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VUSN Hosts Simulation Debriefing Workshop
July 14, 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 more than 30 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) faculty and staff members. In the workshop, Miller discussed simulation as an educational strategy and emphasized the…
Janie Daddario Retirement Party
July 6, 2015
Retirement Party for Janie Daddario Please join Dean Linda Norman as we bid farewell to Janie Daddario Tuesday, July 14 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Living Room Click here to RSVP. Click here for a slideshow of Janie at VUSN from over the years!
Vanderhoef recognized by American Psychiatric Nurses Association
June 25, 2015
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Dawn Vanderhoef, PhD, DNP, PMHNP/Cs-BC, is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Education from the American Nurses Psychiatric Association. The award is given to someone who has imparted knowledge, skill and clinical analysis in the field by demonstrating innovative approaches, collaboration with other disciplines and positive…
The need for nursing informatics in LTC
June 19, 2015
The last decade in healthcare has seen an increasing transition, from a focus in the acute care setting to a broader perspective encompassing ambulatory, home health, hospice and long-term care settings. As payment models increasingly reward quality outcomes, the need to address care across all settings has become an imperative. The hospital profit base 10…
Vanderbilt uses mannequin that gives birth to help train nursing students
May 15, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Vanderbilt School of Nursing is increasingly utilizing human-like mannequins in its Vanderbilt Simulation Lab to train nursing students. One of the mannequins, “Noelle,” is a female, who gives birth to a baby mannequin.
VUSN graduates ready to be positive force in health care
May 14, 2015
Linda Norman, DSN, R.N., Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, told graduates during Vanderbilt’s Commencement and Investiture ceremonies last week that “nursing today is as influential as when Florence Nightingale defined and organized nursing in the United Kingdom in the 1800s. We are one of the most…
