Issue Category
Covered
March 12, 2018
When 24-year-old Blossom Olmos learned she was pregnant with her first child, her primary care physician referred her to an obstetrician, but there was just one problem. The insurance provided through her employer didn’t cover maternity care and childbirth. She and her boyfriend, John Haro, were living in California, but they had just decided to…
Asthma and absenteeism
March 12, 2018
During the past school year, Napier Enhanced Option Elementary School in Nashville had the second largest population of elementary school-aged children with asthma in the district. The ranking is one that Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) Assistant Professor Natasha McClure, MSN’11, DNP, CPNP, knows she cannot change. So she wants to do the next…
Currently Funded Grants and Contracts
March 12, 2018
Research Grants Michelle Collins Use of Nitrous Oxide During Labor and Birth & Perinatal Outcomes, Development of a U.S. Repository of Nitrous Use Porter Instrument Division — Parker Hannifin Corporation 1/14–10/18 $44,100 Michelle Collins Use of Nitrous Oxide During Labor and Birth & Perinatal Outcomes, Development of a U.S. Repository of Nitrous Use American College…
Welcome New Faculty
March 12, 2018
Jennifer David, DNP’17, MSN’14, CPNP, Instructor David is a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner who teaches in the PreSpecialty section of the MSN program. She has taught at the University of North Georgia, Berry College and Georgia State University and works in the anesthesia department at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. David also has a background…
Making an Impact
March 12, 2018
At Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, we educate lifelong learners with the knowledge and skills needed in rapidly changing environments. We establish and improve innovative scholarly advanced practice models that define and respond to health care trends and needs. We develop and innovate informatics solutions that advance health care. We improve the health of individuals,…
Selected Works 2016
March 12, 2018
Journals Adams S. Collaborating in an evolving health care system: Opportunities for redesigning health care delivery. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Jan 2016:22(1):62-69. Stone A, LaMotta CP, Baudino MN, Akard TF, Gilmer MJ. Circumstances surrounding deaths from the perspective of bereaved Honduran families. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. Feb 2016:22(2):82-89. Tucker PW, Evans…
