Faculty & Staff - UCF College of Nursing

Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, CHSOS, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN Associate Dean for Simulation and Immersive Learning, Professor, Healthcare Simulation Graduate Program Director

Karen Aroian, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita, Retired

Christopher W. Blackwell ’05PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN Director of Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program (DNP, Post-Graduate Certificate), Associate Professor

Annette Bourgault, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN Associate Professor

Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN Bert Fish Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair, Professor

Susan K. Chase, EdD, RN, FNAP Professor Emerita, Retired

Norma E. Conner, PhD, RN, FNAP Associate Dean for Academic Excellence, Professor

Veronica B. Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP Director of Nurse Executive DNP Program, Associate Professor

Desiree A. Díaz, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN Director of the Hispanic Serving Healthcare Professionals Certificate Program, Undergraduate Simulation Coordinator, Professor

Carmen Giurgescu, PhD, RN, WHNP, FAAN Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing, Associate Dean of Research, Professor