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Author: Christina Echegaray

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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrates 20 years

By Christina Echegaray

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt staff take a celebratory birthday photo with hospital…

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Credo Award Winner

Random acts of kindness and team building put pediatric nurse anesthetist Caroline Campbell in the spotlight with Credo Award

By Christina Echegaray

“When people are feeling down, I want to do something to make everyone feel better.”

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VUMC in the Community

Covenant School group visits VUMC as part of “1,000 thank yous” campaign

By Christina Echegaray

Expressing gratitude with words, presence and spray paint

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Patient and Family Choice Award

Some days Bill Moore wondered if he was actually helping the children in his care. Then patients’ families gave him a Patient and Family Choice Award.

By Christina Echegaray

He started with a career in marketing, moved to the music business, and has found his calling at Monroe Carell

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DAISY Award

Kathie Krause’s decades of commitment to infants, children and families honored with lifetime DAISY Award

By Christina Echegaray

Krause stepped off the elevator on the 8th floor of Monroe Carell and was greeted by about 40 nurses in a surprise ceremony. “They totally got me on this one,” she said.

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Credo Award Winner

Paula Ciero fun toy toolkit puts children at ease during clinic visits

By Christina Echegaray

From fidget bracelets to sound tubes to "squishies," Ciero finds ways to make children smile.

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Elevate Team Award

A cyber-attack caused a worldwide outage to a major payroll system. A VUMC response team made sure employees could still be paid.

By Christina Echegaray

“What’s amazing about VUMC is our ability to pull together and collaborate across teams and really to respond to an incident or an emergency situation."

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Credo Award Winner

No detail is too small and no task too big for research administrative officer Mustafa Nateqi

By Christina Echegaray

Nateqi's can-do attitude and dedication earn him a Credo Award.

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Employee Spotlight

A child’s beloved stuffed toy was missing. Two Children’s Hospital nurses mounted a midnight expedition to the basement to find Stuart the pink tiger.

By Christina Echegaray

Searching dozens of laundry bags in quest of a patient's pink-and-white companion

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