People Group Archives: Nursing Systems

Ayse Malatyali is a Jonas Scholar with a research priority in cognitive aging. She focuses primarily on risk and protective processes of cognitive decline in the continuum of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among underserved older adults. Her additional areas of research include healthcare utilization and end-of-life care among persons living with dementia and dementia […]

Jayne Willis joined the faculty of the University of Central Florida College of Nursing following her retirement from Orlando Health after a distinguished 40-year career. Before retiring, she served as vice president and chief nurse executive for the healthcare system. At UCF, she teaches primarily in the Nurse Executive Doctor of Nursing Practice program and […]

Mona Shattell is the chair of the Department of Nursing Systems, the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair, and a professor in the UCF College of Nursing. An internationally recognized mental health and psychiatric nursing expert, Shattell is the editor of the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, and the author […]

Carmen Giurgescu is a UCF Pegasus Professor, the Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair and associate dean of research at UCF’s College of Nursing, which is named among the nation’s top nursing schools for NIH funding. Giurgescu is a world-renowned maternal health researcher who focuses her efforts on reducing preterm births to improve outcomes for new mothers […]

Immunizations, including immunosuppressed populations; evidence-based practice; the DNP role in implementing process improvement.

Healthy aging; fall prevention in older adults; and aging education.

Childhood obesity prevention and intervention; School nursing; Teaching strategies in nursing education.

Health economist and health outcomes researcher Boon Peng Ng is an associate professor at UCF’s College of Nursing and UCF’s College of Medicine, and is a member of the UCF Disability, Aging and Technology Faculty Research Cluster. Prior to his appointment at UCF, he was a Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness fellow at the Centers […]

Nurse/patient outcomes and organizational factors; Partners with nurse researchers and clinicians in acute care settings to implement best practices based on evidence; Big Data.

Integration of interactive technology and creative teaching strategies in distance-learning education.