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Class Notes – Fall 2011
40s Helen Iola Manoogian, BSN ‘47B, celebrated her 90th birthday with a ride on a zip line. 50s Frances M. Edwards, BSN ‘53, MSN ‘76, received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Tennessean’s recent Salute to Nurses ceremony. According to her nomination, “no one in Tennessee has been more involved in promoting the health of…
Posted in Class Notes, Departments, Fall 2011 |
Photo Gallery: Reunion 2010
Nursing school alumni, including several Quinqs, joined the annual Reunion Celebration in Fall 2010. See a full-screen version of the slideshow.
Posted in Issue, Photo Gallery, Spring 2011 |
Spotlight on Nursing Research/Swelling in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Sheila Ridner, PhD, MSN, wants everyone to know that lymphedema (swelling) doesn’t just happen to breast cancer survivors. So, she’s expanding her research to head and neck cancer patients. “This work is so important because lymphatic damage and the fibrosis happen from the shoulder to nasal area where our mechanisms for swallowing, nourishing and breathing…
Posted in Departments, News Around the School, Research News, Spring 2011 |
Alumni Profile/Michael Briley, MSN ‘94, DNP, APN, Julia Hereford Society President
When people ask me about the practice I started more than 17 years ago, I tell them it’s more than a business. It’s a philosophy. I believe that wellness and preventions of problems are the keys to a better, richer life. This philosophy is fundamental to all aspects of my practice and reflects the strong…
Posted in Alumni Profile, Class Notes, Departments, Issue, Spring 2011 |
Class Notes – Spring 2011
40s Eunice Moe Brock, BSN ‘41, is honorary president of the Liaocheng International Peace Hospital in China. She is writing a book “Search for a World View” that will harmonize the scientific concepts of the physical and spiritual realms, and hopes to have it translated into Chinese in 2011. Bess Winchester Isaacs, BSN ‘47B, lives…
Posted in Class Notes, Departments, Issue, Spring 2011 |
VUMC Subject of New TV Series
Once again Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been chosen as the subject of a new health care reality TV series scheduled to make its broadcast debut on a cable network this spring. The series, titled Baby’s First Day, was produced by New York-based True Entertainment. It is a brand new effort for a daytime programming…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
Got Blood?
Students and visitors at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have gotten used to seeing an American Red Cross Bloodmobile in the Godchaux Hall parking lot a few times this year. During the fall and spring semesters, nearly 80 faculty, staff, and community members donated much-needed blood for the Tennessee Valley Region of the American Red…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
A Fresh Way to Prepare ACNPs
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is expanding its training of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) to include a new subspecialty of intensivists. Joan King, PhD, RN, program director for the ACNP program, has been awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant from the Health Research Services Administration to work collaboratively with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
Dissertation Defense from a Distance
For the first time since Vanderbilt University established a Graduate School, a PhD candidate held a public dissertation defense from a distance and in real time. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Lt. Col. Linda Fisher, an active duty member of the Army Nurse Corps, was at her post in Washington State using desktop video conferencing…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
VUSN Ranked no. 15 Among Nation’s Top Schools
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing ranks among the nation’s top 15 “Best Graduate Schools” according to U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s 2012 rankings released in April. VUSN rose four spots to 15, up from the 19th position when graduate nursing programs were last ranked during 2007. Among Nursing Specialties disciplines, the School…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
Schorn named assistant dean for Academics
Mavis Schorn, PhD, CNM, has been named assistant dean for Academics at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She will also continue to serve as program director for VUSN’s Nurse-Midwifery Program, one of the School’s largest specialty tracks that was recently ranked No. 3 in U.S. News and World Report. In this newly created role, Schorn…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
Substance Abuse
Non-punitive support key to tackling issue among nurses An estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of nurses and nursing students may have substance abuse and addiction problems. The key to tackling this difficult issue – and protecting public safety – is support and treatment rather than punishment, according to a recent paper in Journal of…
Posted in Departments, Issue, News Around the School, Spring 2011 |
Photo Gallery
VUSN Pinning Ceremony: August 20, 2010 Enjoy our slideshow of the VUSN Pinning Ceremony. To see a caption for a photo, click on the photo. Or, you can see a full-screen slideshow with captions. VUSN Graduation: May 14, 2010 Enjoy our slideshow of the VUSN Graduation, which was held on May 14, 2010. To see…
Posted in Fall 2010, Issue, Photo Gallery |
Class notes – Fall 2010
50s Kathleen “Kay” Gainor Andreoli, MSN ‘59, DSN, RN, FAAN, is Emeritus Kellogg Dean of the Rush University College of Nursing. A fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, Andreoli was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She received the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Distinguished Alumna award in…
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Buerhaus to Chair National Health Care Workforce Commission
Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N., has been named chair of the National Health Care Workforce Commission, a 15-member panel comprised of distinguished leaders from academia and the health care industry created under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Buerhaus is the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and director for the Center…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
Sim lab named Laerdal Center of Excellence
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Clinical Simulation Lab was designated a Laerdal Center of Excellence this spring — one of only 16 educational institutions in the nation to receive this honor. The designation is awarded to educational centers that have demonstrated excellence in educational philosophy and designed programs to help save lives. “This is a…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
$2 Million of Loan Forgiveness Support On the Way
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recently received more than $2 million worth of funding from the nurse faculty loan programs from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) fund and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for master’s and doctoral students who want to become faculty members after graduation. Specifically, the HRSA funds…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
VUSN/Lipscomb Partnership Evolves
Lipscomb University partnered with Vanderbilt University School of Nursing five years ago to initiate a baccalaureate degree in nursing. The program was designed so Lipscomb students would take five semesters of liberal arts courses at Lipscomb, complete three semesters of pre-specialty generalist nursing curriculum at VUSN, and graduate with a bachelor of science degree in nursing…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
Students Help Take Expired Drugs Off the Streets
Thousands of prescription pills were safely disposed of at a recent Dickson County drug disposal event, thanks to the combined efforts of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty and students, the Dickson Police Department, Lipscomb College of Pharmacy students, the Hamblin County Anti-Drug Coalition and other community pharmacists. A steady stream of people from Dickson, Hickman, Davidson…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
New Inter-Professional Learning Fellowship begins
At the end of July, students from different health disciplines and academic institutions in the Nashville area came together for a unique “immersion” experience. The 26 students are the first participants in the Vanderbilt University Fellowship in Inter-professional Learning: a new paradigm for the education of students in health-related fields. Throughout the two-week immersion experience,…
Posted in Departments, Fall 2010, Issue, News Around the School |
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