October 30, 2019

  Betsy Weiner, PhD, FACMI, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean for Informatics at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, was honored by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine with its Nursing Informatics award during the organization’s recent 2019 Annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. Weiner, the Centennial Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing and professor of…

October 28, 2019

Pam Orebaugh Jones, DNP’13, MSN’92, BSN’81; April Kapu, DNP’13, MSN’05; and Jennifer Ezell Wilbeck, DNP, PMC’06, MSN’99; were inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing on October 26. The formal event took place during the Academy’s annual policy conference in Washington, D.C. Jones is Vanderbilt University School of Nursing senior associate dean for clinical and…

October 24, 2019

Early in his career, as Assistant Professor of Nursing Mulubrhan Mogos cared for fragile babies in a neonatal ICU, he questioned whether the mother’s experience during pregnancy and delivery could provide clues to what went wrong, setting him on a path to study the long-term impact of cardiovascular disease on mothers and babies.

October 23, 2019

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recently announced its 2020 President-Elect and Board of Directors. VUSN MSN Alumna, Suzanne McMurtry Baird, DNP, RN, was named a new member of the AWHONN Board of Directors. Her term officially begins on January 1, 2020.

October 18, 2019

The Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) announced that VUSN Assistant Professor and Clinical Manager of Mercury Court Clinic, Christian Ketel, is the recipient of the Nursing Excellence Award.

October 16, 2019

VUSN’s Leanne Boehm was announced as recipient of the annual AACN Impact Research Grant.  AACN Impact Research Grants support clinical inquiry that drives change in high-acuity and critical care nursing practice. Dr. Boehm will lead the research project at the Vanderbilt ICU Recovery Center. This study will examine the outcomes of patients who visit either an in-person…

October 14, 2019

A new study suggests the gap in breastfeeding between black and white infants is widening. Dr. Melanie Lutenbacher, VUSN Associate Professor of Nursing and Medicine, commented on the findings “The results suggest that many women may need more support for breastfeeding than they currently receive. Most women can successfully breastfeed but often it is a learned…

October 10, 2019

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee will honor the late VUSN Dean Colleen Conway-Welch with its Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Nashville’s Music City Center. Conway-Welch is one of seven women honorees dubbed trailblazing Women of Wonder by the foundation for their demonstrated commitment to community, home and hearth, and individuals in need. Conway-Welch served as dean…

October 3, 2019

In a recent interview with HealthTech Magazine, Patricia Sengtack, VUSN Director, Nursing Informatics Specialty, warned against purchasing new tech equipment without consulting the nurses who will use it. Sengstack also discussed how nurses and other staff should be part of tech equipment purchasing decisions that can directly affect their work.

September 30, 2019

The University of Rochester has announced VUSN’s Ruth Kleinpell, Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education and Assistant Dean for Clinical Scholarship, Professor of Nursing as keynote speaker at their annual Doctor of Nursing Practice Summit. Kleinpell will present her research showing the multitude of ways that DNP-prepared nurses are contributing to better access and higher quality…