Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Eight from School of Nursing recognized for leadership, professional accomplishments
Apr. 26, 2021—Six Vanderbilt University School of Nursing nurse-midwives have been selected as 2021 fellows of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and two of the school’s faculty have been named 2021 fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Class of 2021: Nursing grad provides mental health care during pandemic
Apr. 26, 2021—When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person clinical experiences for most nursing students nationwide, Vanderbilt School of Nursing master’s student Matias Massaro seized the opportunity to learn a new aspect of providing psychiatric-mental health care.
Duc Pham, MD’98: From Vietnam to Vanderbilt
Feb. 17, 2020—Duc Pham often speaks about how lucky he has been, despite a difficult childhood during the Vietnam War after which his father, a police captain in South Vietnam, was sentenced without trial by the North Vietnamese to seven and a half years of hard labor in a prison camp. “When my dad was released from...
A Focus on Women’s Health: Sarah Vaillancourt, MSN’18
Aug. 20, 2019—Sarah Vaillancourt’s mission—to help women get the care they need—far predated her nursing degree. “I knew I wanted to work in women’s health before I knew exactly what I wanted to do or how I wanted to do it,” says Vaillancourt, who earned her master of science degree last year. Having also considered medical school...
Virginia George, BSN’47, MS’72, Champion of the Nurse Practitioner
Nov. 19, 2018—Virginia Maxwell George, professor of nursing, emerita, and an early champion of nurse practitioners, died of natural causes July 26 in Nashville. She was 94. George was founding director of Vanderbilt’s Family Nurse Practitioner program, one of the first in the Southeast. A 1947 VUSN graduate, she taught at Vanderbilt for 28 years, earning teaching...
Colleen Conway-Welch, Nursing Legend
Nov. 19, 2018—Colleen Conway-Welch, 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 battle with cancer. Linda D. Norman, current dean of the School of Nursing, knew Conway-Welch for more than three decades and was recruited by her to join...