Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, CNM.Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, CNM CNM Certified Nurse-Midwife; see nurse-midwife. CNM abbr. Certified Nurse Midwife , Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing and Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) is one of the graduate schools of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. VUSN offers a Master's of Science in Nursing as well as a Ph.D. in Nursing Science and Doctor of Nursing Practice. , has been named to an Institute of Medicine Committee focusing on preparedness for nuclear events in the nation's largest metropolitan areas. Conway-Welch joins a committee of experts in emergency medical response and treatment, medical and public health preparedness, health sciences research and nuclear medicine to prepare for a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons in cities the size of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and Chicago. The committee will review overall emergency response activities and available health care capacity to identify any gaps in federal, state and local authorities who would be involved in delivering care in such a tragedy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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