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Schorn Named Senior Associate Dean for Academics
November 5, 2013
Mavis Schorn, PhD, CNM, has been named senior associate dean for Academics at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She has served as assistant dean for Academics for the past three years while maintaining an active clinical practice at West End Women’s Health Center. “Mavis is the ideal person for this position. She is a gifted…
Spotlight on Nursing Research//Rapid Response Team Sustainability
November 5, 2013
Incoming Veterans Administration Quality Scholar Deonni Stolldorf, PhD, MSN, RN, is passionate about innovation in health care. She’s been interested in medicine since she was a child growing up in South Africa. She was a high achiever with good grades who applied to medical school at a time when very few women were admitted, and,…
The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practices required by the American Association of College of Nursing
November 5, 2013
Essential 1: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice Essential 2: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking Essential 3: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice Essential 4: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care Essential 5: Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care Essential…
Dean’s Message
November 5, 2013
Dear Alumni, Colleagues and Supporters, It is an honor to serve as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and I will work every day to live up to the challenge. As you probably know, there is no better learning or proving ground than having worked with Dean Emerita Colleen Conway-Welch for more than…
The Vanderbilt DNP Experience
November 5, 2013
Vanderbilt’s DNP program is built upon our 100+ year history of innovation in nursing education and is tailored to your nursing educational background whether it is in clinical practice, health systems or informatics. • Applicants (CNS, CNM, CRNA or NP) who enter with an MSN and applicants with an MSN in health systems management or…
Nursing Leadership in Global Health Symposium
November 5, 2013
In February, Vanderbilt University will host the Nursing Leadership in Global Health Symposium, which aims to promote the nursing model of care as a means to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in resource-limited settings around the globe. The symposium is open to nurses and other health care workers and administrators who are…
