7 North Inpatient Cardiology

Did You Know?...

If a patient has a TR band and a heparin infusion you have to stop the heparin infusion for 4 hours before starting to deflate the TR Band?

Magnet Champion 

WHAT IS A MAGNET CHAMPION?

A “Magnet champion” is a front-line activist during the quest for Magnet second designation for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  Magnet Champions will be provided training and materials to prepare them for their role.

DO YOU HAVE STAFF WHO WOULD MAKE EXEMPLARY MAGNET CHAMPIONS?

***Click here*** to access additional information and online submission form (for employees only:  log-in required).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING NAMES:

Monday, March 15, 2010 at 5:00pm

Nurses Week Awards

Nurses’ Week 2010 Award Criteria and online nominations forms are now live online at www.vanderbiltnursing.com!

You have until March 3, 2010 to recognize outstanding VUMC staff in the following categories:

· Rosamond Gabrielson Staff Registered Nurse of the Year for
  - Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
  - The Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt
  -  Vanderbilt Medical Group
  - Vanderbilt University Hospital
· Rebecca Clark Culpepper Education & Mentorship Award
· APN Nurse Award
· LPN Nurse Award
· Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Award
· Staff/Unit/Department Educator Award
· Team Award (NEW for Nurses’ Week 2010)
· Transformational Nursing Leadership Award
· Friend of Nursing Award
  
The nomination process this year is now easier than ever with new online nomination forms.

***Click here*** for complete details including nomination and award criteria, instructions for using the online nomination forms, and additional details.

Award recipients will be revealed at the Nurses’ Week 2010 Awards and Recognition Celebration on May 6, in Langford Auditorium from 2:00 to 3:00pm.