UCF College of Nursing

Children spending the Valentine’s Day week at Nemours Children’s Hospital got a special treat on Monday: Seven UCF College of Nursing students, dressed in their scrubs, visited their hospital rooms and brought along a new soft, cuddly bear. In all, 88 ‘Knight Nurse’ teddy bears — also wearing UCF scrubs —  arrived at Nemours as […]

By UCF College of Nursing Annette Bourgault and Michael Valenti from the UCF College of Nursing are on one of four research teams in the U.S. recently awarded funding to study the impact of the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) Program. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) awarded the competitive grants to four […]

This Valentine’s Day, students from the UCF College of Nursing will bring love in the form of a cuddly teddy bear to local hospitalized children with the help of alumni, friends and the community. The “Give a Bear, Warm a Heart” fundraiser enables the public to sponsor one – or an entire unit – of teddy bears wearing UCF […]

Graduates from two of UCF’s nurse practitioner programs achieved a perfect score on their national board certification exams this semester. Altogether, 29 College of Nursing’s graduates achieved certification as either adult-gerontology primary nurse practitioners or family nurse practitioners, two specialties that are in growing demand in the health care market. The certification exams are the […]

To meet the growing demand for higher educated nurses in Central Florida and nationwide, the UCF College of Nursing has expanded its faculty with three new tenure-earning faculty members, leveraging their expertise in the areas of nurse leadership and management, gerontology and mental health. “The college continues to expand programs and faculty to provide a high quality […]

As National Nurse Practitioner Week comes to a close, the UCF College of Nursing would like to honor its nurse practitioner alumni for passing their board certification exams. The most recent graduates of two nurse practitioner programs at the UCF College of Nursing passed their national certification exam, earning the college a 100 percent pass rate in both categories and exceeding national averages. […]