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VUSN earns Hartford Designation
November 11, 2014
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing was selected for membership in the National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) in recognition of the highest level of commitment to the field of gerontological nursing. “This is a tremendous honor for our school and a reflection of our dedicated research, education and practice faculty,” said Dean Linda Norman,…
Fall 2014 Inaugural Clinical Scholarship Awardees
November 11, 2014
Sharon Holley – Develop Metrics to Help Quantify and Qualify Midwifery Competency Measures for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations Ginny Moore – Promoting Effective Patient Communication Among Vulnerable Women Natasha McClure* – Asthma Interventions to Decrease Potentially Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: Adding the School Environment to an Existing Home-Based Model K. Melissa Smith* – Implementation of…
Scholarly Works Soar: Nursing Practice Reaches New Heights
November 11, 2014
Curiosity, critical thinking and continuous learning are requirements for successful nursing students and faculty alike. The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) recently launched its Scholarly Practice Program, which empowers non-tenure track faculty to seek answers for their clinical practice. “Our faculty are extremely talented professionals, each focused on their individual areas of interest. This program…
Faculty Appointments
November 11, 2014
National Nursing Organizations Leadership Susie Adams, president-elect, American Psychiatric Nurses Association Cathy Ivory, president, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses Jana Lauderdale, president, Transcultural Nursing Society Patty Sengstack, president, American Nursing Informatics Association Jennifer Willbeck, chair, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners National Nursing Organization Boards Karen D’Apolito, National Perinatal Association Board…
Welcome New Faculty
November 11, 2014
Research Cathy Ivory PhD, MSN, RN Ivory completed her PhD and post-doctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University. Her dissertation focused on standardizing failure to rescue elements in perinatal nursing documentation. Ivory brings more than 20 years of clinical, education and research experience to her role as assistant professor, continuing her research and teaching courses in informatics….
Currently Funded Grants and Contracts
November 11, 2014
Research Lorraine Mion Early Nurse Detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (END-DSD) National Institutes of Health/Pennsylvania State University 4/01/2010 – 2/08/2015 $732,533 Todd Monroe Age-Related Differences in Psychophysical and Neurobiological Response to Pain National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging 4/01/2014 – 3/31/2016 $431,750 Shelagh Mulvaney Using Social Learning to Improve Adolescent Diabetes Adherence Problem…
