Voice

VUMC Pets of the Day: Lucy and Simba

VUMC Pets of the Day: Harry and Pete

Jamye and Austin Willé with their daughter, Akemi.

Patient’s family experiences healing power of music

Music therapy focuses on the use of music to help patients with chronic pain, physical rehabilitation, psychiatric symptoms, end of life, procedural support and coping with hospitalization and disease.

Vanessa Cameron is a nurse educator who has always been passionate about accommodations to help people learn. But a rock-climbing fall left her paraplegic, and she now says: ‘I thought I understood what ableism was, and I was wrong.’

Cameron, who co-leads the VUMC Disability Employee Resource Group, has led a team to develop algorithmic tools intended for anyone with a goal of supporting all participants at educational events.

VUMC Pets of the Day: Gizmo and Chewy

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She always goes above what we expect and is kind and patient’

Miriam Majors, BSN, RN, works in the Surgical Services unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

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