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VUSN Alum Brandi Wilkerson Joins Carthage Pediatric Clinic Staff
August 2, 2016
Carthage Area Hospital is pleased to welcome and introduce Brandi Wilkerson, MSN, CPNP-PC to their staff at the Carthage Pediatric Clinic located at 117 N. Mechanic St. in Carthage. Brandi Wilkerson, MSN, CPNP-PC is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She is a 2012 graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and began practicing pediatrics…
YWCA Names 2016 Academy for Women of Achievement Honorees
July 30, 2016
Marilyn Dubree, executive chief nursing officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and senior associate dean for clinical practice at VUSN along with seven inspiring Nashville women have been selected as inductees into the 2016 Academy for Women of Achievement. They will be honored at the 25th annual Academy for Women of Achievement celebration and induction…
Mayor appoints faculty, staff representatives to Metro boards
July 19, 2016
Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has made a number of appointments to boards, committees and advisory committees in recent weeks. Among them are a number of members of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center communities, including: Melanie Lutenbacher, associate professor of nursing and associate professor of medicine;
VUSN to begin testing next generation device
July 19, 2016
BRISBANE, Australia and CARLSBAD, Calif., July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ImpediMed Limited (ASX:IPD) announces that it is partnering with Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for a series of patient and clinician human factors testing for the company’s next generation technology platform. Under the direction of Principal Investigator Sheila H. Ridner, PhD, FAAN, researchers at the Vanderbilt…
Study shows people with Alzheimer’s have a lower ability to detect pain but they feel it as intensely as healthy adults
July 12, 2016
People with Alzheimer’s disease don’t perceive pain as readily as healthy older adults, and this may lead to delays and underreporting of pain. This alteration in pain detection may be one reason that people with Alzheimer’s disease and pain tend to be undermedicated and suffer unnecessarily, a trans-institutional group of Vanderbilt researchers reported recently in…
VIDL awards funding to enhance teaching, learning through digital technology
July 1, 2016
The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) distributed more than $46,000 in grants and awards this spring as part of its Innovation Programs initiative. Faculty, staff and students were invited to apply for VIDL funding for their projects that met criteria in one of four categories: MacroGrants, MicroGrants, Student Innovation Awards or Faculty Working Groups….
