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Love Takes Helm of Psychiatric Mental Health Program
April 29, 2014
Rene Love has been named program director for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). She succeeds Susie Adams, who was recently named Nursing Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health at VUSN. Love has taught at VUSN for 15 years, including courses in the MSN and…
Spotlight on Nursing Research//Socially Assistive Robots and Senior Care
April 29, 2014
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Lorraine Mion believes nursing resources are going to be stretched to their limits with a growing senior population. To help shore up these anticipated gaps, she thinks robots can play a role in complementing or supplementing some senior care needs. Collaborating with some of the best minds from the realms…
What is a Healthy Diet?
April 17, 2014
Jamie Pope, MS, RD, LDN shares about guidelines for a healthy diet from the US and International recommendations. Jamie has been with Vanderbilt University since 1986 working in the areas of obesity research, weight management, health promotion, heart disease prevention, and since 2000 as Instructor of Nutrition in the School of Nursing.
Megan Shifrin’s Day: Save Live, Finish Half Marathon
April 7, 2014
As Megan Shifrin waited nervously in the corral at the starting line of the Country Music Half Marathon on April 25, she had one thing on her mind: running the 13.1 miles in two hours and 10 minutes. It was an ambitious goal, given that temperatures were expected to be unseasonably warm that day, reaching…
Pregnancy & What to Expect Information
April 7, 2014
Cramping during pregnancy is quite common and normal, but it should be observed closely to make sure there is no coinciding bleeding taking place. Discover healthy and worrisome cramping during pregnancy and more with helpful information from a certified nurse-midwife in this free video series on pregnancy.
Alma Elizabeth Gault (1891-1981) 1984 Inductee
April 4, 2014
ANA Hall of Fame Inductee Throughout fifty years of service, Alma Elizabeth Gault contributed significantly to nursing practice, education, and integration in nursing. She received her basic nursing education from the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing, where she later became head nurse. Her account of this experience is one of her earliest articles on clinical…
