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VUMC’s Swoosh takes home ‘Top Dog’ pet therapy award
December 11, 2014
A tiny Vanderbilt University Medical Center volunteer has received a giant award from a national organization. Swoosh, a 7-year-old toy Pomeranian, and his owner Michelle Thompson of Franklin, Tennessee, received the Animal Medical Center’s Top Dog award in New York City on Tuesday. The Animal Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital for companion animals and…
Insights Regarding Interprofessional Education
December 10, 2014
VUSN’s Peter Buerhaus shares an insider’s look at interprofessional experience at Vanderbilt with insights from Linda Norman, Bonnie Miller and Heather Davidson. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/11/20/spreading-like-a-wildfire-interprofessional-education-the-vanderbilt-experience
Nashville Coalition for the Homeless honors VUSN’s Ketel
December 8, 2014
The Nashville Coalition for the Homeless recently honored Christian Ketel, DNP, MSN, manager of the Clinic at Mercury Courts, with the Phyllis M. Frank Volunteer Award. “Christian has been a tireless advocate for people who are disenfranchised, particularly when it comes to expanding access to high quality health care. He has made and will continue…
Vanderbilt partners with Operation Stand Down for veterans event
December 5, 2014
Vanderbilt Law School, Owen Graduate School of Management and School of Nursing students along with Vanderbilt Human Resources employees donated clothing in support of Operation Stand Down Tennessee’s annual Stand Down event Nov. 19. The Vanderbilt groups collected and filled eight bins with clothing, including 150 shirts, 40 pairs of pants, 46 pairs of socks,…
Research by VUMC nurses takes center stage at annual event
December 4, 2014
Nursing research was on full display in Light Hall recently during the Research Day Poster Presentations, organized by the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Nursing Research Committee. Hundreds of Vanderbilt nurses, members of Sigma Theta Tau, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty, students and others attended the annual event, part of the weeklong OctoberFest 2014, which…
Read more about nurses delivering care in Navajo communities
December 3, 2014
http://researchmatters.asu.edu/stories/nursing-leadership-and-vulnerable-populations-3556
RoundingWell Teams Up with Mercury Court Clinic to Improve Patient Care
December 1, 2014
The Clinic at Mercury Courts (CMC), a community health initiative of Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing to reach the most medically underserved, has deployed a patient engagement and care management platform developed by the Nashville-based informatics company, RoundingWell. RoundingWell and the CMC have implemented the technology at no cost to the clinic in the spirit…
RoundingWell Teams Up with Mercury Court Clinic to Improve Patient Care
December 1, 2014
The Clinic at Mercury Courts (CMC), a community health initiative of Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing to reach the most medically underserved, has deployed a patient engagement and care management platform developed by the Nashville-based informatics company, RoundingWell. RoundingWell and the CMC have implemented the technology at no cost to the clinic in the spirit…
VUSN Program Provides Health for New Moms in Rural Areas
December 1, 2014
Kylie is nearly 3 months old and has a head full of hair. Kylie’s mom, Tessa Hendrickson, 27, speaks shyly about her past—”I was in a bad way”—but she’s hopefully about the future. “I’m proud that I’ve come clean,” Ms. Hendrickson said of her recovery from drug abuse. “I was tired of the life I…
Lauderdale wins Faculty Award
November 20, 2014
Throughout his career in medicine, Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., has found moments to fight the status quo. As a medical student at Stanford University, DeBaun, now the J.C. Peterson Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt, took up the case of an applicant who he thought had been turned away unfairly. Later, DeBaun’s efforts to…
