Nursing

A complete list of new School of Medicine and School of Nursing faculty for 2012 School of Medicine Aqeela Afzal, Ph.D. Research assistant professor of neurological surgery Francisco Aguirre, M.D. Instructor in clinical obstetrics and gynecology Neda Ahmadi, M.D. Instructor in otolaryngology Syed Toufeeq Ahmed, Ph.D. Read More

A bright spotlight shone on nursing research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research Committee’s annual Research Day on Oct. 17. Read More

Twelve Vanderbilt University faculty members were honored for extraordinary contributions to their respective fields during an Aug. 28 celebration of endowed chair holders at the Student Life Center. Read More

Debianne Peterman, Ph.D., MSN, director of Nursing Education and Professional Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo — the hospital where she was born. Read More

Tanya Prytvskach, BSN, R.N., left, gets an introduction to nurse wellness from Margie Gale, MSN, R.N., during Nurse Residency orientation. Vanderbilt’s Nurse Residency Program helps new nurses transition from nursing school to professional practice through hands-on clinical experience, interactive education sessions and the support… Read More

Marilyn Dubree (left) and Sabrina Downs react after learning April 18 that VUMC had achieved its second designation as a Magnet organization. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been granted its second consecutive Magnet® status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program®, a rigorous… Read More

Shelagh Mulvaney (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Using social media to communicate and educate about diabetes is the topic of a lunchtime lecture on March 23. Shelagh Mulvaney, assistant professor of nursing, biomedical informatics and pediatrics at Vanderbilt, will discuss “The Rules of Engagement: Using Social Technologies to Enhance Diabetes… Read More

Your organization has applied to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program for re-designation of the prestigious Magnet designation. This designation recognizes excellence in nursing services. You have an opportunity to participate in the evaluation process and are encouraged to do so. We will be coming to… Read More

Mary Gwyn Bowen, R.N., is studying whether art on the walls motivates patients to ambulate more quickly following cardiac surgery. (Joe Howell / Vanderbilt) Following cardiac surgery, patients are encouraged to get out of bed and walk as soon as possible, a daunting task to many who… Read More

Your organization has applied to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program for re-designation of the prestigious Magnet designation. This designation recognizes excellence in nursing services. You have an opportunity to participate in the evaluation process and are encouraged to do so. We will be coming to… Read More

How three Vanderbilt nurses are changing the world, one child at a time Vanderbilt School of Nursing’s Marie Phillips poses with 7-year-old A’Darius Parrish at Park Avenue Elementary School in Nashville, where Phillips serves as school nurse. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Marie Phillips, Kathy Warren and Theresa Hook are Vanderbilt nurses,… Read More

Elsie Yordy, circa 1950 (image courtesy of Eleanor Yordy Dooner) My paternal grandmother, Elsie, always wanted me to become a nurse. She told my sisters and me time and again that if we were to make anything of ourselves, we needed to go to nursing school. An orphan adopted… Read More

The Fall 2011 edition of Vanderbilt Nurse magazine tackles issues surrounding America’s prescription drug problem – including the safe and proper disposal of prescription drugs, the dangers of improper prescription drug use, and the epidemic of prescription drug abuse by teens. Also read how School of Nursing… Read More

"Take Care," featuring 13 works by nine artists, is at Sarratt Gallery Nov. 1-30. In August, the New York Times Magazine reported on the rapid rise of pregnancy reduction – not the accepted reduction of multiple fetuses, but on the rising number of women electing to reduce… Read More

The Yellow Ribbon Program is helping veterans and their family members pursue education (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) For Erin Gardiner, the decision to pursue a career in medicine was forged on the battlefield. As the executive officer for an Army surgical team stationed in Seoul, South Korea, Gardiner worked with an… Read More

Cathey Norton, a physical therapist at the Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute at Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center, will present “Vestibular Deficits and Vestibular Rehabilitation” from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Light Hall, Room 214. Feel free to bring your lunch to this Geriatrics and Gerontology… Read More

Associate Professor of Medicine James Powers will present "Alzheimer's Disease 2011." Read More

A new study finds that when nurses' workloads increase during shifts because of high patient turnover, mortality risk also increases. Read More

Just a few sessions on the treadmill can prevent marijuana cravings and use, new research finds. Read More

Support and treatment, not punishment, are needed to help the 10 to 20 percent of U.S. nurses and nursing students who may have problems with substance abuse and addiction. Read More