UCF College of Nursing

U.S. News & World Report ranks UCF above Harvard, Princeton, Duke and Johns Hopkins as most innovative in its annual list of best colleges. By Laura J. Cole | September 10, 2018 For the second year in a row, the University of Central Florida was named among the “most innovative schools” in the nation, recognizing […]

By UCF College of Nursing After conducting a nationwide search, the UCF College of Nursing has appointed Joellen Edwards to chair of the Department of Nursing Systems. In that role, Edwards will oversee and manage the programs that prepare students for leadership roles within a health care system. “Her leadership in the fields of health policy and rural […]

The academic realignments of two new UCF colleges and an interdisciplinary school go into effect today. BY KRISTY MCALLISTER | JULY 2, 2018 CF launched two new colleges and a new interdisciplinary school today that will enhance opportunities for academic excellence in the new Academic Health Sciences Center in Lake Nona and the UCF Downtown campus in […]

By UCF College of Nursing College of Nursing Joins Interdisciplinary Center at Hub for Medical Innovation As part of its vision to reinvent 21st-century higher education, UCF is leveraging its strengths in healthcare to create an Academic Health Sciences Center on the 50-acre state-of-the-art UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando. […]

By UCF College of Medicine | June 15, 2018 An interprofessional healthcare team of 51 students, faculty and volunteers provided primary care and surgeries for more than 500 patients in a remote village of Peru this summer –  a 41 percent increase in the patients seen last year. The College of Medicine student group MedPACt […]

By UCF College of Nursing | June 14, 2018 Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Mindi Anderson, an associate professor in the College of Nursing, has been honored with the Excellence in Academia Award from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL). The annual award recognizes educators who have demonstrated […]

By College of Nursing | June 8, 2018 Endowed Chair Gregory F. Welch, a computer scientist and engineer on faculty in the UCF College of Nursing, was recently honored with the 2018 IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award for his contributions to human motion tracking and mixed reality applications in medicine and training. Presented by […]

By UCF College of Nursing | May 23, 2018 It is becoming a more familiar scene in health care. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and social workers are working as a team to care for patients in a free clinic. But this team is comprised of students from UCF – and it’s just one of many […]

By UCF College of Nursing Professors Mindi Anderson, Desiree Díaz and Laura Gonzalez from the UCF College of Nursing are among the first 28 simulation educators worldwide who have earned advanced certification in the field. “Very few, if any, universities in the country have the same level of advanced educators on faculty,” said Mary Lou […]

UCF’s commencement is the culmination of an amazing journey for Eliany Torrez Pon, a nursing student who is making better access to health care a priority. BY ROBERT STEPHENS | MAY 2, 2018 You can hear it in the voice of Eliany Torrez Pon. Compassion. Gratitude. Determination. It’s all there when she talks about graduating […]