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Lights. Camera. Action.
April 24, 2013
Nutrition instructor Jamie Pope lectures to her students on the power of superfoods, with a rainbow-colored collection of nutrient-rich fare on the table before her and a green screen draped behind her. Her class is 50,000 students strong and growing. Except for a throng of studio lights, camera equipment, computers and a teleprompter, not a…
Through the Years
April 24, 2013
1984 Colleen Conway named Dean VUSN organizationally moves to the Medical Center Julia Hereford Society established Positions of associate deans for Academics, Research and Practice established 1985 BSN degree begins phase-out Joint Center for Nursing Research opens Gov. Lamar Alexander appoints Conway-Welch to Tennessee State Board of Nursing 1986 Pre-Specialty Bridge-to-MSN introduced; graduates…
The Colleen Conway-Welch Legacy
April 24, 2013
In 1985, after Colleen Conway married Ted Welch, she signed an informal written agreement between the two of them that she would resign as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing after five years. Eight years later Welch lovingly tore up the agreement and handed her the pieces. Twenty-nine years later Conway-Welch is stepping…
Nursing society chapter celebrates 60th anniversary
April 18, 2013
The Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), founded at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a guest lecture by Suzanne Prevost, Ph.D., RN., president of the nursing research honor society. “The professional development piece of nursing is very important and continues to develop for the rest of your…
Vanderbilt Guatemalan field station new interdisciplinary hub
April 18, 2013
Vanderbilt University’s expanded commitment to research and sustainable development in Guatemala is reflected in this spring’s opening of a Guatemala City field station that is home to 13 projects. The field station, located at the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center, provides support for diverse programs ranging from pediatric surgery to study of Mayan languages as well…
Putting the ER in Diversity
March 30, 2013
During her orientation as an emergency nurse at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Hollywood, Calif., Katherine Bolden, MSN, RN, helped care for a man who had come to the ER after falling and hitting his head. The medical staff suspected that he had suffered a serious injury, and the doctor ordered tests. A CT scan revealed…
