UCF Nursing Curriculum
Earning a nursing degree from the University of Central Florida, one of the nation’s best nursing programs, ignites opportunities to lead healthcare into the future.
Here you’ll learn from industry-leading experts with curriculum that meets national high quality standards in nursing education. Learn about accreditation.
It’s an experience that shapes students into Knight nurses. In-demand leaders from the bedside to the boardroom, classroom or research lab.
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Bachelor’s Degrees
BSN Objectives
- Provide effective, efficient, and safe client-centered care using concepts from liberal arts and nursing specific education.
- Implement principles of leadership and management when collaborating with the health care team to address client needs and outcomes.
- Gather, appraise, synthesize and apply scholarly evidence in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate effective professional communication as part of an interdisciplinary team, collaborating to provide for optimal health outcomes.
- Engage in the health care policy change process for the improvement of health care for all.
- Develop and implement health promotion and disease prevention interventions.
- Exemplify professional nursing practice with integrity by providing ethical, high-quality care.
BSN Tracks
Plans of Study
Master’s Degrees
MSN Objectives
- Translate evidence from nursing science and other disciplines into professional nursing practice to improve outcomes.
- Utilize clinical judgement to design initiatives that improve health, healthcare quality, and safety.
- Engage in collaborative interprofessional partnerships that optimize care coordination and delivery across professional practice settings.
- Evaluate data from technologies to improve outcomes.
- Develop a professional identity that reflects nursing values and ethics.
- Promote advocacy for the profession and all patients.
MSN Tracks
Plans of Study
Doctoral Degrees
DNP Objectives
- Model professionalism, role advocacy, and ethical practice to collaborate within interprofessional teams.
- Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive care models for populations and/or systems and disseminate findings.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice and health policy.
- Utilize technology to evaluate data and its sources to inform practice and/or healthcare systems.
- Appraise the use of evidence in respective practice settings to optimize outcomes.
Ph.D. Objectives
- Conduct independent nursing research within an interdisciplinary context to advance nursing science and practice.
- Develop a body of knowledge that supports theory development and testing to contribute to the advancement of nursing science.
- Develop a program of scholarship that integrates research, teaching, leadership, and service to the profession.
Ph.D. Tracks
Plans of Study
Graduate Certificates
Nursing Education Program Objectives
- Translate evidence from nursing science and other disciplines into nursing education practices to improve student learning outcomes.
- Apply evidence-based findings to design effective teaching, learning, assessment, and evaluation strategies for educating professional nurses and nursing students in different settings.
- Evaluate nursing education curricula, program objectives, competency statements, and student learning outcomes.
- Analyze internal and external factors influencing nursing education curriculum development to inform revisions.
- Lead implementation of innovative evidence-based practices and policies in nursing education to improve outcomes in a diverse healthcare environment.
- Pursue ongoing scholarly professional growth and excellence as a nurse educator.
- Demonstrate integrity, compassion, and excellence in mentorship, service, and professionalism in nursing education.
Plan of Study
Artificial Intelligence in Health Learning Outcomes
- Explain foundational concepts in artificial intelligence and machine learning as applied to health and healthcare systems.
- Evaluate ethical, regulatory, and societal considerations related to AI use in health contexts.
- Apply AI-enabled tools and data-driven approaches to real-world challenges in healthcare practice, research, education, and administration.
- Communicate AI-related insights effectively to diverse professional and stakeholder audiences.
Plan of Study
Healthcare Simulation Program Objectives
- Analyze ethical, legal, and political issues influencing healthcare simulation.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary professionals to improve the quality of healthcare practice and the outcomes of care through simulation-based education.
- Create an evidence-based healthcare simulation including an evaluation plan.
- Plan operations for healthcare simulation.
- Construct an evidence-based healthcare simulation project.
- Apply best practice standards in simulation-based education by facilitating a comprehensive healthcare simulation experience that integrates learning objectives, outcomes, pre-briefing, facilitation strategies, and debriefing.
Plan of Study
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate
- Integrate advanced clinical judgment and evidence-based practice to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centered care specific to the role and population.
- Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive plans of care specific to the role and population.
- Model professionalism, role advocacy, and ethical practice to collaborate within intraprofessional and interprofessional teams specific to the role and population.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice and advocating health policy specific to the role and population.
- Utilize technology to inform practice specific to the role and population.
Plan of Study
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate
- Integrate advanced clinical judgment and evidence-based practice to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centered care specific to the role and population.
- Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive plans of care specific to the role and population.
- Model professionalism, role advocacy, and ethical practice to collaborate within intraprofessional and interprofessional teams specific to the role and population.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice and advocating health policy specific to the role and population.
- Utilize technology to inform practice specific to the role and population.
Plan of Study
Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate
- Integrate advanced clinical judgment and evidence-based practice to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centered care specific to the role and population.
- Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive plans of care specific to the role and population.
- Model professionalism, role advocacy, and ethical practice to collaborate within intraprofessional and interprofessional teams specific to the role and population.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice and advocating health policy specific to the role and population.
- Utilize technology to inform practice specific to the role and population.
Plan of Study
Nursing Student Fees
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
UCF Tuition Rates
Review Tuition and Fees
Equipment Fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Full-time Undergraduate Student Equipment | $50 |
| Part-time Undergraduate Student Equipment | $25 |
Materials Fees
| Course | Fee |
|---|---|
| NUR 3065L Health Assessment Lab | $16 |
| NUR 3755L Essentials of Nursing Practice Clinical | $20 |
| NUR 3225L Nursing Care of the Adult I: Clinical Practice | $40 |
| NUR 3028L Essentials of Nursing Practice Lab | $70 |
| NUR 3445L Nursing Care of Families Clinical | $70 |
Other Estimated Costs (On-Campus Only)
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Pre-Admission | |
| TEAS Testing fee at UCF Testing Center | $120 |
| TEAS Prep Materials (Optional) | $69 – $199 |
| UCF Continuing Education Online TEAS Prep Course (Optional) | $141 – $254 |
| NUR 3028L Essentials of Nursing Practice Lab | $70 |
| NUR 3445L Nursing Care of Families Clinical | $70 |
| Pre-Enrollment | |
| Background Check/Fingerprinting* | $99 |
| Drug Screen* | $60 |
| Medical Document Tracker* | $50 |
| CPR Certification through American Heart Association | $45 |
| BSN Skills Lab Kit | $200 |
| Stethoscope | $150 |
| Uniforms (2 scrubs sets, 2 polos, 1 clinical jacket) | $225 |
| Shoes (required all black leather, no canvas, no mesh, skid-resistant) | $50 – $150 |
| Miscellaneous (ID badge, 3-hand analog watch, laptop with camera, other items) |
$900 |
| Degree Program | |
| Subscription LEAP*RN (Project Concert) Database Access | $165 |
| Subscription Clinical Placement Platform | $40 |
| Textbooks and Course Materials (over course of entire program) | $2,600 |
| ATI Testing Bundle-UCF Bookstore (over course of entire program) | $950 |
| FIT Testing (required annually to find correct size and brand of N-95 mask) | $30 |
*Costs may be combined by DISA Healthcare
Master of Science in Nursing
UCF Tuition Rates
Review Tuition and Fees
Equipment Fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Full-time Graduate Student Equipment | $90 |
| Part-time Graduate Student Equipment | $45 |
Doctor of Nursing Practice
UCF Tuition Rates
Review Tuition and Fees
Equipment Fees
| DNP Track(s) | Course | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | Full-time Graduate Student Equipment | $90 |
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | Part-time Graduate Student Equipment | $45 |
Materials Fees
| DNP Track(s) | Course | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 7003L Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Lab | $70 |
| AGACNP | NGR 6230L Diagnostics and Skills for the Critically Ill | $70 |
| AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 6334 Women’s Health for APNs | $70 |
| AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 6063L Advanced Skills for the Management of Illness and Injuries | $70 |
Nursing Ph.D.
UCF Tuition Rates
Review Tuition and Fees
Equipment Fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Full-time Graduate Student Equipment | $90 |
| Part-time Graduate Student Equipment | $45 |
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