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Close contact spurs breastfeeding: study
August 9, 2005
A researcher in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has discovered that skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn immediately following birth can help babies more successfully begin breastfeeding. Bette Moore, who recently earned her Ph.D. at VUSN and is a lactation consultant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, studied a small group of women in the…
VUSN professor to ride with Lance Armstrong
July 27, 2005
Joan King, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.C., a cancer survivor and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing‘s Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, has been chosen to ride across the country alongside seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong in a campaign called the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope. “I‘m excited. I‘m honored….
Faculty honored for teaching and research
May 6, 2005
The 2005 Faculty Awards, presented at Tuesday’s Spring Faculty Meeting, recognize excellence in teaching and in research. Teaching in a Clinical Setting — Dawn M. Vanderhoef, M.S.N., R.N., lecturer in Nursing Vanderhoef works closely with pre-specialty psychiatric and mental health nursing students and enjoys mentoring nursing students and providing clinical experiences for those who are…
Vanderbilt School of Nursing‘s School Health Clinic helping school children fight obesity
February 15, 2005
Childhood obesity in Tennessee is a growing concern. Research shows about 10 percent of children ages 2-5 and 15 percent of children ages 6-19 are obese, and the percentages have more than doubled in the last two decades. Experts at Vanderbilt say Tennessee‘s numbers match those national statistics. Patti Scott, who has a master of science in Nursing,…
Cook to head partnership assessing health of Metro Schools students
December 17, 2004
12/17/2004 – Thomas H. Cook, Ph.D., M.S.N., assistant professor of Nursing, has been appointed the School Health director for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In this newly created role, Cook is heading a partnership with Children’s Hospital and all 129 Metro Nashville Public Schools — with nearly 72,000 students — to provide health assessments…
Study examines new option for babies born addicted to narcotics
November 12, 2004
11/12/2004 – Researchers in the schools of Medicine and Nursing are teaming up on a new study designed to determine whether a new option could mean less severe withdrawal symptoms for the estimated 350,000 babies reportedly born addicted to narcotics each year.
