The mother of the groom was choking at a wedding reception. A person needed CPR on a plane. Two Vanderbilt midwives stepped up.
Searching dozens of laundry bags in quest of a patient's pink-and-white companion
Five songs providing a snapshot of how the pandemic year felt on the patient care front lines
A terrifying tale from her first weekend on call.
She loves her job at VUMC, but it can be stressful. She gets home from work, heads to the barn, and the stress melts away.
“I don’t feel 90. And people say they don’t think that I am 90. So, I think I must be doing OK.”
Frank Nix of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit finds a way to connect with patient families with his custom face covers
She remembers one man who was scared and couldn't rest: “I spent 45 minutes…sitting next to him, holding his hand so he felt safe enough to try to sleep for a little bit."
Camille Allison and Tyler Deresky didn't learn much about policy or parking permits, but orientation was the start of something beautiful
Sometimes emergencies happen – sick kids or school closings – that cause you to need backup childcare. VUMC offers employees a benefit through Care.com that gives you several options for backup care. With the Care.com benefit, VUMC employees receive up to 20 days (per fiscal year — July 1 through June 30) of subsidized backup childcare at home or at local, vetted childcare centers. Click here to learn more.
If you are enrolled in the Aetna Plus or Aetna Select VUMC health plans, you can pay zero out-of-pocket costs for pre- and post-natal care, certain spinal and joint surgeries and cochlear implants through the MyHealth Bundles program. Click here for more information.
