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VUSN MSN Nurse Midwifery Alumna, Natima Alexander, joins Goshen Birth Center (IN)
July 30, 2019
VUSN MSN Alumna, Natima Alexander, CNM, has joined the staff of Goshen Birth Center. Alexander joins a team of three other certified nurse midwives at Goshen Birth Center. Alexander, along with the team, provides care to women and their families throughout their pregnancy, labor and birth and transition into new motherhood. Alexander’s roles include educator, labor…
VUSN MSN Alumna, Ashley Ritter, providing women’s health services in New River Health District (VA)
July 28, 2019
VUSN MSN Alumna and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Ashley Ritter, was welcomed to the New River Women’s Health team of providers. A native of Southwest Virginia, Ms. Ritter spent her early career honing her skills as a registered nurse working in Labor and Delivery, postpartum care, and later public health. She will rotate through the local offices, with…
Join VUSN for the Red Sand Project Aug. 2
July 24, 2019
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will call attention to the growing public health issue of human trafficking on Friday, Aug. 2, by creating an interactive art installation on 21st Ave. in front of its building. The Red Sand Project will start at 11 a.m. at 461 21st Ave. S. Students, faculty, staff and other participants…
VUSN MSN Alumna, Amanda McClure, announced as certified nurse practitioner at Mercy Clinic Endocrinology (MO)
July 21, 2019
VUSN MSN AGACNP Alumna, Amanda McClure, began in May as a certified nurse practitioner at Mercy Clinic Endocrinology (St. Louis, MO). McClure also is credentialed as an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. She has a Master of Science in nursing from VUSN, and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Arkansas State University, where she…
VUSN Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Rolanda Johnson, to speak at Tuskegee University Nursing Capping, Pinning and White Coat Ceremony
July 18, 2019
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Assistant Dean for Academics, Associate Professor, Rolanda Johnson, will speak at Tuskegee University’s School of Nursing and Allied Health Summer Capping, Pinning and White Coat Ceremony on Thursday, July 25. Dr. Johnson is a second-generation Tuskegee graduate.
VUSN DNP Alumna, Kimberly Hatchel, named new Chief Nursing Officer at Blake Medical Center (FL)
July 16, 2019
Blake Medical Center has welcomed its new Chief Nursing Officer, VUSN DNP Alumna, Kimberly Hatchel. Dr. Hatchel will be responsible for the overall direction of nursing services, provision of clinical care and program direction for the department of nursing in collaboration with physician and healthcare leaders. Photo: COURTESY PHOTO
Professor Emerita Joyce Laben has died
July 15, 2019
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Professor Emerita Joyce Laben has died. A celebration of her life was celebrated on Wednesay, July 10, at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens Funeral Home, 9090 TN-100, Nashville, TN 37221.
Chattanooga’s hospitals struggling with shortage of nurses
July 13, 2019
VUSN Alumns, Martina Harris (MSN, 1999) and Chris Smith (BSN, 1976) were interviewed about the national and regional nursing shortage problems. Dr. Smith, director of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing, said one of the issues is nursing has become more specialized, and students today gravitate toward specific areas: intensive care, emergency, labor and…
VUSN Has Lost a Nursing Icon: Celebration of Life for Joyce Laben
July 8, 2019
Celebration of Life for Joyce Laben Obituary Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens Funeral Home 9090 TN-100, Nashville, TN 37221 Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 10, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Interment will follow at Harpeth Hills…
VUSN DNP Alumna, Margaret Taylor, discusses what moms-to-be learn from each other through group prenatal care
July 7, 2019
“When you put people together and they can influence each other, the experience is so much stronger and more powerful,” said certified nurse midwife Margaret Taylor. “And certainly more effective than a midwife or physician telling a patient what to do.” Taylor is a Vanderbilt School of Nursing Faculty Practice Nurse-Midwives & Primary Care practitioner…
