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Simulation Expert Shares Educational Strategy for Debriefing
October 30, 2015
Marjorie Miller, MS, RN, Certified Healthcare Simulation Education, nursing education consultant and lead faculty with the California Simulation Alliance, recently presented “Debriefing Dynamics: Essential Elements of Simulation Debriefing” to Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) faculty and staff members. In the workshop, Miller discussed simulation as an educational strategy and emphasized the importance of debriefing, a…
Class Notes — Fall 2015
October 30, 2015
70s Carolyn Burr, BSN ‘71, lives in Newark, New Jersey, and was featured in Rutgers Today for her determination to help pregnant women infected with the HIV virus avoid sharing it with their newborns, all while dealing with her own multiple sclerosis diagnosis. She received the Excellence in HIV Prevention Award from the Association of Nurses in AIDS…
Usher Named Alumni Relations Director
October 30, 2015
Betsey Usher was named Director of Alumni Relations at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She will be responsible for developing and implementing activities to engage VUSN alumni and to link alumni with students. She has served at several positions at the school for past eight years, first as coordinator of the school’s Centennial celebration,…
Faculty and Alumni Selected as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing
October 30, 2015
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) Professor and Faculty Scholar Susie Adams, PhD, APRN, PMHNP, FAANP, and Assistant Professor and Director of the Healthcare Leadership Program Kelly Wolgast, DNP, MSS, RN, FACHE, have been selected as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing. Additionally, three VUSN alumni were selected: Cecilia Page, DNP ‘13, BSN ‘79,…
Vanderhoef to Direct Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
October 30, 2015
Assistant Professor Dawn Vanderhoef, PhD, DNP, PMHNP/CNS-BC, has been named director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). The program is one of the School’s largest specialties and is ranked as the No. 4 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program in the country, according to the most recent…