neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

August 15, 2019

VUSN to honor Crankshaw’s clinical achievements

Marlee Crankshaw, DNP, RN, CNML, is receiving the 2019 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Alumni Award for Clinical Achievement in Nursing.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 25, 2019

Teams land perinatal care quality awards

Three teams across Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently earned top-status Gold Level Quality awards from the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC).

By Christina Echegaray
December 14, 2018

Twenty-three families with babies in NICU treated to holiday outing to Opryland Hotel

A time for holiday cheer and a break from the hospital

By Jessica Pasley
December 11, 2018

Tim McGraw stars in fundraising ad for Children’s Hospital NICU

Country music star Tim McGraw has teamed up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to promote the hospital’s Give to the Next Breath initiative, a philanthropic marketing effort to support the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

By Paige Turner
October 16, 2018

An approaching hurricane. A critically ill baby. A Vanderbilt team flies in to help.

“The mother was so grateful that we were able to get her baby to a safe place.”

By Jessica Pasley
July 23, 2018

NICU nurse overwhelmed by support from co-workers after house fire

The house is gone. Love remains.

By Jessica Pasley
March 8, 2018

Hearts of gold

In celebration of Heart Month, babies in the newborn nursery and NICU received “Heart of Gold” onesies.
February 15, 2018

Love is all around on babies’ first Valentine’s Day

Tiny feet, tiny Valentines, big love.
By Jennifer Wetzel
February 15, 2018

Little sweethearts

In recognition of Heart Month, VUMC’s newborn sweethearts celebrated Valentine’s Day by creating a special gift for their loved ones.
September 14, 2017

Daughter follows mother into nursing through VUMC Nursing Explorer program

Reed Sparta, a senior in high school, is a current member of VUMC's Nursing Explorer program; she was inspired by her mom Elizabeth Sparta, R.N., who works in VUMC's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 24, 2017

Eclipse VIPs

Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated Monday’s solar eclipse with its smallest patients. Babies
June 29, 2017

Event celebrates Walsh’s career as chief of Nurseries

William Walsh, M.D., has always “put the baby in the middle” — sometimes literally, but most often figuratively.
By Christina Echegaray
March 16, 2017

Premature infants in NICU do better with touch: study

Treatment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) saves millions of infants born prematurely every year. But treatment is not without cost. Painful procedures such as needle pricks can impact early brain development.
By Bill Snyder