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University announces new vaccine requirements and protocols for masking, gatherings and activities
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 25, 2021
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School of Nursing among nation’s best in 2022 “U.S. News & World Report” rankings
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing was again named a Top 10 graduate nursing school, as ranked in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School survey. Read more for full rankings. Read MoreMay. 20, 2021
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Vanderbilt University confers emerita status on five School of Nursing faculty; Dean Norman named dean emerita
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 20, 2021
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Dean urges Class of 2021 to work for health equity and autonomy
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 17, 2021
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Class of 2020 called “the hope of nursing” during Investiture celebration
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 7, 2021
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Vanderbilt Chancellor Diermeier recognizes VUSN faculty, staff and students on Nurses Day
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 6, 2021
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Saluting the Impact of Nurses on the Nation's Health During Nurses Month
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMay. 3, 2021
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University of Pennsylvania nursing dean to speak on advancing health equity May 18
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreApr. 29, 2021
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New Chattanooga mayor names VUSN's Mary Lambert as head of community health
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreApr. 21, 2021
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Message to the VUSN community regarding the Derek Chauvin verdicts
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreApr. 21, 2021
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Class of 2021: Social justice activist strives to make change through health care
A family legacy of fighting for civil rights fuels Chicago native Anana Upton, whose mission is creating positive change in underserved communities. With a major in child development through Peabody College of education and human development and a plan to become a pediatric nurse, Upton aims to bring social justice through delivering quality, affordable health care. She'll enter Vanderbilt School of Nursing's PreSpecialty program in August as the first step in becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner. Read MoreApr. 16, 2021
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Black women turn to doulas as maternal mortality crisis deepens
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreApr. 14, 2021
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VUSN Alumna, Heather Mantsch, CNP, Joins Range Mental Health Center (MN) as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreApr. 1, 2021
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Special School of Nursing Giving Day Challenges for April 7
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 30, 2021
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School of Nursing among nation’s best in 2022 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 30, 2021
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Vanderbilt students, staff and faculty volunteer at mass COVID-19 vaccination event
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 25, 2021
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Vanderbilt School of Nursing hosts global climate education initiative
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 25, 2021
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Jeffries named dean of School of Nursing
Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, an internationally recognized leader and innovator in nursing and health care education, will become dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, effective July 1, pending Board of Trust approval. Jeffries, professor and dean of the George Washington University School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., succeeds Linda Norman, who plans to step down from her leadership role on June 30. Read MoreMar. 24, 2021
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Akard appointed to lead PhD in Nursing Science program
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 20, 2021
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Arnow named director of Nursing and Health Care Leadership specialty
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 17, 2021
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Tears of joy, tears of sorrow — College sweethearts, a COVID unit wedding, and a love story that ended too soon
The first week of October, 2020, Vanderbilt School of Nursing alumna Sherri Randolph, MSN'97, planned to marry her college sweetheart, Stacey Bruff. As things turned out, Sherri and Stacey got married a few days earlier, Sept. 21, in the only wedding ever to take place in the COVID unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Tragically and unexpectedly, Stacey died two days after the wedding. Sherri was devastated, and she still has a hard time talking about Stacey without tears welling up. There is a lot of sadness about how things turned out. She knows that all over the world there are millions of lives that have been changed forever by the COVID-19 pandemic, and hers is one of them. So, this is a story rooted in the devastation of the pandemic. But don’t lose sight of this: it is still a love story. Read MoreMar. 16, 2021
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VUSN Alumna, Jeaninne Blackwell, PMHNP-BC, Appointed Leader in new Collaborative Psych Evaluation and Medication Management Services
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 12, 2021
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VUSN Alumna, Camille Legeay Cook, has died
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 8, 2021
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Interview: Interventions and Other Suicide Prevention Measures Employed or Adapted in the Context of COVID-19
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 4, 2021
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NPs and PAs Weigh In on Sugar and Alcohol Guidelines
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreMar. 2, 2021
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Can virtual songwriting help seriously ill children and their families?
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreFeb. 23, 2021
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Ginna Corts, BSN'70, MSN'73, one of VUSN's first FNPs, has died
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreFeb. 19, 2021
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School of Nursing mourns loss of Tom Christenbery, beloved professor and champion of compassion in nursing
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreFeb. 17, 2021
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Student groups program VUSN's 2021 Diversity Month Activities
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreFeb. 8, 2021
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Muchira studys links in mother-child cardiovascular health, coronavirus anxiety
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow James Muchira designed a study to examine the relationship between maternal cardiovascular health and early childhood obesity and arterial stiffness in 1- to 5-year-old children. He altered his recruitment and data collection protocols to prioritize the safety of the participants and research personnel when he returned to the lab through Vanderbilt's Research Ramp-up process. Read MoreFeb. 6, 2021
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Rosemark Women Care Specialists (ID) adds Maddie Harris, VUSN MN-FNP Alumna, to delivery team
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreFeb. 4, 2021
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VUSN MSN Alumna, Alisa Haushalter, named Communicator of the Year for 2020 in Shelby County (TN)
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 28, 2021
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"The tightest team that's never met" keeps VU running during pandemic
They’ve been working together, side by side—or, rather, screen by screen—seven days a week for months to keep a bustling urban campus with thousands of active students, faculty, researchers and staff open and running in the midst of a pandemic. Andrea George, MS’94, PhD’07, director of environmental health and safety for the university, and Pam Jones, BSN’81, MSN’92, DNP’13, senior associate dean for clinical and community partnerships at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, are co-commanders of the university’s Public Health Central Command Center. They were instrumental in developing and leading Vanderbilt’s ambitious and successful Return to Campus Plan. Read MoreJan. 26, 2021
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VUSN Nurse-Midwifery program seeks third-party comments for ACME accreditation
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 15, 2021
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Kate Payne, Vanderbilt nurse and bioethicist, has died
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 14, 2021
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"Making 'Good Trouble'" is topic of Martin Luther King, Jr. lecture hosted by VUSM and VUSN
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 11, 2021
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Frist family matriarch, Nashville philanthropist Patricia Champion Frist dies at age 81
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 11, 2021
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Paid opportunity to help VU with contact tracing
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreJan. 7, 2021
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Godchaux family’s legacy continues with $6.6 million in gifts to the School of Nursing
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 15, 2020
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Specialty Block Update 12/14/20
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 15, 2020
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Combating COVID-19 pandemic: Vanderbilt seeing uptick in nursing program enrollment
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 10, 2020
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Franklin community leaders create scholarship fund in honor of late Alderman and VUSN MSN alumna Pearl Bransford
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 10, 2020
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Get to know VUSN MSN Alumna, Erin Stultz Castellano
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 9, 2020
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Metzl to discuss political allegiances, health decisions and racial anxiety in Jan. 11 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreDec. 8, 2020
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Ridner returns to cancer patient research and care during Research Ramp-up to advance intervention studies
When in-person research activities at Vanderbilt were put on hold in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Ridner, PhD'03, MSN'00, FAAN, the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing and director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program, was the primary investigator on two research studies with oncology patients. “The participants in the lymphedema prevention study had given us five years of their lives, and so we also felt an ethical responsibility to finish our work in supporting them,” Ridner said. Read MoreNov. 20, 2020
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Recent honors and awards for School of Nursing faculty and students
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreNov. 18, 2020
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VUSN's Schorn reflects on time with Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance IPE program
Mavis Schorn, PhD, APRN, CNM, CNE, FACNM, FAAN, FNAP, served with the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance’s (MVA) Interprofessional Education and Inter-Institutional Collaborative Learning (IPE) program for almost nine years. She was Director and Co-Director during the last four. Earlier in 2020, she stepped away from the program. She recently reflected on her tenure and passing the torch. Read MoreNov. 18, 2020
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Ketel looks forward to work as IPE Co-Director for Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Assistant Professor and Clinic at Mercury Courts Clinical Director Christian Ketel, DNP'14, RN, has added a new role: Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Inter-Institutional Collaborative Learning co-director with the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance. He sat down with MVA writer Matt Schorr recently to talk about his new adventure. Read MoreNov. 18, 2020
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Top nurse informaticist named VUSN senior associate dean
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreNov. 16, 2020
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National Study: Pandemic, Oversight Waivers Impact Advanced Practice Nurses
Following revised CDC recommendations indicating that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, Vanderbilt University today announced it is modifying many COVID-19 protocols surrounding masking, gathering size, off-campus activities and campus visits. Additionally, the university will require … Read MoreNov. 11, 2020