Vanderbilt Health Nursing Archive — Page 4 of 27

Ashley Colburn, RN 2 CC, wearing blue scrubs and holding a framed “The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses” certificate bearing her name.
February 5, 2026

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Ashley greeted us with a smile that warms the heart.’

Ashley Colburn, BSN, RN, works at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Belle Meade. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

By Kylie Avery
Smiling woman wearing a red Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt shirt, standing in front of colorful hanging butterfly decorations.
January 29, 2026

Annalesa Sackey blazes a trail as the first pediatric burn advanced practice provider at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

“Burn found me — I didn’t really find it. It popped up in my life; I flew with it; and I don’t want to go back,” says the Credo Award winner.

By Danny Bonvissuto
Group of staff members posing beside a “Congratulations Team Award 2025” sign and a decorated celebration cake.
January 21, 2026

Medical Assistant Trainee Program team honored for success in training, retaining

Innovative partnership delivers high retention and fills critical staffing gaps across Vanderbilt Health clinics

By Jill Clendening
Portrait of Michele Hasselblad, DNP, RN, NE-BC, with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a black top against a brown studio background.
January 5, 2026

Michele Hasselblad named Chief Nursing Officer for Vanderbilt University Hospital

She succeeds Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, who will retire Jan. 30 after 35 years of service at Vanderbilt Health.

By Kylie Avery
Jasmine Bruton, BSN, RN, smiles while holding a framed DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses certificate in a hospital corridor with large windows.
January 2, 2026

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘It was as if I had fallen into a pit of darkness with no way out. But in that darkness, there was a light. That light was Jasmine.’

Jasmine Bruton, BSN, RN, works in the Pediatric Medicine and Acute Care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

By Kylie Avery
Four award recipients pose together holding framed DAISY Team Award certificates, with a large red hospital logo behind them.
January 2, 2026

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘The Neonatal Outreach Team has transformed emergency neonatal care systems in Tennessee.’

The Neonatal Outreach Team consists of Mary Lee Lemley, MSN, RNC-NIC, Katie Judd, MSN, RN, CCRN, Meghan Arms, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, and Jillian Brown, MHA, at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. They are one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award group winners.

By Kylie Avery