People Group Archives: Nursing Practice

Vivian Schutz, a clinical associate professor at UCF’s College of Nursing, has more than 21 years of experience in nursing education in Brazil and the United States. Schutz has extensive clinical, administrative and leadership experience in intensive care, emergency nursing and healthcare management. Prior to and during her academic career, she served as a nurse […]

Valerie C. Martinez, interim assistant dean for clinical affairs and clinical associate professor at UCF’s College of Nursing, is a board-certified primary care pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric mental health specialist with almost two decades of experience in pediatric healthcare including pediatric primary care, school-based health, neonatal care, and care of medically complex children. Her […]

Associate Professor Jean Davis’ passion for community health promotion grew from listening to her aunt and her mother, both nurses, discuss and solve community health challenges when she was a child. Davis channels that passion into implementation science research using coaching, wearable technology and artificial intelligence (AI) for physical activity support, promotion and habit formation […]

Instructor Kate Dorminy is a dual alumna of UCF’s College of Nursing who is passionate about mentoring future Knight nurses. She currently is a full-time teaching faculty member and serves as faculty co-advisor to the Student Nurses’ Association at UCF Orlando. Prior to her academic role at UCF, Dorminy worked for more than a decade […]

Virtual and augmented reality; human tracking systems; and human surrogates for training and telepresence.

Brian C. Peach is an associate professor in the University of Central Florida College of Nursing and a nationally recognized critical care researcher inspired from his nearly 20-year career as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse. His past research focused on sepsis epidemiology and the impact of organizational factors on septic patient outcomes. More recently, […]

Instructor, Faculty Consultant for Student Nurses Association Chapter at UCF Daytona Beach

Cultural influences on health promotion and end-of-life decisions; Family practice.

Older adults; Cancer; Symptom management and experience; Representation of symptoms and illness; Quality of life; Technology-based interventions; Nursing student and lay person knowledge of cancer and end of life issues.

Gerontology; Chronic disease management; Diabetes care across the age span; Transitional care needs of older adults and family caregivers.