Category Archives: Awards & Kudos

Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, Graduate Department Chair, College of Nursing What is your current job title and responsibilities? Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, and Graduate Department Chair, College of Nursing What is your history at UCF and before UCF? I began teaching nursing in 1975 at Manatee Junior College after working as a nurse […]

Diane Andrews, PhD, RN is coordinator of the master’s in Nursing Leadership and Management program and the Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Executive program Diane Andrews, an associate professor at the UCF College of Nursing, has been elected to serve as secretary and bylaws chair of CGEAN. Formerly known as the Council on Graduate Education for Administration […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]