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A video created to recruit families for a research study run by Terrah Akard, PhD ‘08, MSN ‘01, RN, FAAN, associate professor in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), has advanced to the national American Advertising Awards (formerly the ADDYs) competition where it will compete for the… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read More

Installing XQuartz (this is done first but only once) Installing R (this is done first but only once) Installing R-Commander (must be done AFTER R is installed but only once) Starting R-Commander (this is done every time you want to run it) Links to Using… Read More

Middle Tennesseans’ needs go well beyond the four addressed in this issue of Vanderbilt Nurse — so the School of Nursing’s care stretches far and wide as well. Here’s a sample of other VUSN projects.  Health care for the homeless: PreSpecialty students like LaToya Hopkins, MSN’16, conduct health assessments and… Read More

Dear alumni, colleagues and supporters, Photo by Daniel Dubois How do you define a community? Is it the people you interact with day to day? Is it your physical building or the neighborhoods surrounding the place you live and work? Is it a town, a city, a region or even… Read More

50s Ruth Bishop Limehouse, BSN’56, celebrated her 90th birthday in her hometown of Harleyville, South Carolina, in May 2017.   60s Susan Applegarth Murphy, BSN’69, is a keynote speaker, author and business consultant living in Rancho Mirage, California.   70s Adrienne Ames, MSN’75, received the Elizabeth Jacobs Service Award from… Read More

Social worker Jenna Pemberton, LMSW, (right) talks with a client at the Clinic at Mercury Courts, which has used a new HRSA grant to add social work and mental health providers. Photo by Anne Rayner. The Clinic at Mercury Courts has added psychiatric-mental health care to its primary care clinical… Read More

VUSN groundbreaking participants, from left: D.F. Chase President Dennis Gregory, Hastings Architecture Associate Principal Mark Zook, Vanderbilt University Architect Keith Loiseau, School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Vanderbilt University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente, Vanderbilt University Board of Trust… Read More

Centerstone’s LaTisha Pike, MSN’13, left, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, serves as preceptor for PMHNP student Christine Matthews. Matthews, who graduated from Peabody College in 2016, receives the School of Nursing Alumni Scholarship in recognition of her deep commitment to volunteerism. Photo by Joe Howell. Matthew Hardy, PhD, regional vice… Read More