After completing the rigorous 15-month program, nearly 70 career changers will graduate from UCF this summer to begin new careers as RNs and help address the nursing shortage.
An IT analyst and project manager. A high school chemistry teacher. A private pilot. They come from various career paths, but now share similar futures. This week, after a one-year intensive degree program, they will cross UCF’s commencement stage prepared to enter the workforce in a different role — as nurses.
The three are among 68 students graduating from UCF’s College of Nursing accelerated second degree bachelor’s in nursing (BSN) program, designed to expedite career changers who already hold bachelor’s degrees in a different field.
“Going through this program solidified my decision in coming to UCF,” says Sayid Yasin, a 28-year-old former IT analyst and project manager. “I feel incredibly prepared and ready for practice.”
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