UCF College of Nursing

Partners pledge $10 million in transformational investment toward the new UCF College of Nursing building in Lake Nona, student internships and scholarships. Two of Florida’s leading healthcare systems and Florida’s leading producer of nursing talent are uniting to address the state’s nursing shortage. Fueled by $10 million in combined commitments from AdventHealth and Orlando Health, the UCF College […]

Through a study abroad opportunity to Chiapas, Mexico, UCF nursing students learned valuable global lessons in interdisciplinary collaboration and health disparities. This summer, 10 UCF nursing students studied abroad with UCF Abroad to gain an international perspective of health and healthcare in Chiapas, Mexico, and provide an intercultural exchange between UCF and partner organizations in […]

The investment by the State of Florida will help UCF College of Nursing grow a Knight nurse workforce to help address the nursing shortage. Today Florida’s governor signed the 2023-24 state budget, which includes more than $22 million in funding for UCF’s College of Nursing to help address the nursing shortage. The state’s investment is […]

UCF has been awarded $1.85 million to pilot a five-year, multidisciplinary program to increase diversity among student researchers focused on health disparities in aging. The number of older adults in the U.S. population is growing, expecting to nearly double by 2060, and becoming more diverse with racial and ethnic minority populations projected to increase by […]

The funding will support a state-of-the-art facility that will house a Virtual Hospital and Clinical Skills Exam Suite. UCF is pleased to announce the Helene Fuld Health Trust (Fuld Trust) has committed a $5.5 million gift to the College of Nursing’s new education and teaching facility in Lake Nona. This funding will specifically support the […]

More than 420 students from the UCF College of Nursing will graduate this week, adding much-needed nurse providers, leaders, advocates and educators to the talent pipeline amid a national shortage. Among the 9,000 degrees UCF will award during the Spring 2023 commencement, more than 400 will be bestowed to students in the College of Nursing. […]

Meet four of the nearly 300 new Knight nurses graduating in Spring 2023 and answering the call to help to address the nursing shortage. It is often said that nurses inspire nurses, and that is especially true for these four new Knight nurses who will walk across the stage at Addition Financial Arena on Saturday […]

At age 62, Nadine Jacobson ’23MSN, who is legally blind, has overcome many challenges in life but has persevered in her commitment to lifelong learning. Like the other students who are receiving a master’s degree in healthcare simulation this weekend at UCF, Nadine Jacobson is a licensed registered nurse. But unlike her peers, she isn’t actively […]

Associate Professor Jacqueline LaManna ’13PhD has received the 2023 Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Education Award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. The award recognizes nurse practitioner faculty who contribute to the advancement of education through innovative curriculum and creative education strategies. LaManna is one of nine nurse practitioner educators who were honored at the […]

The nearly $5 million project will facilitate human subjects research to improve extended reality technologies for the general population and make them more inclusive to groups such as older adults or people with disabilities. A University of Central Florida researcher is leading a nearly $5 million U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project to develop the first, […]