Terrell Smith retiring after distinguished career at Vanderbilt
Terrell Smith, MSN, RN, senior director of Patient and Family Engagement, is retiring after more than three decades at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Smith was at the forefront of creating...
View ArticleVanderbilt Health innovates with virtual nursing to enhance patient care
In 2023, amid a national nursing shortage, nursing leadership at Vanderbilt Health knew they needed an innovative approach to properly support their current workforce and continue delivering quality...
View ArticleNursing Grand Rounds encouraged nurses to engage in health policy advocacy
Gretchen McCullough, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, and Matt Scanlan, JD, Vice President, Office of State Government and Community...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She kept me in the know and that was very, very...
Amanda Melton, LPN, works in the Medical Surgical Unit at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at Vanderbilt Health. From multiple nominations “Amanda has been my...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She made my daughter feel welcomed, safe and cared for.’
Devan Hayes, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, works in the Child and Adolescent Unit at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at Vanderbilt Health. From multiple nominations “I...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘I hope the hospital understands what an asset she is...
Jesse McGee, BSN, RN, works in the Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at Vanderbilt Health. From the nomination “I am...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘Kevin hugged and cried with us.’
Kevin Plowman, RN, works in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at Vanderbilt Health. From the nomination “Kevin Plowmen was...
View ArticleLongtime VUH nursing leader Robin Steaban to retire
Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer for Vanderbilt University Hospital, will retire after 35 years of service and leadership at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She will...
View ArticleNew education course launched to improve stroke identification and care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently introduced its newest stroke education course from the American Heart Association. The course, Advance Stroke Life Support (ASLS), trains prehospital and...
View ArticleNursing leader Sandy Greeno remembered for leading by example
Sandra Lynn “Sandy” Greeno, DNP, who for more than two decades was a leader at Vanderbilt University Hospital in several key roles, died March 4 in Akron, Ohio. She was 70. Sandy Greeno, DNP Dr....
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She went above and beyond to help our patient who was...
Annette Goad, BSN, RN, MLAS, works in the Medical Specialties clinic at The Vanderbilt Clinic. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners. From the nomination “We had a patient...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She put my care and comfort before everything else’
Libby Bien, BSN, RN, works in the Hematology/Oncology unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners. From the nomination “Libby Bien was the...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She is truly an artist in her profession’
Tiffanie Durbin, BSN, RN, works in the Vanderbilt Weight Loss Clinic at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners. From the nomination “My wife...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: The patient’s final wish was to see her daughter’s...
Aaron Caskey, RN, works in the 1 West unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners. From the nomination “One of the patients on the unit was...
View ArticleDAISY Award spotlight: ‘She was a kind face to see in a time when I was so...
Madison Sowers, LPN, works in the Medical/Surgical/Telemetry unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners. From the nomination “I came...
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