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Benner Wants to Transform Nursing Education
April 10, 2012
Nursing education needs some sweeping changes, according to Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, who spoke as part of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Centennial Lecture Series at Langford Auditorium last fall. Benner, professor emerita in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke extensively about her work findings…
Rudolph Talks About Combining Nursing and Health Care
April 10, 2012
This January, Elizabeth G. Rudolph, JD (VU ‘89), MSN (VUSN ‘85), RN, shared her insights about how nurses can merge their health care expertise with the legal world with VUSN students and community members. Rudolph is founder and president of Jurex Center for Legal Nurse Consulting, which certifies nurses as professional legal nurse consultants. Rudolph’s…
VUSN Nurse-Midwives Named Best in the Country
April 10, 2012
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Practice has been recognized for its excellence in care by the 2010 American College of Nurse-Midwives Benchmarking Project. Specifically, VUSN was named best practice in the nation for its highest rate of postpartum visit attendance and its lowest rate of induction. They also received runner-up honors for having…
Flulapalooza Sets Guinness Record
April 10, 2012
Vanderbilt University Medical Center holds the world record for the most vaccinations given in eight hours, according to Guinness World Records. There were 12,850 flu shots given during the October 2011 record attempt, dubbed Flulapalooza. During a special announcement in December, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School…
More Young People Choose Nursing Careers
April 10, 2012
Significantly more young people are becoming registered nurses, reversing a 10-year decline in the number of nurses entering the profession and easing some concerns about a looming nursing shortage in the United States, according to a study released in the December 2011 issue of Health Affairs. Findings show a 62 percent increase in the number…
VUSN displays Army’s mobile medical capabilities
March 22, 2012
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students and members of the community had an opportunity to learn more about battlefield health care this week thanks to the U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team (FST) simulation setup in the Frist Hall Atrium. The FST is deployed by the Army and other medical services in mobile medical facilities in…
Vanderbilt University Nurse Practitioner Named Continence Care Champion
March 20, 2012
Newswise — The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Margaret “Amy” Hull, RNC, MSN, WHCNP, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) annual awards luncheon on March 3, 2012 held during the 2012 SUNA Annual Symposium in San Francisco. Cheryl LeCroy, MSN, RN, a member…
Sarratt Gallery exhibition examines bioethical dilemmas brought on by medical technology
November 1, 2011
In August, the New York Times Magazine reported on the rapid rise of pregnancy reduction – not the accepted reduction of multiple fetuses, but on the rising number of women electing to reduce a twin pregnancy to that of a single fetus.
Photo Galleries: Graduation and Pinning
October 31, 2011
Responding to Parents Who are Reluctant to Vaccinate Their Children
October 24, 2011
If a parent asks you if it’s okay to skip or delay a few of their child’s immunizations, how do you respond? It’s a situation faced by a growing number of health care providers. Some parents express concern over the number of vaccines on the recommended vaccination schedule, while others fret over possible side effects….
