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Why Midwives Are Fast Becoming More Popular Than OBGYNs
March 6, 2018
Many women are simply unaware that they can seek primary care from a midwife. “Midwives in general are huge patient advocates, and throughout the health care system, they bump into areas where women are not getting their needs met,” Julia Phillippia, CNM and assistant professor at VUSN. Midwives are fast becoming an effective primary and reproductive health care…
Work with Doctors Without Borders inspires, impacts 2017 alumnus
February 20, 2018
Family Nurse Practitioner Saman Perera, MSN’17, fights health care inequality through Doctors Without Borders. Originally from Hendersonville, Tennessee, Perera recently moved to Knoxville after coming back from a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) two-month medical mission trip to Bentiu, South Sudan.
A Vanderbilt Love Story
February 13, 2018
A call in the night started a Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctor and a School of Nursing faculty member on a path to romance that’s still as strong nearly three decades later. “She was really sweet and 34 years later, she’s still just as sweet,” Bill says. “It was meant to be,” Genie adds. A Valentine’s story from VUMC Voice
From the Tristar State to the Land of Eternal Spring: Vanderbilt and Guatemala
February 13, 2018
Vanderbilt School of Nursing MSN students and faculty head to Guatemala to work with a local clinic during spring break in March. Vanderbilt’s student newspaper, the Hustler, features that connection and others between Vanderbilt and Guatemala in an in-depth article.
Vanderbilt awards endowed chairs to two School of Nursing professors
February 9, 2018
Two Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) professors have been named to endowed chairs, the highest honor Vanderbilt University awards its faculty. Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM, received the Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing Education. Kleinpell, an internationally recognized researcher and educator, serves as VUSN’s assistant dean for clinical scholarship. She directs the school’s…
VUSN WHNP alum, Courtenay Lahey, joins Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital’s Women’s Wellness
February 8, 2018
Courtenay Lahey, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner is a new full-time nurse practitioner at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital’s Women’s Wellness. Courtenay is nationally certified through the National Certification Corporation. She delivers comprehensive health care to women over 13; Courtenay’s specific interests are adolescent sexual health/education and LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) birth control.
