Knight Nurses Start Here.
Welcome to UCF’s College of Nursing.
Fueled by excellence, innovation and partnerships, UCF is leading the charge in educating Knight nurses to meet the healthcare challenges of today – and tomorrow.
Be empowered with renowned experts, supportive staff, and a culture embedded in evidence-based practice.
Together we’ll ensure a healthier future for all.
Degrees and Certificates
Answer the call for more nurses, leaders, educators and scientists. Choose from nationally ranked degree programs with on-campus, online or distance learning options.
We will lead the charge in transforming global health
through innovative education, research, and practice.
Located on UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona, in Orlando, Florida, a hub for healthcare innovation.
Student Success
UCF’s College of Nursing has been the heart of my journey — where knowledge met compassion and service became purpose.
Meet Allyson ’26BSN, Order of Pegasus Awardee
I chose UCF because it’s relatively local, it has an on-campus skills lab and is not solely online, it has professors who are active clinicians and nurse practitioners, and its graduates have a high pass rate on the board certification exams.
Renowned Expertise
At UCF College of Nursing, our faculty are thought leaders, national fellows and world-renowned experts in their respective fields — from aging and cancer to healthcare simulation and technology, and so much more.
Leveraging the strength of one of the nation’s most innovative universities, our researchers are working together across disciplines to solve our world’s most pressing healthcare challenges and to ensure a brighter, healthier future.
Improving Critical Care for Patients and Survivors
Brian Peach, associate professor, is currently testing VR exposure therapy to treat PICS conditions, estimated to impact millions annually.
Learn More
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Social Media
Trauma, heavy stress and emotional exhaustion can impact those who provide care. @UCF_Restores recently shared lessons for nursing students to care for healthcare professionals, frontline personnel and first responders. Hear those lessons. ➡️
Thank you to Ashley Winch, Ph.D., for sharing this important information and to the Knight Nurse Academic Center for Success (KNACS) for hosting this valuable workshop.
In her journey to #KnightNurse, she`s overcome many challenges - from retaking a course to a hospitalization.
#UCFGrad Caroline `26BSN shares heartfelt advice to future @ucf.edu nursing students 💛👇
"My nursing school journey was not perfect, easy or predictable. It was filled with challenges, moments of uncertainty, and experiences that tested me both academically and personally. However, it was also one of the most meaningful and rewarding journeys of my life.
It taught me that becoming a nurse is not only about passing exams or completing clinical hours. It is also
about resilience, growth, compassion, and finding the strength to continue when things do not go as planned.
They taught me how it feels to be vulnerable, uncertain, and dependent on the support of others. These are lessons I will carry with me when caring for patients who are facing some of the most difficult moments of their own lives.
Today I am proud not because my journey was perfect, but because I continued.
To any future nursing student who may read this while struggling, I hope my experience reminds you that setbacks do not mean your dream is over.
Challenges may change the direction of your journey, but they do not have to take away your destination. Sometimes the path you never planned to take leads you exactly where you are meant to be."
That feeling of receiving your @ucf.edu nursing pin and becoming a #KnightNurse. More celebratory moments from our Summer 2026 grads. ➡️
From NICU to nursing pinning, this nurse has been there every step of the way. 💛
When Carlisle was born during Hurricane Charlie and spent weeks in the NICU at @OrlandoHealth Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, nursing administrator Anne was there - and she`s been there ever since including this week`s Summer 2026 #KnightNurse graduation celebration. 🎓
Congratulations Carlisle and thank you Anne. #NursesInspireNurses
These 3 DNP graduates were selected for the highly competitive postgraduate primary care nurse practitioner residency program at the @ovahcs. All three are first-generation college graduates and two will graduate this weekend. 🎓
Meet them via 🔗 in bio.
Teamwork from the field to the hospital.
UCF acute care nurse practitioner DNP students and athletic training students recently teamed up for an interprofessional education event at the Helene Fuld Health Trust STIM Center.
Students shared assessment and management of traumatic injuries from the field to the hospital.
From equipment removal on the field for suspected spine injuries
To spine evaluation and boarding for safe transport
To SAM and vacuum splints to stabilize suspected fractures, dislocations and severe sprains
To tourniquet application and wound packing to stop the bleed in severe trauma
Practicing collaboration and communication across disciplines to prepare future providers and impact lives.
Summer clinicals and service learning is in session. 😎 #ChargeOn future Knight nurses. 🩺
