019

VUSN launches Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently held a three-day clinical immersion to launch its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education program for advanced practice nursing students, part of a $1.43 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

February 7, 2019

March of Dimes chapter honors nine Vanderbilt nurses

Nine nurses from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently received top honors at the March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter Nurse of the Year Awards.

The launch of ‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ will help Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt make strides for more patients like Jurnee Scantling, here embracing her mother, Erika Scivally.
February 7, 2019

‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ launched

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt publicly launched a $15 million childhood cancer campaign this week.

January 31, 2019

Grand rounds event highlights Advanced Practice Nursing

About 200 people gathered at Light Hall on Jan. 15 for the kickoff of the 2019 series of Advanced Practice Grand Rounds, a monthly educational series organized by the VUMC Office of Advanced Practice.

January 31, 2019

VUMC lands BEST for Babies award

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) BEST for Babies award, which celebrates hospital efforts to reduce infant death and to give babies and their families the best possible start.