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“Laughing gas” added as childbirth pain control option
October 19, 2011
Vanderbilt University Medical Center started offering nitrous oxide this summer as a pain management tool for women during childbirth — joining only two other hospitals in the country offering this option. Nitrous oxide, also called “laughing gas,” can be administered quickly by the patient, is widely known to rapidly ease pain and has been proven…
Spotlight on Nursing Research/Helping Youth Self-Manage Diabetes
October 19, 2011
Shelagh Mulvaney is on a mission to see how technology can help adolescents with diabetes. She is working on the development and testing of several systems and programs, and won’t stop until she and her colleagues can figure out ways to help teens better self-manage their health. “Thanks in part to technology, we have many…
Class Notes – Fall 2011
October 19, 2011
40s Helen Iola Manoogian, BSN ‘47B, celebrated her 90th birthday with a ride on a zip line. 50s Frances M. Edwards, BSN ‘53, MSN ‘76, received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Tennessean’s recent Salute to Nurses ceremony. According to her nomination, “no one in Tennessee has been more involved in promoting the health of…
Dean’s Message
October 19, 2011
The School of Nursing’s fall semester is well under way, and it is always an exciting time for our faculty and staff to welcome a large group of very talented students to the school – close to 1,000! We are pleased to announce the School of Nursing is now the largest professional school…
VUSN’s Patti McCarver in the New York Times
October 4, 2011
VUSN’s Patti McCarver in the New York Times [Article] [PDF]
School of Nursing wellness program takes to the stairs
August 4, 2011
The stairwells at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are seeing a lot more traffic this summer thanks to a StairWellness Program developed by the school and Health Plus. The VUSN StairWellness program was initiated by Carla Beals, graphics manager at VUSN, and Betsey Usher, a program manager, who were inspired after hearing Mayor Karl…
