Tag Archives: COVID-19

Some of the best ideas come when the mind can wander, process new knowledge, and connect dots that don’t obviously seem to belong together. For computer scientist and engineer Gregory Welch, the AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation in the UCF College of Nursing and Pegasus Professor, some of his biggest “aha” moments occur at […]

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 […]

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

COVID-19 has shed light on the work of nurses and other frontline healthcare workers, and has inspired a surge of people to consider the profession for themselves – including students Jesika Van Welie and Morgan Ruggiero. The UCF College of Nursing has seen that effect firsthand, with an unprecedented amount of applications this year. For […]

  Nearly 200 student nurses are helping administer COVID-19 vaccinations in the local community and gaining valuable practical skills. UCF is joining a nationwide effort led by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Watch More: UCF Nursing Students Join COVID-19 Vaccination Effort (Spectrum News 13) Hundreds of UCF nursing students help administer COVID-19 vaccines […]

Rates for preterm births among Black women were about 50 percent higher than those for white women in 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This discrepancy is why a University of Central Florida College of Nursing researcher is leading projects to identify if factors, such as social stress and paternal roles, are […]

  UCF student contact tracers help limit COVID-19 on campus and in the community. Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo is part of the task force and helped coordinate the effort to recruit UCF student volunteers. Read More  

  With a team of faculty experts and a commitment to safety, a group of first-semester Second Degree BSN students finally had the chance to demonstrate skills they’ve learned online in real life.   Read More

  As a PhD student and teaching assistant at UCF’s College of Nursing, Valorie MacKenna solved an important problem when the pandemic hit. How to move hands-on simulation classes online. 90.7 WMFE spoke with MacKenna, who graduated this past weekend, about what that virtual education looked like and whether it’s the future of healthcare instruction. […]

  In the new issue of Pegasus magazine, UCF College of Nursing alumnus Stephen Brennan ’15BSN, a certified emergency nurse, discusses traveling to Queens, New York — the worst-hit area in the United States — to help during COVID-19.   Read More