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VUMC Lands Moore Foundation Grant
April 29, 2014
Vanderbilt University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies was awarded $2.2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to address nursing workforce issues that may impede future health care. Certain regions in the U.S., particularly rural areas, continue to report a shortage of nurses, especially in specialties such as operating room and labor and…
School Reaches Out to Male Students
April 29, 2014
The VUSN Admissions Office reports male recruitment is on the upswing. During the past four years, the percentage of male students has consistently risen. In the current academic year, 11.3 percent of the students are male. Perhaps one reason for this is the growth of the School’s thriving American Assembly for Men in Nursing: Middle…
Adams Named School’s First Faculty Scholar
April 29, 2014
Susie Adams, PhD, RN, has been named to the newly created position of Nursing Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. The Faculty Scholar position will partner with existing and/or new agencies affiliated with VUSN to evaluate evidence-based health practices, analyze program outcomes and disseminate findings. “Susie is the…
Love Takes Helm of Psychiatric Mental Health Program
April 29, 2014
Rene Love has been named program director for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). She succeeds Susie Adams, who was recently named Nursing Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health at VUSN. Love has taught at VUSN for 15 years, including courses in the MSN and…
Spotlight on Nursing Research//Socially Assistive Robots and Senior Care
April 29, 2014
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Lorraine Mion believes nursing resources are going to be stretched to their limits with a growing senior population. To help shore up these anticipated gaps, she thinks robots can play a role in complementing or supplementing some senior care needs. Collaborating with some of the best minds from the realms…
Key Results
April 29, 2014
Although long-term clinical outcomes data is not yet available, here are a few highlights: In one year, clinicians have seen progress in hypertension control rates with a nearly 20 percent improvement in patient levels. Smoking cessation screening is at 100 percent, which prompted the implementation of an aggressive smoking cessation program. Social work services screenings…
