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VUSN Instructor, Shannon Cole, selected as Co-Director of VPIL
June 12, 2018
Drs. Shannon Cole and Melissa Hilmes have been named co-directors of the Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL). Cole has been involved with VPIL since its launch in 2010, serving as part of the original planning committee for the program.
Lauderdale urges nation’s nursing students to be culturally competent
June 12, 2018
When Assistant Dean Jana Lauderdale, PhD, FAAN, took the stage at the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) 66th Annual Convention plenary session presented by Johnson & Johnson, she introduced herself in a unique way: “I’m a Comanche Indian and I’m a nurse.” Johnson & Johnson later featured her in an article in its “Nursing Notes” newsletter. Read more / Watch Lauderdale’s presentation.
Alumna is on the frontline of the opioid epidemic in rural America
June 11, 2018
Alumna Anna Froelich, MSN’17, is the lead provider in a Suboxone therapy program in Sierra Vista, AZ. Small clinics like hers are making inroads in treating the opioid epidemic in rural America.
VUSN DNP, MSN Alum, Stephanie (Hunt) Boyd Nominated for Twenty under 40
June 6, 2018
Dr. Stephanie Boyd, Hospital Executive of the Aultman Health Foundation, was nominated for the Stark County Twenty under 40 list of business professionals. She commented: What is the best career advice you’ve ever been given? The best career advice came from my parents since my brothers and I were young. The advice was to pursue a career…
VUSN DNP Alum, Dr. Kim Kuebler, Reveals Research Studies Provide Unexpected Findings in Nursing Education
June 6, 2018
Dr. Kim Kuebler DNP, APRN, ANP-BC is the Principle Investigator of four collective studies evaluating all levels of nursing education on meeting the complex care needs of the largest, fastest growing and costliest U.S. patient population – those living with multiple chronic conditions (MCC).
Alumnus Stuart Downs receives nursing excellence leadership award
June 5, 2018
Stuart Downs, DNP’13, MSN’10, was honored with Atlanta’s Executive Nursing Leadership Excellence Award last month at the area’s Celebrating Nurses luncheon. The award recognizes a chief nursing officer or chief nursing executive serving in an administrative capacity in a Metro Atlanta hospital who demonstrates advocacy, vision and collaboration to improve patient care and the nursing workplace. Previously chief nursing officer and vice president, Downs is now chief operating officer and vice president of WellStar Atlanta Medical Center.
