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What is JHS?
April 23, 2011
Helping nursing students reduce their debt load is the top priority of the Julia Hereford Society. With an average debt load for $68,000 for 2010 VUSN graduates, the group wants to provide scholarships to reduce the burden of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students. Named for former VUSN Dean Julia Hereford, the society members include…
Dissertation Defense from a Distance
April 19, 2011
For the first time since Vanderbilt University established a Graduate School, a PhD candidate held a public dissertation defense from a distance and in real time. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Lt. Col. Linda Fisher, an active duty member of the Army Nurse Corps, was at her post in Washington State using desktop video conferencing…
VUSN event aids drug disposal efforts
April 14, 2011
More than 49,000 doses of prescription and over-the-counter medications were safely disposed of at a recent Dickson County drug disposal event thanks to the combined efforts of faculty and students from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Lipscomb College of Pharmacy, Belmont University, the Dickson Police Department, 23rd Judicial District Anti-Drug Taskforce, and the Dickson Explorer’s…
Sleep strategy used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks
April 14, 2011
As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for up to 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule. That is one of the results of the first study to examine the…
5 Myths About Water Births
April 1, 2011
Are water births easier? Will your baby drown during childbirth? Get the real facts about water births to decide if it’s the right labor method for you. If you’ve ever considered a water birth, in which you experience either labor and delivery or just labor in a tub of warm water, read on. Giving birth…
Vanderbilt nurses train in virtual world
March 21, 2011
Some of the top nurses at Vanderbilt University have been playing around with their alter-ego avatars in a website virtual world, but this is no computer game. It is a future place for medicine. The avatars allow nurse practitioners and patients to interact on the computer screen. They also make it possible for nursing professors…
