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Q+A: An Interview with Mary Ann Jessee
November 12, 2012
VUSN’s Pre-Specialty Level of the MSN program is thriving with more than 160 incoming students each year, representing a variety of non-nursing educational backgrounds. After serving as interim director and leading the faculty through a major curriculum revision, Mary Ann Jessee, MSN, RN, became Pre-Specialty director in May 2012. Recently, she sat down with Vanderbilt…
Study seeks new ways to help teens manage type 1 diabetes
November 8, 2012
Shelagh Mulvaney, Ph.D., assistant professor of Nursing, leads a national team of researchers, engineers and designers that recently landed a $1.8 million federal grant to identify new ways to teach critical problem-solving skills to teenagers with type 1 diabetes using an Internet and mobile phone-based system.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center observes Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day
October 16, 2012
Vanderbilt’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Vanderbilt Breast Center and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are joining to observe Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Vanderbilt Breast Center, located at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. This is Nashville’s and Vanderbilt’s first observance of BRA Day….
New teams set to pioneer quality, safety
September 27, 2012
This year’s Vanderbilt Quality and Patient Safety Pioneer Program is under way with a new set of teams ready to launch. “To advance a long-term goal of fostering a culture of patient safety, quality and reliability, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking to weave quality and safety improvement into day-to-day clinical operations. The Pioneer Program…
Curb Center names Creative Campus grant recipients
September 14, 2012
Creativity. Innovation. Change. The Curb Center at Vanderbilt is pleased to announce the winners of its signature Creative Campus Innovation Grant Program, which provides Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students the opportunity to produce original ideas, experiment and innovate in the classroom, and harness their creativity as a force for positive social change.
LifeFlight adds cars to community bases to assist local EMS agencies
September 6, 2012
Vanderbilt LifeFlight is adding a new response vehicle to its fleet, one that will assist local emergency service agencies on days that the helicopter can’t fly due to unfavorable weather conditions. A “Critical Care Response” car will be placed at each of the five LifeFlight helicopter community bases for the critical care medical teams to…
