Healthier babies, mothers goal of texting program

March 19, 2010

Patients of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing nurse-midwifery practice have a new way to keep themselves and their babies healthy: text messaging. The practice is the first in Tennessee to participate in the Department of Health and Human Services “text4baby” campaign, the first free health education program in the nation to use mobile phones.

Gallery – Graduation

March 10, 2010

Keck named to new VUSN leadership role

February 19, 2010

Becky Keck, M.S.N., R.N., has been named to the newly created role of senior associate dean for Administration and Operations, and chief administrative officer at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. “Becky is a talented administrator, teacher and nurse who brings with her a long track record of successes,” said Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., dean of VUSN….

Medical informatics group elects VUSN’s Weiner

January 22, 2010

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., was recently inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), a college of elected fellows from across the world who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics.

Lutenbacher honored by nursing academy

December 18, 2009

Melanie Lutenbacher, Ph.D., M.S.N., associate professor of Nursing and Pediatrics, was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, as one of its 2009 Fellows. She was selected for her outstanding achievements in the nursing profession and was inducted with other nurse leaders during the academy’s Annual Awards Ceremony and Induction Banquet in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Rebirth of the Midwife

November 23, 2009

Tisha Holloway was exhausted. She had been laboring in a North Carolina hospital for almost 26 hours to give birth to her first child, but the baby just wouldn’t come. “I tried to do everything right during my pregnancy,” the 27-year-old woman says. “I ate right, exercised, kept my weight down. Just before I went…