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VUSN Centennial lecturer sees challenges for health reform
February 20, 2009
Tom Scully, J.D., former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said universal health care coverage is “probably a long way off.” Scully, who spoke at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing last week as part of the school’s Centennial Lecture Series, began working with the Senate in 1981 and was a chief health…
Accomplishments of Mion, Weiner honored by VUSN
January 30, 2009
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently honored Lorraine Mion, Ph.D., R.N., as the Independence Foundation Professor in Nursing and Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., as the Centennial Foundation Professor in Nursing.
MIHOW program to add new sites
January 23, 2009
The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program will open two new sites in Nashville this spring. The new MIHOW sites are being founded with support from the Governor’s Office of Child Care Coordination, United Neighborhood Health Services and the Community Foundation. Catholic Charities sponsors another MIHOW program in Nashville, which primarily serves Spanish-speaking women.
Life, and nursing, an adventure for Conway-Welch
October 24, 2008
It all started with a good book. As an eight-year-old, Colleen Conway was a voracious reader. During the summer after third grade, she visited the Gloversville, N.Y., public library and happened across a book about a fictitious nurse named Cherry Ames. “I read the whole series that summer and was so intrigued by all the…
Study suggests coffee may help alcoholics quit
July 25, 2008
Not all recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, but almost all of them drink coffee, according to a new Vanderbilt study suggesting that healthy consumatory behaviors could help addicts kick their habit. “Coffee and Cigarette Consumption and Perceived Effects in Recovering Alcoholics Participating in Alcoholics Anonymous in Nashville, TN” is being released today at OnlineEarly and will…
Study focuses on obesity in the lesbian community
July 11, 2008
7/11/2008 – Obesity is an epidemic, and lesbians are nearly twice as likely to be overweight than heterosexual women. Sarah Fogel, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, is using a successful, predominately lesbian weight loss group in Atlanta, as a model system for determining how to target obesity in a…
VUSN seminar series offers tips on caring for elderly loved ones
June 13, 2008
Vanderbilt University Nursing School recently kicked off a four-part summer series dedicated to providing much-needed tips on caring for elderly loved ones. The series, “Caring for Your Aging Parents,” is free and is designed to address key elements such as safety concerns, medicine issues, understanding dementia, legal protections and other issues.
VUSN names Keck assistant dean for Administration
March 14, 2008
Becky Keck, M.S.N., R.N., has been named assistant dean for Administration at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. “Becky is a talented administrator, instructor and nurse who brings with her a long track record of successes,” said Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., dean of VUSN. “She is uniquely suited to make important contributions to our work here.”
MIHOW: Outreach Program Offers Kitchen Table Advice to New Moms
February 28, 2008
For the last 25 years, the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program has proven that the best advice for pregnant women and new mothers often comes from other moms themselves. Begun in 1982 to improve birth outcomes, MIHOW brings laywomen from the local community into the homes of women who are economically disadvantaged and/or…
Grant bolsters VKC mental health program
February 15, 2008
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is receiving $640,000 over the next three years from the John Merck Fund to facilitate a mental health treatment program for adolescents and young adults who have both a psychiatric disorder and intellectual or other developmental disability. Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., the center’s director,…
