Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Angela Jacobs of WFTV 9 spoke to Assistant Professor and clinical care nurse Brian Peach about a new research study on post-ICU syndrome in COVID-19 patients. “It’s almost heartbreaking as an ICU nurse because you want them to have a meaningful life after they’re discharged, and unfortunately, many of them don’t,” Peach said. Watch the […]

  As a PhD student and teaching assistant at UCF’s College of Nursing, Valorie MacKenna solved an important problem when the pandemic hit. How to move hands-on simulation classes online. 90.7 WMFE spoke with MacKenna, who graduated this past weekend, about what that virtual education looked like and whether it’s the future of healthcare instruction. […]

  Jeff Kepler ’11, a graphic designer, used his creativity to honor heroes around the world, including Anthony King ’14BSN ’17MSN, a nurse caring for COVID-19 patients in New York City.   Read More

NASA wants spectators to stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Assistant Professor Annette Bourgault speaks to Space.com and offers some of the following advice. “Despite asking people to stay home, I know they’re going to come anyway. So I guess the best message is, please, anybody who’s watching the launch from places other than […]

Jason A. Duprat ’09BSN has always pushed himself out of his comfort zone, and his current deployment with the U.S. Navy Reserve to the COVID-19 hot spot in New York City is no different. Read More

Duty has already called for Capt. Paul Kohler ’20MSN, whose graduate nursing degree is being put to the test five miles up and 5,000 miles away from home. Read More

A UCF nursing doctoral student is using her experience with research to develop hundreds of masks for local nurses and fellow Knights. Read More

College of Nursing Assistant Professor Frank Guido-Sanz balances roles as professor, ICU nurse and National Disaster Medical System team member during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

A National Nurses Day spotlight on DNP Student Kellie Chapman, who uses her experience as a nurse to train others in Brevard County hospital emergency rooms. Read More

This weekend, 426 students from the UCF College of Nursing received their degrees – earning the title, “Knight Nurse.” The graduation celebration for the Spring Class of 2020 was one for the history books. It is the moment every student has worked hard to get to, when they realize their dreams of becoming a nurse […]