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Student-voted awards recognize faculty teaching and mentoring in DNP and Ph.D. programs
October 19, 2017
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing doctoral students recently honored professors Mary Dietrich and Karen Hande with the school’s student-voted Dean Colleen Conway-Welch faculty awards. Dietrich, Ph.D., professor of Statistics/Measurement, was named the 2017 Ph.D. faculty award recipient. She teaches research design and statistics and supports Ph.D. students with their dissertation research. Student nominations noted that…
VUSN WHNP Alum, Alethea Robbins, Joins PeaceHealth Medical Group
October 7, 2017
Alethea Robbins, ARNP, became a member of PHMG’s Obstetrics and Gynecology team of providers. Alethea earned her degree as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee.
VUSN Alum, Nancy Anness, helps uninsured and underinsured patients seek free medical care at Saint Thomas Medical Mission
September 30, 2017
Nancy Anness, a Saint Thomas family nurse practitioner who helped launch the initiative in 2008, said the event was born out of a desire to help those struggling to obtain basic healthcare. Since then, the hospital, owned by Ascension, has helped 20,000 people through free clinic events. On Oct. 14, 2017, Saint Thomas Health will also…
American Cancer Society funds VUSN researcher’s study of cancer survivors and sexuality
September 26, 2017
When and in what manner do patients with head and neck canceer want to discuss the impact the disease may have on their sexuality? That’s one of the questions Assistant Professor Bethany Rhoten, Ph.D., R.N., will investigate through a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center-administered pilot program from the American Cancer Society.
School of Nursing researcher receives federal Career Development award
September 25, 2017
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Deonni P. Stolldorf, Ph.D., has received a career development award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The $138,059 mentored award (K01-HS-025486-01) is renewable for three years. Stolldorf will use the K01 Research Scientist Development Award to investigate…
VUSN MSN Alum, Karen McIntosh, named VP of care transition for Washington Regional Medical System
September 24, 2017
VUSN MSN Health Systems Management alum, Karen McIntosh was named vice president of care transition for Washington Regional Medical System. She was director of clinical integrity. McIntosh completed a master’s degree in health systems management from Vanderbilt University, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and an associate’s degree in nursing…
Daughter follows mother into nursing through VUMC Nursing Explorer program
September 21, 2017
VUMC’s Nursing Explorer program has been helping students learn about nursing for 20 years. High school student Reed Sparta is a current Explorer member; she was inspired by her mom Elizabeth Sparta, BSN ’84, R.N., a Vanderbilt School of Nursing alumna who works in VUMC’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Mariann Piano joins School of Nursing in top research role
September 19, 2017
Mariann R. Piano, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAHA, a distinguished researcher in cardiovascular disease and expert on the effects of binge drinking and young adults, has been named senior associate dean for research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). Piano will lead the School of Nursing’s research program, charged with supporting faculty scholarly endeavors, expanding…
Kleinpell named VUSN Assistant Dean for Clinical Scholarship
September 19, 2017
Ruth M. Kleinpell, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAANP, FCCM, an internationally recognized nurse researcher, scholar and educator, has joined Vanderbilt University School of Nursing as assistant dean for Clinical Scholarship and professor of Nursing. Kleinpell comes to Vanderbilt from Rush University, where she had been director of the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship at Rush…
APRN Emergency Medicine Fellowship created
September 7, 2017
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is starting an Advanced Practice Emergency Medicine Fellowship, one of the first programs in the country exclusively for nurse practitioners specializing in emergency care. The first recipient is Danica Ninkovic, who earned her Emergency Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s certificate from VUSN in 2015 and will graduate with her Vanderbilt DNP next year.
