Nursing Student Diary: One Day, Two Births : “This past week we spent almost all of our time in the newborn nursery. I have never taken care of a baby or even held one for more than a few min...
‘Call the Midwife’ Vanderbilt Nurse Midwife Blog: Season 6 Episode 1 “The first episode of Season 6 centers on a young mother and son who are victims of domestic violence. Violence in fa...
One of the advantages of using nitrous is that mothers can use it while moving around, sitting on a birth ball or chair, standing or in bed. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltnurse/2017/02/...
““Never be afraid to be a patient advocate… trust your gut. When they are most fragile, patients don’t have the ability to be advocates for themselves… Never shy from that and never bac...
How a 'Flying Nun' Changed Emergency Transport Forever : Featuring former Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty member, Shannon Perry.
Nursing Student Diary: First Term Over, Looking Back and Ahead : I flew back to Nashville after Thanksgiving vacation and had a mere 17 days until the end of the first semester. Those 13 days ...
Nursing Student Diary: 12-Hour Shifts Begin : We received a weekly schedule on the first day of class, which was clearly separated into two parts: Weeks 1-10 and Weeks 10-15. Well, I made it t...
Nursing Student Diary: Tested : The sixth week of the semester arrived. On Friday we were to complete a full body assessment on one of our peers, which included the neurological, integumentary...
Nursing Student Diary: Confidence Bends But Doesn't Break : The second week of real classes began on the Tuesday after Labor Day. I definitely sensed a more serious vibe in the lecture hall as...
Nursing Student Diary: First Days : Gloria Gothenberg, a Peabody senior starting the undergraduate-senior-year-in-absentia nursing student program at Vanderbilt, is blogging about her experien...
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Vanderbilt study shows people with Alzheimer’s have lower ability to perceive pain
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 8 “This week’s episode of Call the Midwife left me stunned and tear-streaked. I’ve always liked that Nonnatus House portrays midwives of dif...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 7 “This season’s Call the Midwife episodes have included no shortage of controversial topics, at least what was considered controversial in th...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 6 “ Another Sunday night, another gut-wrenching episode of Call the Midwife… the rawness of episodes like this one is both what I absolutely l...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 5 “I love Nurse Crain (played by Linda Bassett); she is a bit like day old bread – just a little hard around the edges but nonetheless every...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 4 “ Trust. It’s the cornerstone of the relationship between midwife and mother. In this week’s episode of Call the Midwife, it’s trust in ...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 3 “ Some weekly blog entries are definitely easier to pen than others ‒ this was not one of those. There was a sense of déjà vu watching thi...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recap: Season 5 Episode 2 “Perhaps one of the most gut-wrenching phrases to say to any mother is: You want what’s best for baby, right? It’s a rhetorical question, a...
‘Call the Midwife’ Recaps - read our blog each Monday morning for historical and contemporary context about the previous night’s episode. Check out Season 5, Episode 1 here: http://blogs...