Vanderbilt School of Nursing and HealthStream launch educational partnership

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and HealthStream have partnered to bring Vanderbilt's academic and practice expertise to nurses everywhere through a library of microlearning and continuing education modules. The partnership will make professional growth more accessible, relevant and holistic for working nurses nationwide.

The partnership will kick off with a special launch event Monday, Dec. 8, at 12:30 p.m. Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, and education leaders will share the philosophy behind the partnership, introduce initial offerings and discuss how these microlearning courses allow nurses to advance clinical skills and specialty practice, prevention and whole-person care, and leadership development.

"In today's fast-moving health care landscape, the need for professional education transcends traditional academic boundaries. Through this new partnership with HealthStream, we are expanding access to clinical insights shaped by Vanderbilt's renowned faculty and practice leaders to nurses everywhere," Jeffries said. "This innovative approach delivers cutting-edge, evidence-based, practice-ready education calibrated to professional requirements, learning preferences and schedule demands of contemporary nursing professionals."

The new library of microlearning courses, created by Vanderbilt faculty experts and partners, includes topics like trauma-informed communication, planetary and cellular wellness, healthy aging, and motivational approaches to patient behavior change.

The VUSN/HealthStream partnership represents a key component in the school's Office of External Learning initiative. The initiative, instituted by Jeffries and led by Director of External Learning Annie Youngblood, has a mission to share Vanderbilt's practice, education and clinical expertise with working nurses through institutes, conferences, microlearning, online events, workshops and seminars.

"As health care continues to undergo significant transformations, nursing education must correspondingly adapt and advance. VUSN's leadership in nursing education calls for us to develop strategic solutions to help nurses continue to grow in knowledge and job fulfilment," said Jeffries, who also holds the Valere Potter Distinguished Chair in Nursing. "Our comprehensive approach will not only support individual nurses and health systems, but will also address the challenges associated with the current nursing workforce shortage."

Initial offerings reflect the breadth of OEL's developing domains and serve as examples of the high-quality content nurses can expect. They include:

• Disease prevention and health promotion training made available through education assets granted to Vanderbilt by the Coalition for Better Health. The coalition was a Tennessee-based nonprofit that built one of the region's most impactful prevention and public-health training programs, which is now preserved and expanded through the School of Nursing.
• Caring Science microlearning developed in collaboration with the Watson Caring Science Institute, which brings human-centered clinical practice concepts into short, practical modules.
• Research, clinical practice and leadership topics

The webinar on Monday, Dec. 8, "Launching a New Era in Nursing Education," is free, but registration is required. Register to learn more about Vanderbilt's new micro-learning courses, which are designed to make professional growth more accessible, relevant and holistic for working nurses.

About Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is one of the U.S.'s premiere graduate nursing schools, recognized for excellence in nursing education, practice and research. A top choice for nurse practitioner and nurse-midwifery education, it is one of 11 schools that are part of Vanderbilt University, a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, acknowledged for its academic discipline, research and selectivity.

About HealthStream

HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM) is the health care industry's largest ecosystem of platform-delivered workforce solutions that empowers health care professionals to do what they do best: deliver excellence in patient care. For more information, visit https://www.healthstream.com or call 615-301-3100.