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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Three Vanderbilt University School of Nursing alumni and faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as part of the 2025 class. Associate Professor Abby Luck Parish, DNP, MSN’05, FNAP, Associate Professor Mary Lauren Pfieffer, DNP, MSN’11, and Assistant Professor in Clinical Nursing Tiffany Street, DNP’18, MSN’03, were selected for their positive and profound impact on the nurse practitioner profession, education, and national and global health. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Tracey DeWire, MSN'08, ACNP-BC, had a 16-year career in sales before deciding to become a nurse practitioner, a decision inspired by her best friend’s cancer diagnosis. She’s kept that inspiration burning in the 15 years of her second career. Her compassionate care has led to a VUMC Patient and Family Choice Award. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is welcoming the first graduates of the Nurse Scholars Program, which pays for up to four semesters of nursing school tuition at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) or Cumberland University in return for a work commitment to VUMC. The welcoming of the graduates comes as the latest group of nursing scholars were recently accepted into the program, which began accepting scholars in 2023. The program will pay up to $7,500 in tuition per semester, which is applied after grants and other scholarships. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Following Vanderbilt University's announcement that undergraduate and most graduate schools would postpone the start of the spring 2022 semester until January 17, Dean Pamela Jeffries provided specific information for the School of Nursing. Highlights included the information that VUSN classes would start January 4 as previously scheduled, that staff would work remotely until January 18, and that most specialty program classes would start in hybrid/remote formats for the first few weeks of 2022. Read her message Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University students and faculty began in-person classes for the fall 2021 semester this week. Utilizing the university’s health and safety protocols, Vanderbilt School of Nursing is pleased to welcome students, staff, faculty, postdocs and visitors back to campus. On August 12, Vanderbilt University announced updated COVID-19 guidance and protocols. See this video from Dean Pamela Jeffries for information.  Read More

Associate Professor of Nursing Laurie Connors, DNP, FAANP, has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute to train doctors of nursing practice and PhD nurses in the translation and integration of genomics into academics, research and clinical practice. “We will deploy a ‘train the trainer’ model,” Connors said. “Our participants will take their skills back to their universities to serve as champions to incorporate genomics into curriculum, research, scholarship and clinical practice." Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt alumni Annie Moon, MSN’03, and Dr. Jill Moses, MD’91, confront a continuing COVID-19 crisis as they deliver health care to the Navajo Nation Read More

Vanderbilt Hospital tapped a team of experienced nurse practitioners to set up and provide care in its COVID-19 unit. They, along with the rest of the unit professionals, are still at it after nearly a year of what one describes as probably the hardest months of any of their professional lives. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow James Muchira designed a study to examine the relationship between maternal cardiovascular health and early childhood obesity and arterial stiffness in 1- to 5-year-old children. He altered his recruitment and data collection protocols to prioritize the safety of the participants and research personnel when he returned to the lab through Vanderbilt's Research Ramp-up process. Read More

They’ve been working together, side by side—or, rather, screen by screen—seven days a week for months to keep a bustling urban campus with thousands of active students, faculty, researchers and staff open and running in the midst of a pandemic. Andrea George, MS’94, PhD’07, director of environmental health and safety for the university, and Pam Jones, BSN’81, MSN’92, DNP’13, senior associate dean for clinical and community partnerships at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, are co-commanders of the university’s Public Health Central Command Center. They were instrumental in developing and leading Vanderbilt’s ambitious and successful Return to Campus Plan. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

When in-person research activities at Vanderbilt were put on hold in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Ridner, PhD'03, MSN'00, FAAN, the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing and director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program, was the primary investigator on two research studies with oncology patients. “The participants in the lymphedema prevention study had given us five years of their lives, and so we also felt an ethical responsibility to finish our work in supporting them,” Ridner said. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 8, followed by Investiture on Friday, May 9, on Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Lawn. The ceremonies recognized students completing their programs in August and December 2024 and May 2025. Read More