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The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master’s degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at UCF College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

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New National Fellows & Honors New Department Chair

Greg Welch, PhD, FNAI, FIEEE

National Academy of Inventors, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN

Society for Simulation in Healthcare Academy, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Outstanding Scholar 2022

Mona Shattell, an internationally recognized mental health and psychiatric nursing expert, joined UCF at the start of 2021/2022. Dr. Shattell is the chair of the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair.

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Improving Provider Resiliency

An interdisciplinary team from UCF, including the College of Nursing’s Desiree Díaz, received a $1.5 million federal grant to develop a virtual program to improve the mental health of healthcare providers.

Fueling Interdisciplinary Research

UCF was awarded $300,000 from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation to support eight interdisciplinary healthcare research projects, including social determinants of health, pain management, simulation and more.

Listen: Desiree Díaz, associate professor and president-elect of the International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL), shares how simulation technology is paving the way for the future of nursing and more.

Critical Resolution Passed

A group of UCF nursing students’ resolution, “In Support of Education About Post-Intensive Care Syndrome,” passed unanimously at the National Student Nurses’ Association convention.

The Student Nurses’ Association at UCF Orlando was awarded the Diamond Chapter Award – the top honor in the state – for the seventh time.

Top Honor for First-Generation Student

Erin Tonkin ’22BSN, a student leader with a 3.9 GPA, was awarded UCF’s highest student honor, the Order of Pegasus. Tonkin also completed an Honors Undergraduate Thesis on expanding diversity, equity and inclusion in simulation education.

PhD Develops Promising Epilepsy App

To help other families like hers, Michelle Tall ’17MSN, ’21PhD developed Medilepsy – an app that proved effective in a study in helping adolescents with epilepsy and their caregivers selfmanage the chronic disease.

Funding for First Postdoctoral Fellow

Suzanne Hyer ’19PhD received NIH funding to study the role of social determinants of health on pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight among Black women.

Showing Compassion

UCF BSN student and leukemia survivor Max Jones beat the odds and is now pursuing a career in pediatric oncology inspired by the nurse who took care of him during his treatment – UCF alumna Delaney Postma ’15BSN

Support for Knight Nurses

Gift to “Guide” Graduate Students

Thanks to the generosity of Roslyn and Jody Burttram, DNP students have a new ultrasound machine. “It’s not just another piece of equipment or technology,” says Assistant Professor Frank Guido-Sanz. “It’s something that is essential to the core of our curriculum, and it pays off in so many ways ... but most importantly, in patient outcomes and safety.”

A Look Ahead to 2022/2023

In summer 2022, UCF was awarded transformational funding to address the nursing shortage. The investment includes $29 million to build a new state-of-the-art building for the College of Nursing at the UCF Academic Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona.

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