Nursing

February 10, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Kevin hugged and cried with us.’

Kevin Plowman, RN, works in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

February 10, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘I hope the hospital understands what an asset she is to them and the community.’

Jesse McGee, BSN, RN, works in the Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

February 10, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She made my daughter feel welcomed, safe and cared for.’

Devan Hayes, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, works in the Child and Adolescent Unit at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

February 10, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She kept me in the know and that was very, very comforting to me.’

Amanda Melton, LPN, works in the Medical Surgical Unit at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

February 5, 2025

Nursing Grand Rounds encouraged nurses to engage in health policy advocacy

Nurses were urged to connect to professional organizations and coalitions as well as advocate within their local communities by joining non-nursing affiliated professional organizations.

Monitor technician Dee Sawyers is part of Vanderbilt’s growing virtual nursing program. (photo by Susan Urmy)
January 31, 2025

Vanderbilt Health innovates with virtual nursing to enhance patient care

The primary responsibilities of a virtual nurse are admitting, discharging, conducting safety rounds, coaching on policy or procedure, and facilitating medication dual sign-off.