AACN

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kleinpell receives AACN Pioneering Spirit award

    Ruth Kleinpell Independence Foundation Professor Ruth Kleinpell has been awarded the Pioneering Spirit Award by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The award recognizes significant contributions that influence progressive and critical nursing and relate to the association’s mission, vision and values. She will be presented with the award during… Read More

    May. 2, 2024

  • Four women in business attire, with two holding large glass engraved awards. The women are Left, AACN President and CEO Deb Trautman, April Kapu, Linda Norman and AACN Board Chair Ann Cary.

    School of Nursing and VUMC receive national New Era for Academic Nursing Award

    Ruth Kleinpell Independence Foundation Professor Ruth Kleinpell has been awarded the Pioneering Spirit Award by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The award recognizes significant contributions that influence progressive and critical nursing and relate to the association’s mission, vision and values. She will be presented with the award during… Read More

    Nov. 6, 2019

  • Alvin Jeffery

    VUSN Assistant Professor, Alvin Jeffery, recipient of the AACN's 2019 Circle of Excellence Award

    Ruth Kleinpell Independence Foundation Professor Ruth Kleinpell has been awarded the Pioneering Spirit Award by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The award recognizes significant contributions that influence progressive and critical nursing and relate to the association’s mission, vision and values. She will be presented with the award during… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2019

  • Vanderbilt DNP students

    Allison receives FAANP grant to study workforce impact of DNPs

    Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Director Terri Allison, DNP, received a Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners grant award to study the impact DNP-prepared nurse practitioners have on patient and organizational outcomes. Read More

    Nov. 26, 2018

  • Roger Conrad, Kaitlyn McGowen

    Recent School of Nursing Recognitions and Honors

    Faculty and students in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have recently been recognized for career accomplishments, research, scholarship and leadership. Student Kaitlyn McGowen, right with patient Roger Conrad, has been named a Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions fellow. Other recent honors include: Read More

    Aug. 17, 2018