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Faculty Spotlight #NPWeek | UCF College of Nursing For #NPWeek, Associate Professor Jacqueline LaManna ’13PhD shares what it's like to be a primary care nurse practitioner. 🩺
Dr. LaManna is a diabetes expert and board-certified adult NP with more than two decades of experience. At UCF, she is program ... 14 Likes 
This week UCF formally welcomed and invested in 2 #UCFNursing faculty scholars and celebrated the power of philanthropy in fueling nursing’s future with an investiture ceremony. ✨
Congratulations again to Ladda Thiamwong, the Florida Blue Endowed Professor for Healthy Communities, and ... 16 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Celebrating student achievements and the power of philanthropy. 💛
This week $350K in nursing scholarships were awarded to 140 students. Thank you to our many donors, including Pegasus Partners AdventHealth and Orlando Health, for supporting future #knightnurses 🫶
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UCF College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole to Retire After a decade of leadership and 30+ years of service at the University of Central Florida, Dean Mary Lou Sole has announced her retirement effective Summer 2025.
Sole has led UCF's College of Nursing to national prominence, and facilitated the ... 56 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post 🕰️ No “falling back” here, only moving forward to #knightnurse
🎃 Accelerated BSN students recently helped bring fall fun to patients and families at Nemours, and gained clinical experience at Orlando Health's Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.
📝 Orlando seniors ... 21 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Healing spirits and giving treats for all!🎃👻
University of Central Florida pre-nursing students recently joined Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida at Trunk or Treat while faculty, staff and BSN students traded scrubs and business attire for costumes at today's ... 13 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Connecting with Central Florida's nursing community.
Nearly 150 nurses, including many #KnightNurse alumni, attended yesterday's annual Orlando Health lecture to learn about nursing leadership and network.
Thank you to Pegasus Partner Orlando Health for supporting this annual continuing education event and ... 7 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Stronger together. 🤝
From supporting athletes at Special Olympics Florida - Central Region to fighting hunger at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida to educating the next generation at Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida, our future ... 8 Likes 
Through Perseverance, UCF Nursing Student Finds Success “If my story can inspire one other person, that’s a lot,” says Sabrina Van Dusen, a University of Central Florida online RN to BSN student who, with her sisters, is among the first generation of college graduates in her family. ... 7 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Yesterday UCF nursing students and faculty showed their support at Orlando's first annual #Walk4Pics - joining a national movement to raise awareness for post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).
The local event was co-organized by #UCFNursing faculty member Brian Peach, who is actively ... 9 Likes 
Have 60 seconds? Watch UCF's College of Nursing aging expert Ladda Thiamwong share her research on fall prevention 👇
#FallPrevention #UCF #UCFNursing 2 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Structural framing is complete at the #DrPhillipsNursingPavilion!
Yesterday we celebrated the construction milestone with our UCF and Central Florida community. Thank you to Dr. Phillips Charities, AdventHealth, Orlando Health, Nemours, Addition Financial Credit Union, and all of our other partners ... 27 Likes 
Photos from University of Central Florida's post UCF is once again named among the nation's most innovative universities AND once again named among the nation's Best BSN programs 🏆
That's why we are innovating through industry partnerships to prepare nurses for practice and address the nursing shortage with ... 15 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post 🌊Making waves and meals across Central Florida.
Junior health promotion students from UCF's Cocoa campus recently taught athletes about nutrition, hydration, sunscreen, and calcium intake at the Special Olympics surfing competition.🏄♀️
Two groups of first-semester undergraduate students in Orlando sorted ... 16 Likes 
UCF Health is getting bigger! 🏥
The clinical faculty that provide almost 120,000 patient visits for the community every year are uniting under the UCF Health brand.
UCF Health's Student Health Services, our Faculty Physician Practice, Physical Therapy Clinic, Communications Disorders ... 12 Likes 
Photos from UCF College of Nursing's post Today 240+ new University of Central Florida nursing students were welcomed into the healthcare profession with a white coat ceremony. 🥼
Thank you to The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Orlando Health and AdventHealth for your support, and to UCF Alumni Stephen ... 45 Likes 
