UCF College of Nursing

This past Saturday at the UCF College of Nursing 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, 40 outstanding Knight nurse alumni were honored for their contributions to the profession. Awardees are shining bright and reaching for the stars to positively impact the health of their communities as practitioners, leaders, entrepreneurs, educators and researchers. Meet the Awardees

CBS News shares the inspiring story of Class of 2021 graduate Madison Jarocha who has overcome several health setbacks to earn her bachelor’s in nursing degree. “I think it’s going to help me be the best nurse that I can,” says Jarocha. Watch on CBS News

COVID-19 has shed light on the work of nurses and other frontline healthcare workers, and has inspired a surge of people to consider the profession for themselves – including students Jesika Van Welie and Morgan Ruggiero. The UCF College of Nursing has seen that effect firsthand, with an unprecedented amount of applications this year. For […]

WTSP 10 Tampa Bay reported on how the Tarpon Springs Police Department came to Orlando to celebrate the graduation of Aleena Kondek, a fallen officer’s daughter and graduate of the UCF Traditional BSN program at the Daytona campus. Read More

Congratulations to the three College of Nursing faculty who were honored by UCF with 2021 research and teaching incentive awards. This year’s award recipients from the College of Nursing are: Research Incentive Award Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN Teaching Incentive Program Award Mindi Anderson Stephen D. Heglund […]

Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling (STIM) Center in the College of Nursing, is among the world’s first 25 professionals to receive the advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist (CHSOS-A) designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. In addition, in other related news, the College of Nursing’s Healthcare […]

Five College of Nursing faculty members and one undergraduate student were among the honorees at this year’s event, which recognizes outstanding academic achievements. On April 7, UCF celebrated the outstanding academic achievements of faculty members and students at the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Among the Founders’ Day Awards recipients recognized at this year’s virtual […]

As part of Women’s History Month, UCF is sharing stories of some of the many extraordinary women on campus contributing to the advancement of science and enriching our lives through creative scholarship.   Nursing Assistant Professor Ladda Thiamwong works with elderly patients and tackles one of the most pressing issues facing this population: the mental and […]

Burnett Honors College scholar and BSN student Sadie Richards is among 23 recipients of this year’s Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award. “I am passionate about education and I hold myself to high standards,” says Sadie Richards, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and 2021 recipient of […]

Fellowship honors outstanding leadership and achievements in the profession   The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted Veronica Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP, assistant professor in the UCF College of Nursing, in the Class of 2021 Distinguished Fellows (FNAP). Fellows were recognized in a virtual induction ceremony during the NAP Annual Meeting & […]