Voice

September 2, 2021

A leading authority in ICU-related depression and PTSD, Jim Jackson’s skills have proven especially critical to helping patients during the pandemic

“The last year has been so traumatizing and hard, but to use the skills and knowledge that we have been developing to good effect in the service of others during this difficult season has been meaningful.”

By Bill Snyder
August 30, 2021

VUMC nurse Shakeya Bean featured in national public service announcement about COVID vaccines

She sees patients who are struggling after a COVID infection. “It doesn’t have to be this way,” she said.

By Wayne Wood
August 26, 2021

When VUMC’s COVID-19 unit opened, Leslie Thompson eagerly stepped up to work there. She’d do it again in a heartbeat.

“Someone had to go clean those rooms up, and I’m happy to do whatever I’m asked to do. It comes with the job. I just wanted to help out and be a team player.”

By Jill Clendening
August 24, 2021

Window on Child Life

A glimpse into the lives of some of the Certified Child Life Specialists and the children and families they care for at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

By Erin O. Smith
August 20, 2021

There is a bell on the transplant unit. It rings in celebration — and memory

Coleen Leszczynski’s family dedicated the bell, to be rung every time a transplant patient leaves the hospital

By Matt Batcheldor
August 11, 2021

Children and backpacks: lighten up their heavy load

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers backpack safety tips

By Jessica Pasley
August 4, 2021

More than 10,000 ice cream treats served during 2021 VUMC Chill Out

I scream, you scream, etc.
By Wayne Wood
July 23, 2021

The little boy was in the swimming pool, not breathing. Thanks to CPR, first responders and LifeFlight, he is fine.

It should have been a joyous day. It almost turned tragic.
By Jessica Pasley
July 22, 2021

Second quarter 2021 DAISY Awards honor extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries
By Matt Batcheldor
July 21, 2021

Father, son benefit from jaw reconstruction guided by 3D virtual planning

By Jill Clendening
July 9, 2021

“Why on earth would I not do this?”

Sarah Osman works in the Transplant Pharmacy. She heard that Nathan Horton, her boss from a previous job, needed a kidney. She immediately offered one of hers.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 9, 2021

The nurse was afraid her patient would die. She wrote her experience in a story that was shared by NPR.

Sue Perron, a Vanderbilt intensive care nurse, told the story of the patient with COVID she called the Butterfly Man
By Wayne Wood
July 7, 2021

VUMC nurse Tamara Slagle was losing her sight. A cornea transplant allowed her to keep the job she loves.

“My day-to-day living has gotten easier, and my job too.”
By Nancy Humphrey
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