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VUSN’s Jamie Pope Unveils Her Latest Book
October 14, 2015
VUSN Instructor Jamie Pope, MS, RD, LDN, unveiled her latest book, “Nutrition for a Changing World.” The book represents an accumulation of over three years of research. The textbook was developed for non-nutrition majors in introductory nutrition courses, like the ones Pope teaches for more than 400 Vanderbilt undergraduate students each year. Each chapter uses…
Mickelson Receives VUSN PhD Student Excellence in Writing Award
October 14, 2015
Robin Mickelson, MS, RN, PhD(c) and a 5th year PhD student, recently received this year’s Dean’s Award for PhD Student Excellence in Writing. The award recognizes PhD students who demonstrate excellence in writing by an accepted, peer-reviewed first author publication. A selection committee comprised of PhD faculty rate submitted articles based on originality and potential…
VUSN Grant: Brain Activity and Pain in People with Alzheimer’s Disease
October 14, 2015
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year $660,633 grant by the National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging under Award Number K23AG046379. The study examines how psychophysical responses to acute experimental thermal pain differs between older adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Assistant Professor Todd Monroe, PhD, RN, FAAN,…
VUSN Congratulates new FAANs
October 12, 2015
Congratulations to VUSN faculty and alumni who were recently inducted as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing at the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. Pictured L to R: Dean Linda Norman, VUSN Professor Susie Adams, Cecilia Page (BSN ’79, DNP ’13, Founder’s Medalist), VUSN Assistant Professor Kelly Wolgast (MSN ’93, Founder’s Medalist), Patrick Palmeri (MSN ’00)…
Study shows compression device helps ease lymphedema
October 8, 2015
Lymphedema patients saw a nearly 80 percent reduction in cellulitis episodes by using an advanced pneumatic compression device at home, according to a study in JAMA Dermatologyco-authored by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Sheila Ridner, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota School of Public Health Associate Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D. The reduction in episodes also led…
Deonni Stolldorf studies the effectiveness of nursing innovations
October 8, 2015
First as a nurse in her home country of South Africa, then later as a nurse educator working in a regional North Carolina health system, Deonni Stolldorf saw innovations come and go. “I saw how the hospital would implement an innovation, but we were not always able to see its benefits,” she said. “An implemented…
Bethany Andrews Rhoten on How Patients Can Cope With Body Image Issues
September 29, 2015
Bethany Andrews Rhoten, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, discusses how patients with cancer can cope with body image issues.
Peter Rohloff lecture, Oct 6, 2015
September 25, 2015
Dr. Peter Rohloff, Chief Medical Office Founder and medical director of Wudu’Kawog Maya Health Alliance in Guatemala “Healthcare Delivery in Resource Poor Areas and the Impact of Culture and Native Language on Health Outcomes” Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Nursing Annex 161 Reception to follow
Nursing School lands AANA postdoctoral fellowship
September 24, 2015
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) was recently awarded support for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation for a health services research topic related to anesthetic operative phenomena. “The AANA Foundation is providing this support at an important time in health care delivery,” said Ann Minnick, Ph.D., R.N.,…
Professors Honored with Colleen Conway-Welch Awards
September 20, 2015
VUSN faculty members Mary Dietrich, PhD, MS, and Karen Hande, DNP, ANP-BC, RN, were each recently awarded with the Colleen Conway-Welch Award. The award recognizes a faculty member in both the PhD program and DNP program who make significant contributions to student learning in their courses and/or encourage the student as their adviser or mentor…
