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Two School-based health centers may close if funding not secured
February 26, 2003
Two of the three Jane McEvoy School-Based Health Centers, run by the School of Nursing’s Faculty Practice, could soon close unless additional funding is raised. Funding for the center at Fall-Hamilton Elementary School was supported by the Bureau of Maternal Child Health, and in past years the center at Stratton Elementary School received partial funding…
At-risk children find help at Children’s Hospital
February 1, 2002
Tennessee children in or at risk of being in Department of Children’s Services custody will now have additional resources at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The Center of Excellence (COE) for Children in State Custody was recently established, thanks to a three-year $2.1 million state grant awarded to the Psychiatry and Pediatrics…
VUSN school clinic embraces children
January 19, 2001
It’s 8 a.m. on Monday and Fall-Hamilton Elementary is abuzz. It’s a typical day in one of Nashville’s schools: students scrambling to class; teachers beginning their lessons for the day; announcements blaring over the intercom system; and Patti Scott, RN.C, MSN, PNP, readying for her patients.
