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VUSN rises in "U.S. News & World Report" 2019 graduate school rankings
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read MoreMar. 20, 2018
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Work with Doctors Without Borders inspires, impacts 2017 alumnus
Family Nurse Practitioner Saman Perera, MSN'17, fights health care inequality through Doctors Without Borders. Originally from Hendersonville, Tennessee, Perera recently moved to Knoxville after coming back from a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) two-month medical mission trip to Bentiu, South Sudan. Read MoreFeb. 20, 2018
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A Vanderbilt Love Story
A call in the night started a Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctor and a School of Nursing faculty member on a path to romance that's still as strong nearly three decades later. “She was really sweet and 34 years later, she’s still just as sweet,” Bill says. “It was meant to be,” Genie adds. A Valentine's story from VUMC Voice Read MoreFeb. 13, 2018
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From the Tristar State to the Land of Eternal Spring: Vanderbilt and Guatemala
Vanderbilt School of Nursing MSN students and faculty head to Guatemala to work with a local clinic during spring break in March. Vanderbilt’s student newspaper, the Hustler, features that connection and others between Vanderbilt and Guatemala in an in-depth article. Read MoreFeb. 13, 2018
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School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery and DNP students pinned at program completion
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read MoreJan. 22, 2018
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HIMSS and ANI honor Catherine Ivory with Nursing Informatics Leadership Award
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read MoreJan. 19, 2018
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Gilmer’s research about dogs helping children with cancer goes global, thanks to CNN
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read MoreJan. 8, 2018
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School of Nursing student saves baby born in back seat of car outside Medical Center East
School of Nursing student Steven Welton, RN, will never forget the first baby he delivered. Welton took charge when Elijah Youssef was born unexpectedly in the back seat of his family’s Honda outside Medical Center East last week. Welton is halfway through VUSN’s ASN to MSN program for registered nurses who have associate degrees, but he’d never delivered a baby nor assisted in a delivery. Welton went beyond delivery, however — he actually saved Elijah’s life. Read the whole story in VUMC Voice. Read MoreDec. 13, 2017
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“My dream was to be a nurse, taking care of critically ill children”
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has again been named one of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools” in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. The School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing Science program moved up to No. 14 from No. 15 and its… Read MoreNov. 21, 2017
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VUSN offers poverty simulation exercise as part of Nov. 10 conference
Attendees to the "Cultivating the Scholar-Activist" conference to be held on campus Friday, Nov. 10, will have the opportunity to experience the eye-opening Community Action Poverty Simulation facilitated by two School of Nursing faculty. Registration is still open. Read MoreNov. 6, 2017