State of Nursing address reviews remarkable year

In her 2021 State of Nursing address, Executive Chief Nursing Officer Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC, looked back on an unprecedented year of nursing care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as the organization continued to grow. View...

Marilyn Smith named CNO of Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital

Marilyn Smith, DNP, MSN, RN, had an incredible and unlikely journey to her role as Chief Nursing Officer of Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. View...

Stacie Dusetzina appointed to federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). View...

You asked, we answered: COVID testing on immunocompromised patients

Is there a need to perform COVID antibody testing on immunocompromised patients after they have been vaccinated (e.g. in transplant patients)? View...

Michelle Kennedy follows the same mantra whether at work or in her personal life: be a good role model and walk the walk.

Says the Credo Award winner: "I won't ask someone to do something I wouldn't do myself. I try to give 110% every day. Whatever I can do to help people, I will." View...

New Clinician Spotlight: Andrew DeFilippis, Cardiology

Andrew DeFilippis, MD, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He began seeing patients in September 2020. View...

Survey Sparks: High-alert medications

Part of a series of Joint Commission readiness tips. For more information, go to: https://www.vumc.org/mysite/ View...