Leanne Boehm

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will host The Gold Standard: Elevating Delirium & Age-friendly Health Care, an educational institute that will bring together health care professionals, educators, researchers and administrators to Nashville from around the globe on June 26-27. The comprehensive two-day institute is designed for health care professionals committed… Read More

Clinicians need to have a better understanding of the potential impact of patients’ anxiety sensitivity, or “fear of fear,” according to an article published in American Journal of Critical Care. When a patient has anxiety sensitivity, they misinterpret nonthreatening symptoms as threatening, assessing the potential meaning across physical, social or cognitive domains. These “what if” thoughts may trigger a spiral effect, stimulating the nervous system and resulting in stronger sensations and further catastrophic misinterpretations. Read More

Assistant Professor of Nursing Leanne Boehm, PhD’16, FCCM, has received a grant of more than $3.6 million over five years to examine, the efficacy of telemedicine services among people recovering from post-intensive care syndrome. This effort, funded by the National Institute on Aging, is the first PICS longitudinal cognitive impairment intervention study of its ki Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will host The Gold Standard: Elevating Delirium & Age-friendly Health Care, an educational institute that will bring together health care professionals, educators, researchers and administrators to Nashville from around the globe on June 26-27. The comprehensive two-day institute is designed for health care professionals committed… Read More

“The role of data science and technology continues to grow exponentially in health care delivery,” says School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries, PhD, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing. “New methods and discovery have the potential to impact large groups of patients, health care providers and health systems. You only need to look at the role data has played in forecasting and tracking the pandemic to see its value.”  Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will host The Gold Standard: Elevating Delirium & Age-friendly Health Care, an educational institute that will bring together health care professionals, educators, researchers and administrators to Nashville from around the globe on June 26-27. The comprehensive two-day institute is designed for health care professionals committed… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will host The Gold Standard: Elevating Delirium & Age-friendly Health Care, an educational institute that will bring together health care professionals, educators, researchers and administrators to Nashville from around the globe on June 26-27. The comprehensive two-day institute is designed for health care professionals committed… Read More