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Six Vanderbilt Students Selected as Frist Global Health Leaders

November 15, 2012

Three students in the School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program and three rising fourth-year School of Medicine students have been selected as 2012 Frist Global Health Leaders. The program was established by Hope Through Healing Hands, a Nashville-based non-profit organization founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, adjunct professor of…

Community Health Students Help With Kindergarten Readiness

November 15, 2012

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students, working in partnership with the Martha O’Bryan Center, United Neighborhood Health Services (UNHS) and Kirkpatrick Elementary School, developed a pilot project to increase awareness and improve access for children in the Cayce Place community who need to register for kindergarten. The Kindergarten Kick-Off Health Fair, held this summer, was…

Save the Date

November 15, 2012

We will celebrate the IOTA Chapter’s 60th anniversary in 2013. This is a very exciting time in the history of our chapter and we are planning on celebrating this significant historical event with our members. In honor of our 60th anniversary, we will be hosting the National President of Sigma Theta Tau, Suzanne Prevost, PhD,…

Case Wins State Award for Excellence

November 15, 2012

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Instructor and clinician Jane Case, DNP, FNP-BC, recently received the 2012 Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at the 27th National Conference in Orlando, Fla. Only one nurse practitioner from each state was chosen for this competitive award. “Jane embodies all the qualities we…

New Program Directors

November 15, 2012

Michelle Collins, PhD, CNM, has been named program director for the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery program.  Collins is an associate professor of Nursing who has been teaching in the VUSN Nurse-Midwifery program for seven years. Before joining Vanderbilt, she worked as a nurse, charge nurse and educator for 15 years in hospital and…

VUSN Student Heads to China on Boren Fellowship

November 15, 2012

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing student Erin Dittmer has been awarded a David L. Boren Fellowship to study in China during the 2012-2013 academic year. Sponsored by the National Security Education Program, the David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are a federal initiative designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens…

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