Posts Tagged ‘Jennifer Wilbeck’

700,000 drug reaction cases in EDs each year: Nurses are first to ID them

May 1, 2007

Shortness of breath. Rashes. Facial swelling. Fatigue. Itching. Hypotension. Dizziness. Confusion. Any one of these symptoms, and dozens of others, could be caused by an adverse drug event (ADE). New research says 700,000 patients come to EDs each year because of ADEs, and this number is expected to increase because of more older patients, more…

Innovative VUSN degree program marks milestone

December 21, 2006

Melissa Bogle doesn’t think of herself as a pioneer, but that’s exactly what she is. Bogle is the first student to successfully complete Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s new dual Family Nurse Practitioner/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program with a focus in Emergency Care, the first such program of its kind in the nation. “In the…

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