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VUSN Grant: Brain Activity and Pain in People with Alzheimer’s Disease
October 14, 2015
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year $660,633 grant by the National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging under Award Number K23AG046379. The study examines how psychophysical responses to acute experimental thermal pain differs between older adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Assistant Professor Todd Monroe, PhD, RN, FAAN,…
VUSN Congratulates new FAANs
October 12, 2015
Congratulations to VUSN faculty and alumni who were recently inducted as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing at the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. Pictured L to R: Dean Linda Norman, VUSN Professor Susie Adams, Cecilia Page (BSN ’79, DNP ’13, Founder’s Medalist), VUSN Assistant Professor Kelly Wolgast (MSN ’93, Founder’s Medalist), Patrick Palmeri (MSN ’00)…
Study shows compression device helps ease lymphedema
October 8, 2015
Lymphedema patients saw a nearly 80 percent reduction in cellulitis episodes by using an advanced pneumatic compression device at home, according to a study in JAMA Dermatologyco-authored by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Sheila Ridner, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota School of Public Health Associate Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D. The reduction in episodes also led…
Deonni Stolldorf studies the effectiveness of nursing innovations
October 8, 2015
First as a nurse in her home country of South Africa, then later as a nurse educator working in a regional North Carolina health system, Deonni Stolldorf saw innovations come and go. “I saw how the hospital would implement an innovation, but we were not always able to see its benefits,” she said. “An implemented…
Bethany Andrews Rhoten on How Patients Can Cope With Body Image Issues
September 29, 2015
Bethany Andrews Rhoten, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, discusses how patients with cancer can cope with body image issues.
Peter Rohloff lecture, Oct 6, 2015
September 25, 2015
Dr. Peter Rohloff, Chief Medical Office Founder and medical director of Wudu’Kawog Maya Health Alliance in Guatemala “Healthcare Delivery in Resource Poor Areas and the Impact of Culture and Native Language on Health Outcomes” Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Nursing Annex 161 Reception to follow
