Employee Spotlight
Melanie Walker started life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Now she works there helping tiny babies breathe.
By Jessica Pasley
“I could be an example that there is a way to get better."
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Employee Spotlight
“Pin” Schnabel began her career as a surgeon, and went back to school to become a nurse practitioner. Her tiny patients benefit from her experience every day.
By Jessica Pasley
What would make a physician go back to school to become a nurse practitioner?
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Employee Spotlight
The Yazdani sisters are triplets by birth, proud VUMC nurses by choice
By Emily Stembridge
Sousan, Sohayla and Setareh Yazdani are 22-year-old triplets who all work as nurses at VUMC. They agree that they always wanted to pursue their careers at Vanderbilt.
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DAISY Award
Second quarter 2021 DAISY Awards honor extraordinary nurses
By Matt Batcheldor
DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries
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Employee Spotlight
Who is that masked man?
By Jessica Pasley
Frank Nix of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit finds a way to connect with patient families with his custom face covers
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DAISY Award
Fourth quarter DAISY Awards honor extraordinary nurses
By Matt Batcheldor
DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries
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DAISY Award
Third quarter DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses
By Matt Batcheldor
DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries.
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Elevate Team Award
The NICU Interdisciplinary Mock Code Work Group knows every second counts in a code response to save critically ill patients’ lives.
By Nancy Humphrey
The work group, which calls a mock code twice a month to give team members as much practice as possible, has managed to cut the response time to a code in half, from about 143 seconds to 77 seconds.
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Patient Spotlight
VUMC welcomes seven Leap Day babies
By Jessica Pasley
Neonatal nurse practitioner Wendy Araya, a Feb. 29 baby herself, offers advice to the latest leaplings
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