People Group Archives: Evidence-Based Practice

Supaporn Pathumanon is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and PhD nursing student at the University of Central Florida. She brings over 13 years of clinical and academic experience, with expertise in psychotherapy, medication management, mindfulness-based care, and nursing education. Supaporn has practiced in both U.S. and international settings and holds a Master of […]

With 11 years of experience in acute care nursing, including medical-surgical, cardiac, neurology, pediatric emergency, diabetes education, and chronic conditions care management at variety of hospitals in Colorado and Florida, Hannah Binding is a seasoned healthcare professional. In addition to her clinical experience, she has also served as a full-time didactic, clinical, in-person and online […]

Lecturer Ashley Faulkner served as an ICU nurse for eight years and an adjunct faculty member at UCF for a year prior to joining the full-time faculty in 2024. A double alumna of the UCF College of Nursing, she is excited to work with the undergraduate nursing students and UCF faculty. Education Selected Professional Activities

Lisa Linville has held administrative, legal and clinical roles in health care systems for more than 25 years and has taught in graduate nursing programs for more than 15 years. Her legal experience includes medical malpractice, health care law and ethics and healthcare regulatory law. Linville has been an active member of the American Bar […]

Sharon Tucker holds board certification as an APRN-CNS in psychiatric mental health nursing and as an Integrative Nurse Coach. Tucker is a change management expert and has cultivated research that has made significant and sustained impacts on science and practice in two areas: behavior change through mental health and wellness interventions and practice and organizational […]

Dr. Rebecca Koszalinski applies technological solutions to improve the health of older adults. She is the primary investigator for a Florida Department of Health funded study with a large team of investigators, including epidemiology, water, air and environmental scientists, bench and nurse scientists, and nursing students in the investigation of health outcomes of harmful algal […]

Since earning her BSN in 2006, lecturer Latonia Green has held a variety of clinical appointments as a Registered Nurse, Head Nurse and Nurse Manager at hospitals in Tennessee and Florida, most recently as a Nurse Manager at AdventHealth East Orlando, a role in which she directed and managed 24-hour clinical operations of two observation […]

A dual-certified nurse practitioner for the adult-gerontology population, Frances Armstrong has been in the nursing field since earning her BSN in 2012. She developed a passion for critical care while working at the bedside as a Registered Nurse. Armstrong then sought out education for advanced practice nursing, becoming licensed and certified as an Advanced Practice […]

Amanda “Mandi” Houston is a lecturer at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing, and two-time Knight nurse alumna. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and focused her PhD dissertation on the impact of simulation in undergraduate nursing education, looking specifically at knowledge retention and cognitive load. Her continued research interests focus on […]

Heather Peralta, who has been at the UCF College of Nursing for nearly a decade, is the Apopka Community Nursing Coalition coordinator and teaches undergraduate nursing students. Peralta is dedicated to mentoring future nurses and serving the community. She has participated in several study abroad trips with nursing students to Peru and spearheaded the creation […]