VUMC in the news

Nurse.com freelance writer/editor Carole Jakucs interviewed nurse manager Kim Linville, MSN, RN; Olivia Mays Desimore RN; and case manager Ann Luther, RN, MSN, APRN CNS, for a story about the discharge planning role of a bedside nurse - how they prepare patients during their stay and at discharge for transitioning to home, and the education involved to help reduce readmission rates. Jakucs also interview this group for a separate story about nurses who work specifically as care coordinators to help patients transition out of the hospital. The stories will appear in Nurse.com's upcoming Trends in Med/Surg Nursing, a digital publication.

LiveScience staff writer Yasemin Saplakoglu interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about the Nipah virus that’s recently been killing people in India. 

MedPage Today: Lung nodule analysis model may reduce screening false positives A team of researchers created a novel approach for characterizing pulmonary nodules that was able to reduce the number of false-positive test results. The study’s senior author, Fabien Maldonado, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.

NBCNews.com reporter Elizabeth Chuck mentioned VUMC’s training for staff in a story about unconscious bias. 

HemOnc Today interviewed David Penson, MD, professor and chair of Urologic Surgery, for a story about screening for prostate cancer.