Category Archives: Faculty & Staff News

Unlike most of her peers, Vanessa Iturri found her calling for critical care nursing while living a world away from Central Florida. The senior nursing major and active-duty military student was stationed at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany at the time.  Iturri and fellow Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) members Elizabeth Brown, Savannah Duke […]

UCF Alumni announced its Shining Knights Award recipients for 2021 — 12 winners celebrated for their commitment to the university in the categories of Distinguished Alumni, Honorary Alumni, Young Alumni, Distinguished Student and the Champion’s Award. They will be honored in an invitation-only reception at the Celeste Hotel on Friday, Nov. 5 during UCF Homecoming […]

Despite a pandemic that slowed the economy; delayed or derailed some federal and private agencies’ spending plans; and frustrated supply chains, UCF generated $212.9 million in research awards — up more than $8 million from 2020. The College of Nursing also experienced another record year of increased research funding. This year’s UCF research success stories […]

Public Health expert Jascinth Lindo to build nurse research capacity in the Caribbean The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have awarded Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to the Bahamas. Lindo is teaching undergraduate nursing students and conducting research at the University of the Bahamas as […]

Angela Jacobs of WFTV 9 spoke to Assistant Professor and clinical care nurse Brian Peach about a new research study on post-ICU syndrome in COVID-19 patients. “It’s almost heartbreaking as an ICU nurse because you want them to have a meaningful life after they’re discharged, and unfortunately, many of them don’t,” Peach said. Watch the […]

NSM Today reports on how the Student Nurses’ Association at UCF Orlando adapted to COVID-19 while maintaining its high-achieving nature. The chapter was nominated for the “Outstanding Adaptation to COVID-19” award at the 2021 RSO Impact Awards, an award show put on by Knights of the Round Table and Student Government. Kate Dorminy, the organization’s […]

Clinical coordinator Kate Dorminy speaks to WESH News Channel 2 on how UCF nursing students are helping make up for staff shortages, influx of COVID-19 cases. Read More

Welcomes renowned mental health nursing expert Dr. Mona Shattell Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the new chair for the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in the UCF College of Nursing. As department chair, Shattell will oversee and manage undergraduate and graduate nursing degree […]

Dr. Elizabeth Kinchen honored for outstanding contributions to holistic nursing The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing has inducted Elizabeth (Lisa) Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC into its inaugural class of scholars. Scholars were recognized during a virtual ceremony of the academy on June 26, 2021. Kinchen was honored as a Scholar of the Global Academy of […]

This past Saturday at the UCF College of Nursing 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, 40 outstanding Knight nurse alumni were honored for their contributions to the profession. Awardees are shining bright and reaching for the stars to positively impact the health of their communities as practitioners, leaders, entrepreneurs, educators and researchers. Meet the Awardees