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Dig out those photos and memories
June 26, 2017
Alumni from 1960s-80s, were you part of the Appalachian Student Health Coalition as a student or nursing graduate? Vanderbilt is working with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to gather materials and information for the Appalachian Student Health Coalition archive (studenthealthcoalition.web.unc.edu). If you have photos, stories, items or want more information, contact Collecting and Outreach…
VUSN professor receives American Cancer Society award to study self-care for cancer survivors
June 26, 2017
Assistant Professor Jie Deng, Ph.D. ‘10, R.N., OCN, FAAN, has been awarded a $789,000 research scholar grant by the American Cancer Society to develop and test a self-care program for head and neck cancer survivors diagnosed with secondary lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). LEF causes swelling and the development of hard tissue in the head and…
Vanderbilt School of Nursing to break ground for new building expansion
June 26, 2017
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) will soon break ground on a new 29,947-square-foot addition connecting to its existing buildings on the Vanderbilt campus. Construction is expected to begin in late spring and be completed in August 2018. “This expansion will strengthen the School of Nursing’s position as one of the nation’s elite nursing…
Class Notes — Summer 2017
June 23, 2017
60s Ellen Durham Davis, BSN ‘63, is a consulting associate at Duke University School of Nursing. Cindy Stone Monroe, BSN ‘66, and her husband, Jim, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June 2016. 70s Marie Annette Brown, BSN ‘70, was inducted into the Washington State Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 2016. Beth Colvin…
Rural need inspired Tennessee’s first nurse-managed clinic
June 22, 2017
It was only going to be for a few years. Carolyn Whitaker, BSN ‘62, MSN ‘72, agreed to serve as the primary health provider in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, for a few years, and then she would return home to Nashville to work. That was the condition she agreed to when she accepted an Appalachian…
VUSN By the Numbers 2017
February 9, 2017
