The Vanderbilt School of Nursing and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been named the first-ever United Academic/Hospital National Caring Science Affiliate by the Watson Caring Science Institute.
The designation helps boost a VUSN and VUMC pilot project integrating Caring Science into student learning. The pilot calls for VUSN Master of Nursing students to learn to incorporate Caring Science principles in their practice while still in the classroom and for VUMC to incorporate them in nursing units through the medical center’s nurse residency program. As part of the program, a number of VUSN faculty and VUMC nurses have enrolled in specialized education to become Caritas coaches and Caritas leaders.