Employee Spotlight
PACU team celebrates team member Jessica Crowell on World Down Syndrome Day with special T-shirt
By Jessica Pasley
“She is such a wonderful human being, and everyone can see that."
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Pain medication. Cosmetics. Cleaning supplies. Tennessee Poison Center’s message: lock them away.
By Jessica Pasley
But if the unexpected occurs, TPC's hotline is staffed by nurses, pharmacists, physicians and board-certified medical toxicologists
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Health, yes
Stepping back is best for springing forward: tips for dealing with the beginning of daylight saving time
By Jessica Pasley
Go to bed a little earlier than usual. Take a good look at the morning sun when you get up.
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Employee Spotlight
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt 20th birthday celebration kicks off with performance from employee musician Darnell Clay
By Jessica Pasley
Clay is a familiar face around Monroe Carell. As a Nutrition Services team member, he delivers food trays to patients. Few were aware of his love of music.
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Patient Spotlight
The fourth grader was in the hospital and missed his classmates. They missed him too. So all 66 of them came to visit.
By Jessica Pasley
"It was really important to us to show him he is in our hearts.”
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Health, yes
Early evening darkness brings dangers for drivers and pedestrians
By Jessica Pasley
The end of daylight saving time means many of us are driving home in the dark
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Patient Spotlight
Gracie was with her mom and grandmother on a road trip. A medical emergency brought the Angel 7 ambulance to her rescue.
By Jessica Pasley
Angel 7 is the first pediatric transport team in Tennessee to offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — ECMO — for its patients. It was the difference in life and death.
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Patient Spotlight
The couple was staying in the hospital with a sick child. When the staff heard it was their anniversary, they arranged a special dinner with candlelight and flowers.
By Jessica Pasley
Jim and Jill Somerville ended up with an anniversary to remember — and a commemorative plaque
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