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
| Item / Course | Fee |
|---|---|
| NUR 3065L Health Assessment Lab | $16.00 |
| NUR 3755L Essentials of Nursing Practice Clinical | $20.00 |
| NUR 3225L Nursing Care of the Adult I: Clinical Practice | $40.00 |
| NUR 3028L Essentials of Nursing Practice Lab | $70.00 |
| NUR 3445L Nursing Care of Families Clinical | $70.00 |
| Full-time Undergraduate Student Equipment | $50.00 |
| Part-time Undergraduate Student Equipment | $25.00 |
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Doctor of Nursing Practice
| DNP Track(s) | Course | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 7003L Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Lab | $70.00 |
| AGACNP | NGR 6230L Diagnostics and Skills for the Critically Ill | $70.00 |
| AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 6334 Women’s Health for APNs | $70.00 |
| AGPCNP, FNP | NGR 6063L Advanced Skills for the Management of Illness and Injuries | $70.00 |
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | Full-time Graduate Student Equipment | $90.00 |
| AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP | Part-time Graduate Student Equipment | $45.00 |
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