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VUSN ranked 4th in awarding graduate degrees to Native Americans
December 16, 2016
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has ranked the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing No. 4 in the United States for the number of graduate degrees awarded to Native Americans.
Mavis Schorn named IPE Faculty Director for Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
December 16, 2016
Senior Associate Dean for Academics Mavis Schorn, CNM, PhD, FACNM, was recently named Interprofessional Education and Inter-Institutional Collaborative Learning (IPE) Faculty Director for the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance.
VUSN professor receives American Cancer Society grant to study self-care for cancer survivors
December 2, 2016
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) Assistant Professor Jie Deng, Ph.D., R.N., OCN, FAAN, has been awarded a $789,000 research scholar grant by the American Cancer Society to develop and test a self-care program for head and neck cancer survivors diagnosed with secondary lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). LEF causes swelling and the development of hard…
School of Nursing celebrates 2016 Alumni Award recipients
November 16, 2016
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing presented three outstanding alumni and a legendary Vanderbilt professor with VUSN alumni awards as part of Reunion 2016. Britney Broyhill, MSN ’08, DNP ’13, BA ’06; Cynthia Cameron, MSN ’10, BS ’03; Sally Yeagley, BSN ’66, MSN ’86; and Vereen Bell, professor of English, emeritus, accepted the awards in…
Nursing student leads Hult Prize @ Vanderbilt competition
October 24, 2016
After making it to the regional finals in the 2016 international Hult Prize competition, VUSN student Kelsey Moore is directing this year’s campus event. Billed as the “Nobel Prize for students,” the Hult Prize awards $1 million for the best business plan to help solve issues facing millions of people around the globe.
Minnick and Leming-Lee receive student-nominated awards
October 20, 2016
School of Nursing faculty Ann F. Minnick, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, and Treasa “Susie” Leming-Lee, DNP, MSN, CPHQ, recently were honored with the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Dean Colleen Conway-Welch awards. The awards recognize faculty members in the Ph.D. and DNP programs for significant contributions to student learning in their courses and/or by encouraging students…
