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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….
VUSN’s Patti McCarver in the New York Times
October 4, 2011
VUSN’s Patti McCarver in the New York Times [Article] [PDF]
School of Nursing wellness program takes to the stairs
August 4, 2011
The stairwells at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are seeing a lot more traffic this summer thanks to a StairWellness Program developed by the school and Health Plus. The VUSN StairWellness program was initiated by Carla Beals, graphics manager at VUSN, and Betsey Usher, a program manager, who were inspired after hearing Mayor Karl…
Nursing School’s Weiner joins health technology task force
July 28, 2011
Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., was recently appointed to the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health Information Technology. Weiner, who is senior associate dean for Informatics for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, was sought out for her national expertise in health information technology.
Child Spacing: How Close is Too Close?
June 4, 2011
Never before have women had so much control on family planning and child spacing. We can space our pregnancies to suit our needs. And many women want to have their babies as close together as possible. Brittney Walker from Phoenix, Arizona, had two back-to-back difficult pregnancies. Her sons are 13 1/2 months apart, and while…
What is JHS?
April 23, 2011
Helping nursing students reduce their debt load is the top priority of the Julia Hereford Society. With an average debt load for $68,000 for 2010 VUSN graduates, the group wants to provide scholarships to reduce the burden of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students. Named for former VUSN Dean Julia Hereford, the society members include…
Dissertation Defense from a Distance
April 19, 2011
For the first time since Vanderbilt University established a Graduate School, a PhD candidate held a public dissertation defense from a distance and in real time. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Lt. Col. Linda Fisher, an active duty member of the Army Nurse Corps, was at her post in Washington State using desktop video conferencing…
VUSN event aids drug disposal efforts
April 14, 2011
More than 49,000 doses of prescription and over-the-counter medications were safely disposed of at a recent Dickson County drug disposal event thanks to the combined efforts of faculty and students from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Lipscomb College of Pharmacy, Belmont University, the Dickson Police Department, 23rd Judicial District Anti-Drug Taskforce, and the Dickson Explorer’s…
Sleep strategy used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks
April 14, 2011
As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for up to 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule. That is one of the results of the first study to examine the…
