Posts Tagged ‘news-home’
Take an interactive tour of the new School of Nursing Building
January 18, 2019
The new School of Nursing building has the well-being of its occupants at the heart of its design, construction and operation. Take an interactive tour of the building’s wellness features.
Pioneering Vanderbilt School of Nursing building designed with health in mind
January 17, 2019
Health and well-being inform every part of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s new $23.6 million building expansion, opening Jan. 22. The expansion, which broke ground in 2017, was designed to target LEED Gold and WELL Silver certification. Once the certification process concludes, the university anticipates that this building will be the first complete, ground-up structure in Nashville to carry the…
Recent School of Nursing honors and recognitions
November 26, 2018
Faculty and students in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have recently been recognized for these career, research, scholarship and leadership accomplishments. The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence named Assistant Professor Jennifer Kim, DNP, MSN’97, GNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, a distinguished educator in gerontological nursing. She received the award at the NHCGNE Leadership Conference…
Former Dean Colleen Conway-Welch has died
October 12, 2018
Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., C.N.M., F.A.A.N., F.A.C.N.M., who during her 29 years as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing transformed nursing education at Vanderbilt and nationally, died Oct. 12 following a courageous battle with cancer. “Colleen Conway-Welch was a prescient leader at Vanderbilt who had a tremendous positive impact on our university and on…
Mary Ann Jessee receives top writing award from Journal of Nursing Education
September 21, 2018
An article written by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor and PreSpecialty Level Academic Director Mary Ann Jessee, PhD, RN, has won the Christine A. Tanner Scholarly Teaching Award given by the Journal of Nursing Education. Jessee’s article, “Pursuing Improvement in Clinical Reasoning: The Integrated Clinical Education Theory,” was selected from all the major…
Memorial service for longtime faculty Virginia George set for Oct. 8
September 21, 2018
A memorial service for Virginia Maxwell George, BSN’47, MS’72, CFNC, will be Monday, Oct. 8, at the School of Nursing. The memorial in celebration of her life will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Nursing Annex, Room 155. Attendees are encouraged to bring photographs or remembrances to share. RSVP George, professor of nursing, emerita, and…
