Faculty Scholarship Program - School of NursingSchool of Nursing

What Is the VUSN Faculty Scholarship Program?

Internal funding is provided by the Dean to support a scholarly program in either the area of teaching/ learning or scholarly practice. Teaching and learning projects should focus on innovations and/or new methods in teaching. Projects focusing on scholarly practice should align with VUSN research/scholarship areas such as: acute and chronic illnesses, pregnancy outcomes, mother and infant health, and family health, innovations in practice models for implementation science, palliative care science, innovations in health technologies, cognitive health and dysfunction, and data science.

Who Is Eligible?

Applications are accepted from all non-tenure track full-time VUSN faculty. It is recommended that faculty complete one funded project prior to applying for another. All funded faculty must agree to a 12 month commitment to VUSN post project completion.

What Are the Expected Outcomes?

Primary

Change in clinical or teaching practice
Improvement initiative or clinical research project that advances faculty scholarship
Dissemination primarily through publications in peer reviewed journals

Secondary

Professional meeting presentation
Clinical or teaching grand rounds
Meeting with the Office of Corporate and Foundational Relations to identify future opportunities to sustain the teaching or practice innovation
Serving on the Faculty Scholarship Program Project Review Committee
Interim and Final project reports are expected

What Is the Review and Funding Approval Process?

Review by Faculty Scholarship Program Review Committee
VUSN Dean's Council for final approval of funding

How Do I Apply?

Applications are accepted online. See requested documentation below.

Items Requested in the Application
- Abstract (30 lines of text maximum)
- Project Purpose and Aims: Describe the purpose of your project, the problem/issue you are addressing and the specific aims of your project, and how the project aligns with VUSN priorities in the area of teaching or practice (2000 character limit)
- Background: What is known about your topic? What is unknown? How does your project fill either a teaching/learning or scholarly practice gap? (4000 character limit)
- Relevance/Significance: Indicate why the project is important and provide a clear link with the background section (4000 character limit)
- Project Methods: Provide detail using the following sub-headings: (4000 character limit)
  - Design (e.g. quality improvement, teaching innovation, observational, experimental)
  - Participants/subjects
  - Sample size
  - Inclusion/exclusion criteria
  - Variable/outcomes
  - Instruments/tools/methods used to measure variable
- Project Timeline: Include specifics about project onset, data collection duration, etc., as well as dissemination, e.g. manuscript submission, presentations and professional meetings.
  - The request may be for a period of no longer than 2 years.
- Anticipated deliverables: Publication, presentation, other with target journal or conference
  - The primary form of dissemination should be publication.
- Budget: Include salary and non-salary requests.
  - The program recognizes that faculty investment time, project personnel (administrative assistants, statistician), equipment, and other funds may be needed. Consider resource needs comprehensively when preparing the budget.
  - In one line per item, list each with subtotals:
    Personnel (one line per item, list name, title, % time, justification)
    Equipment (one line per item, description, justification)
    Consumable supplies (one line per item, description, justification)
    Other expenses (one line per item, description, justification)
  - Provide Budget grand total and any comments
- Faculty applicant Biosketch
- Primary Mentor for Project: Contact information, list other potential mentors for project
- Key Personnel: Those individuals whose cooperation for the project is essential

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Updates for the Scholarship Program for VUSN Faculty - Spring 2021

Current and Previously Funded Projects

Faculty	Grant
Susan Andrews	Promoting Adoption of Best Practices for Securing Pediatric IVs to Reduce IV Site Complications: An Evidence-based Utilization Project
Angel Anthamatten	Evaluating Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in Nurse Practitioner Education for Competency Evaluation
Jennifer Barut	Advancing Patient Care and Supporting Nursing Engagement in Evidence-based Practice Outcomes at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
Linda Beuscher	Reducing re-hospitalization of Medicare recipients
Laurie Connors	Explore and Evaluate Genomics in Graduate Nursing
Janelle Delle, Angela Weaver, Lacey Cross, Jo Ellen Holt, Mary Anne Jessee	Educational innovation to assess Prespecialty students' ability to demonstrate clinical judgment, effective communication, and teamwork during an Escape Room Simulation
Stephanie DeVane-Johnson	Decreasing the Breastfeeding Disparity Among African American Women: Expanding a Research Trajectory at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Through Community Engagement
Diana Dowdy	Pain Management for IUD Placement
Karen Hande, Natasha McClure	Exploring measurements of competencies and outcomes among accredited NP fellowships
Karen Hande, Carrie Plummer, Eydie Cloyd	Mindfulness-Centered Stress Reduction
Karen Hande	Opioid Misuse and Abuse Mitigation in an Out-Patient Supportive Care Oncology Clinic: Implementation of Strategies and Outcomes
Jennifer Hensley	Sleep Disorder with specific interest in Restless Leg Syndrome
Jennifer Hicks	Exploring perinatal/neonatal loss support systems and evidence based interventions
Sharon Holley	Midwifery professional practice evaluation
Jennifer Hunt & Melissa Lord	Healthy Outcomes Post-release Education (HOPE) for Female Inmates at Risk for Opioid Overdose
Sharon Jones	Whole Person Wellness project
Hannah W Kestner	Assessing the value of interprofessional simulation and home visits in improving the level of nursing and pharmacy student's core competencies in interprofessional education collaboration
William Travis McCall	William Travis McCall: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Peer Support Program for Vanderbilt Lifeflight
Natasha McClure	Development of asthma education and prevention program at the Napier Elementary School community
Ginny Moore	Promote effective patient communication in vulnerable adult women
Melanie Morris	Postpartum Nurse-Navigated Text Messaging Support Intervention: Data Analyses and Dissemination
Colleen Moss	Evaluating the impact of a formalized mentoring program using the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners mentoring toolkit
Bonnie Pilon	A Study of the History and Culture of Selected Nurse Managed Health Center in the U.S.
Jade Powell Vergara	Examining Quality of Life in Older Adults Living Near a Rock Quarry in a Historically Black Community
Heather Robbins, Mary Anne Jessee	Clinical Evaluation Improvement Project: Assessing Student Clinical Competency
K. Melissa Smith	Implementation of an academic-clinical partnership: Heart failure transitional care
Lucinda Stewart	Interprofessional Obstetrics Simulation: Collaborative Project of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) and Vanderbilt Divinity School (VDS)
Pamela Waynick-Rogers, Shannon Cole	Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) and the Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL), Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Project.
Jennifer Wilbeck	Bringing attention to and facilitating revisions to national scopes, standards and competencies for Emergency Nurse Practitioner practice
Courtney Young-Pitts	Application of primary care guidelines in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) clinical setting
Carol Ziegler	Planetary health and justice, and Interprofessional education and practice