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VIDL awards funding to enhance teaching, learning through digital technology
July 1, 2016
The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) distributed more than $46,000 in grants and awards this spring as part of its Innovation Programs initiative. Faculty, staff and students were invited to apply for VIDL funding for their projects that met criteria in one of four categories: MacroGrants, MicroGrants, Student Innovation Awards or Faculty Working Groups….
VUSN Alum Craig Hutto reflects on anniversary as a shark attack survivor
June 29, 2016
“It was June 27, 2005,” a now nearly 28-year-old Craig Hutto remembered. It was a day that would change his outlook – and his life. Craig, a 16-year-old Lebanon High School athlete at the time, was enjoying a beach vacation in Cape San Blas, Fla. with his parents Lou Ann and Roger Hutto, eldest brother,…
VUSN Alum Sasha (Levine) Bergeron active in opening of depression treatment facility in San Francisco
June 28, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, TMS Health Solutions today announced it has further expanded its practice to include a second clinic in San Francisco, bringing the company’s practice to four depression treatment centers in Northern California. The following clinicians will be accepting new patients at the new facility: Sasha Bergeron, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified family psychiatric…
Search committee for VUSN Senior Associate Dean for Research announced
June 24, 2016
Barbara A. Given, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, the Visiting Ingram Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) and university distinguished professor at the Michigan State University College of Nursing, will lead the search committee for the next senior associate dean for research for VUSN. The trans-institutional search committee will work with executive search…
Emerging nurse leaders receive inspiration and encouragement during seminar
June 22, 2016
Susan Cooper, MSN, R.N., FAAN, senior vice president for ambulatory services and chief integration officer for Regional One Health in Memphis, engages seminar participants during her keynote June 8. The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing joined with the Tennessee Action Coalition to host an Emerging Nurse Leader seminar, “Nurses Leading Change Towards a Culture of…
VUSN faculty named fellows of the American College of Nurse-Midwives
June 16, 2016
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) recently inducted Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s (VUSN) Sharon Holley, DNP, MSN, associate professor of Nursing, and Tonia Moore-Davis, MSN, instructor of Nursing, into its 2016 class of fellows during ceremonies at the association’s annual meeting in Albuquerque.
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing earns national CCNE accreditation
June 16, 2016
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for its Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) and post-master’s certificate programs for a five-year period through 2021.
Introducing VUSN’s new website
June 15, 2016
The VUSN web team is delighted to announce the official launch of the redesigned Vanderbilt University School of Nursing website. Take a look around and let us know what you think. We have taken significant time during the process to think through not only how we present content online, but to re-evaluate all facets of…
Lori Schirle Presentation
June 14, 2016
Please join The VUSN Center for Research Development & Scholarship Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:00pm 140 Frist Hall as we welcome Lori Schirle, PhD(c), RN “Studies In Health services research: AN OVERVIEW OF WORK BY LORI SCHIRLE” VUSN Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
National certification standards set for health and wellness coaches
June 3, 2016
Credentialing criteria for health and wellness coaches have been established for the first time, setting the stage for health professionals to apply to take the certification exam next year. The National Board of Medical Examiners and the National Consortium for Credentialing of Health & Wellness Coaches announced last week an agreement to launch the certification…
