2018 UCF NURSING MAGAZINE, vol. 13

UCF COLLEGE OF

NURSING UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | VOL. 13

MAGAZINE

Nursing: Key Player of UCF’s New Academic Health Sciences Center

Contents THIS ISSUE

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10

4

News Briefs

8

Simulation Innovation Grants

9

Simulation Honors

13

Nursing Pole Vaulter Reaches New Heights

15

From Dreamer to Pediatric Nursing

18

Service-Learning: A Win-Win for Students and the Community

18

Grant Expands Community Nursing

20

A New Frontier for New Knowledge, Funded Research & Scholarship

22

Faculty Cluster Research, Working Together Across Disciplines

24

Faculty Publications

27

Distinguished Faculty Fellows

28

IGNITING the Future of Nursing

29

Donor Appreciation, Knightingale Society Members

35

Dean’s Advisory Board

Features 6

16

An Elite Trio of Global Experts, CHSE-A

10

Charting a Bold Future for Health Sciences

12

Strengthening Patient Care, Student Skills with Interprofessional Education

14

Teamwork Across Colleges and Continents

16

Impacting Our World: 20 Countries, 6 Continents

Alumni Chapter News 30

Message from Alumni Chapter Chair

31

All-Class Reunion

32

Knights in Nursing

33

New Liaison for Alumni Engagement

34

Class Notes

CALLING ALL ALUMNI! As we approach our 40th anniversary, we want to hear from you with your professional and personal updates. You could be one of our 40 Knight nurses honored, and more!

Share your story at nursing@ucfalumni.com or ucfalumni.com/CONcontactupdates.

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Message from

THE DEAN

COLLEG E LEADE RSH IP MARY LOU SOLE PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM Dean, Orlando Health Endowed Chair in Nursing and UCF Pegasus Professor NORMA CONNER PhD, RN, FNAP Associate Dean for Academic Excellence and Associate Professor

An evolution in healthcare is underway and UCF is leading the charge.

DONNA FELBER NEFF PhD, RN, FNAP Associate Dean for Research, PhD Program Director and Professor

s one of the nation’s largest universities, UCF is leveraging its strengths in healthcare to create an Academic Health Sciences Center at Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando. The unique, interdisciplinary center will transform health sciences education and foster innovation (see p. 10-11).

While the physical structures are in the early development phase, we are already collaborating across disciplines to make a bigger impact as you’ll read more about in this issue.

Through a growing number of interprofessional educational opportunities, we are preparing our students to be collaborative practice-ready – a critical component of healthcare’s future that will ultimately improve patient outcomes and the health of a global community (see p. 12-14).

Our students, alumni and faculty are already making a positive impact in Central Florida and beyond. It’s a dreamer helping the uninsured, a critical thinker helping those with mental illness, innovators improving simulated healthcare training, and much more.

Through our 10,000+ Knight nurse alumni, nearly 3,000 current students and 60 faculty – including internationally recognized experts, we are making a big impact in our community and around the world.

We are preparing future nurse leaders, providing excellence in clinical care and solving the world’s most pressing healthcare problems.

That’s just what we’re doing today. I look forward to our impact tomorrow and into the future.

This is an exciting time for the UCF College of Nursing.

MAUREEN COVELLI PhD, RN Chair of Department of Nursing Practice and Associate Professor JOELLEN EDWARDS PhD, RN, FAAN Chair of Department of Nursing Systems, Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in Nursing and Professor UCF Nursing Magazine is published annually by the College of Nursing at the University of Central Florida for alumni, friends, national nursing leadership, community partners, students, faculty, staff and the media.

Send correspondence to: UCF College of Nursing Attn: Editor, UCF Nursing Magazine 12201 Research Parkway, Suite 300 Orlando, Florida 32826 For address changes, alumni notes, story ideas or photo submission: nursing@ucfalumni.com Managing Editor Carolyn M. Petagno Writer Julie Harper

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MARY LOU SOLE PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM Dean, UCF College of Nursing Orlando Health Endowed Chair in Nursing UCF Pegasus Professor

Contributors Katie Korkosz, Valerie Lapp, Kathleen Sakowicz, Aaron Seals, Robert Stephens, Andrew Todd Photography Cy Cyr, Deaw Jayanama, Steve Williams, UCF Foundation, UCF Marketing

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News Briefs TOP 10 HONORS

NO. 1 BEST MSN PROGRAM RNtoBSNprogram.com

NO. 3 BEST ONLINE NURSING PROGRAMS RNtoBSNprogram.com

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MINDI ANDERSON

5TH YEAR IN A ROW UCF has been recognized among the nation’s “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs” by U.S. News & World Report.

NO. 5 BEST VALUE RN TO BSN PROGRAM

RegisteredNursing.org

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Instructor Donna Breit was

NATIONAL BOARD

Assistant Professor

named 2018 Outstanding

Associate Professor

Annette Bourgault has

Volunteer Nurse of the

Christopher Blackwell

been selected as associate

Year by Shepherd’s Hope,

has been appointed by

editor for Critical Care

which provides much-needed

the National League for

Nurse, the journal of the

healthcare for thousands of

Nursing to serve on its

American Association

uninsured adults and

Board of Commissioners

of Critical-Care Nurses

children in Central Florida.

for the Certified Nurse

which reaches more than

(See p. 18-19 for more about the

Educator program.

100,000 subscribers.

organization and UCF’s partnership)

Three PhD students earned funded fellowships for their graduate studies and research.

Christine Agenor was selected as a 2018 Jonas Scholar.

The Jonas Center program seeks to aid in the national shortage of qualified nursing faculty by funding doctoral students.

Michelle Tall ’17MSN and Tanica Minnis each received a McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. The program is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in Florida by increasing the number of doctorally prepared individuals qualified to teach.

BestColleges.com

NO. 7 BEST NURSING PROGRAM IN FLORIDA

HELPING HAND

Funded Fellowships

NO. 3 BEST RN TO BSN PROGRAM

BestValueSchools.com

is among 56 nurse educators worldwide selected for the highly selective LEAD program from the National League for Nursing to mentor and develop effective nurse leaders.

NATIONAL EDITOR

OUR BIGGER IS BETTER

92%

UCF currently educates the most newly licensed BSN nurses among all schools in the state university system, with 92% remaining in Florida.

96% of BSN graduates, both traditional and second degree students, recently passed the national RN licensure exam (NCLEX) on the first attempt – far surpassing the state and national averages.

96%

GOLDEN ADVICE Assistant Director of Undergraduate Student Services Jessica Simmons has been selected for a 2018 Outstanding Advising Award from NACADA, the global community for academic advising.

“Joellen’s leadership in the fields of health policy and rural health, and within the college make her an ideal candidate for this role.”

Dean Mary Lou Sole on the appointment of Endowed Chair and Professor Joellen Edwards to chair of the Department of Nursing Systems

A New Path

YEA RS O F AWA RDS

GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE Burnett Honors College students now receive priority admission for

Taking advantage of the faster path

HONORS FOR HONORS STUDENTS

to degree for

For the tenth year in a row, nursing Honors

nurse scientists,

in the Major students received honors at

the first cohort

the annual Showcase of Undergraduate

of BSN to PhD

Research Excellence (SURE) at UCF. Four

students enrolled

students received Judge’s Choice Awards

summer 2018.

and scholarships.

the highly competitive Traditional BSN program.

The program seeks to generate more students prepared for the BSN to PhD and BSN to DNP doctoral programs.

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Simulation

An Elite OF GLOBAL EXPERTS I

n the rapidly evolving field of healthcare simulation, UCF now boasts three – or 10 percent – of the world’s foremost experts on faculty. College of Nursing faculty Mindi Anderson, Desiree Díaz and Laura Gonzalez ’08PhD are among just 28 simulation educators worldwide who have earned advanced certification in the field (CHSE-A).

“Very few, if any, universities in the country have the same level of advanced educators on faculty,” said Dean Mary Lou Sole. “It demonstrates our commitment to advance healthcare through excellence in research, education and ultimately, patient safety.”

The college has remained at the forefront of healthcare simulation, recruiting nationally renowned experts to its faculty and creating the state’s first and only Healthcare Simulation graduate program.

Faculty are actively engaged in research in the field of simulation and technology. Current funded projects include a patented new simulated patient, an interactive “game” to help older patients with cancer and a simulated

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learning experience to enhance nurses’ readiness to practice.

The Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced (CHSE-A) designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare is awarded to industry leaders who have demonstrated a high level of expertise. Individuals must already have a CHSE (Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator) designation, which is awarded after passing a comprehensive exam demonstrating specialized knowledge, skills and abilities in simulation education, and submit a portfolio highlighting their research, applied work and accomplishments in the field. Of the more than 1,200 CHSE, only an elite group of 28 have earned an advanced certification.

Anderson, an associate professor, and Díaz, an assistant professor, joined the faculty in 2015 and earned their advanced certification in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Gonzalez, director of simulation at the college and a clinical associate professor, has been on faculty since 2011 and achieved her CHSE-A in February 2018.

“At UCF, we are taught by the best of the best in health care simulation” Karenna Thatcher, ’17MSN, RN (see p. 32)

Top Left: Mindi Anderson PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF. Top Right: Desiree Díaz PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE-A. Bottom Right: Laura Gonzalez ’08PhD, ARNP, CNE, CHSE-A.

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Simulation

INNOVATION

GRANTS TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

Acute Care

A team led by Clinical Associate Professor Kelly Allred recently completed their project, which developed and evaluated a readiness to practice simulation exercise of an adult patient emergently deteriorating to improve communication and teamwork skills in a high-stress event.

“It’s rare that students may experience a real code during their assigned clinical experiences,” said Frank Guido-Sanz, an assistant professor who also works in a surgical intensive care unit. “Simulation allows us the ability to deliver a close to real experience for students in a safe environment, and also allows for their actions to be discussed during a debriefing to improve patient outcomes,” added Allred.

Two research projects using simulation have received $10,000 Program Innovation Awards from UCF for the What’s Next, Quality Enhancement Plan. The grants are awarded to projects that seek to improve student learning outcomes by making changes either to existing programs or by creating new programs.

Approximately 120 BSN students and 20 graduate students in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program participated in the exercise, including graduate student Neil Frey. “What surprised me most was how quickly I had to recall information and react as a provider who was receiving a call about a patient – quickly switching from doing a mundane task at home to handling a very complex situation,” said Frey. “Simulated experiences such as this not only gives us the chance to learn and grow, but also gives us the flexibility to learn from our mistakes as well. The simulation has undoubtedly better prepared me for my future role.”

Opioid Crisis

Assistant Professor Michael Valenti was recently awarded a grant for his project addressing the opioid epidemic, which seeks to improve nursing care of patients with opioid addiction by increasing students’ awareness of addiction, identifying myths and misconceptions, acknowledging biases, and enhancing knowledge of available resources.

Valenti, who is a mental health nurse, will work together with Allred and Simulation Director Laura Gonzalez to develop an evidencedbased interactive simulation experience where students will be in the role of a RN caring for a patient with addiction. Following the training, students will have a structured debriefing session.

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College of Nursing

Simulation Conference MARCH 7-8, 2019

SI M U L AT ION HONOR S Certified Operations Specialist STIM Center Manager Syretta Spears is now a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist.

CHSOS is an international recognition from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare for her specialized knowledge, skills, abilities and accomplishments in simulation operations.

She is one of approximately 140 healthcare simulationists worldwide to earn the recognition.

Spears recently completed the college’s online graduate certificate program in Healthcare Simulation.

Outstanding Computing Accomplishments The National Center for Women & Information Technology honored Salam Daher, a PhD student in Modeling and Simulation and graduate research assistant working with Drs. Welch and Gonzalez on the patented physicalvirtual patient bed.

Daher is one of four women in the U.S. who received the 2018 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award, which recognizes technical projects that demonstrate a high level of innovation and potential societal impact.

Excellence in Academia The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL) honored Associate Professor Mindi Anderson with the Excellence in Academia Award, which recognizes educators who have demonstrated flexibility, creativity and innovation in simulation-based education that has achieved positive outcomes for students and faculty.

“Dr. Anderson excels in all the roles of academia: teaching, research and service,” said Professor Susan K. Chase. “Her thoughtful and creative simulations have enhanced learning for nurse practitioner students, who now exceed the national average and have earned a 100 percent pass rate on the national board certification exam. She has also been instrumental in the development of the graduate simulation program.”

“Her enthusiastic personality transcends

global boundaries,” added Assistant Professor Desiree Díaz. “In addition to leading successful simulation programs at the University of Texas at Arlington and now UCF, she recently completed a Fulbright Specialist program in Thailand where she assisted a nursing school in establishing simulation standards of best practice.”

This is the second consecutive year that the award was bestowed to a UCF faculty member. Díaz received the award from INACSL in 2017.

Contributions to Virtual Reality Technology in Healthcare Endowed Chair Gregory F. Welch, a computer scientist and engineer on faculty in the College of Nursing, received the prestigious 2018 IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award for his contributions to human motion tracking and mixed reality applications in medicine and training.

Presented by the Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology, the award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the community through their research.

Welch is the second UCF professor to have received the prestigious international honor. Kay Stanney, a former professor and trustee chair in the UCF Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Department, received the honor in 2006.

Gregory F. Welch, Florida Hospital Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation

“Greg’s enthusiasm for the pursuit of using virtual reality to improve our everyday life is truly inspiring. His energy is a key ingredient to getting this technology to be helpful in the more challenging aspects of medical training, such as social interactions and personalized aspects of medicine.”

Betty Mohler, Professor Technical University of Darmstadt and 2018 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference General Chair

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Feature The New Building

CHARTING A

BOLD FUTURE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES College of Nursing to Join Interdisciplinary Center at Hub for Medical Innovation

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s part of its vision to reinvent 21st-century higher education, UCF is leveraging its strengths in healthcare to create an Academic Health Sciences Center on the 50-acre state-of-the-art UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando.

This unique, interdisciplinary center is bringing together UCF’s College of Medicine, College of Nursing, and a new College of Health Professions and Sciences to improve collaboration and partnership opportunities as well as better position faculty, staff and students for the future.

THIS IS BIG UCF is combining the expertise of clinicians, the expansive intellect of researchers, the ideas from innovators, and the academic excellence of students across all health disciplines at one of the nation’s largest universities. Together, UCF will realize its collective potential to make a significant impact in solving society’s greatest healthcare challenges.

“The Academic Health Sciences Center will serve as a foundation to transform health sciences education and foster innovation,” said Dr. Deborah German, vice president for health affairs overseeing clinical-related operations at the Academic Health Sciences Center and dean of the College of Medicine.

Organizational changes took effect July 2, 2018, with the three colleges reporting to Dr. German for clinical operations and the provost for academic operations. Also effective July 2 is the formation of the College of Health Professions and Sciences (CHPS), which includes Social Work, Sports and

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Exercise Science (now renamed Kinesiology), Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, Health Sciences, and Communication Sciences and Disorders.

“This is an exciting evolution for nursing education at UCF,” said Mary Lou Sole, dean of the College of Nursing who also served on the university’s interdisciplinary health sciences task force.

“The Academic Health Sciences Center will bring increased opportunity for interprofessional education, research and partnerships to enhance instruction, research and practice. Our students will be more prepared for their role as providers, innovators and leaders to ultimately improve the health of our global community,” Sole added.

HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS The College of Medicine is already located at the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona. Plans are being made for programs within the Academic Health Sciences Center to eventually relocate there in the coming years (see box at right).

In addition to the benefits of being a part of the Academic Health Sciences Center, the new location will help the College of Nursing meet growing demand for nurses nationwide and in Florida where the state expects a shortage of 50,000 RNs by 2025.

“At UCF, we like to say that if there’s a better way, we should do it,” said UCF President Dale Whittaker. “I see these changes as opportunities for UCF to be a national leader in inventing 21stcentury higher education and best preparing our students for the world after graduation.”

The Location A global destination for medical innovation, Lake Nona Medical City is home to some of the nation’s preeminent hospitals, world-renowned research institutes, and leading health and life science companies. By the end of 2020, it will also be home to the new UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, a 100-bed medical and surgical teaching hospital created through a partnership with UCF and HCA Healthcare.

To optimize interdisciplinary collaboration, the new building will be located near the existing College of Medicine on the UCF Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona Medical City. The new building would nearly double the college’s existing space in Research Park, which it has already outgrown.

Dean Sole and Dr. German are currently working with a developer on plans for the future Health Sciences and College of Nursing building. More in depth details will be shared in the coming months.

The Move The main College of Nursing campus in Research Park will relocate to Lake Nona.

Prenursing students will remain on the main campus in Orlando while they complete nursing prerequisites to apply for admission to the upper division BSN program.

All BSN programs offered at these UCF campuses will remain at their current locations: • Altamonte Springs

L A K E NONA M E DIC A L C I T Y

• Cocoa • Daytona Beach • Valencia West

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Academics

UCF is Strengthening Patient Care, Student Skills Interprofessional team training is year-round for healthcare students

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t is becoming a more familiar scene in healthcare. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, therapists and social workers are working as a team to care for patients in a free clinic. But this team is comprised of students from UCF – and it’s just one of many innovative interprofessional learning opportunities being offered to prepare students for the future of healthcare.

“The earlier interprofessional education is introduced in nursing education, the better off the students will do in all settings – from the classroom to the hospital and the community,” said Heather Peralta, an adjunct instructor who established the student-led clinic for farmworkers in Apopka.

Preparing a “collaborative practiceready” healthcare workforce is necessary, according to the World Health Organization. WHO, along with the landmark Institute of Medicine “Future of Nursing” report, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and the National League for Nursing, have acknowledged interprofessional collaboration – from education to delivery – is key to healthcare’s future. It provides safer, quality care that is more efficient and cost effective, improving patient outcomes and ultimately the health of the community.

Students from UCF nursing, medicine, social work and physical therapy, as well as UF pharmacy students, learning together.

collaborative patient care and clinical scenarios followed by interactive discussion, and simulated learning.

For example, students in the AdultGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program collaborate with athletic training students annually in a one-day event to assess, diagnose and manage sports-related acute conditions such as concussions, spinal injuries, and burns from a lightning strike on a field.

“Students have learned a tremendous amount from the experience,” said Christopher Blackwell, program director and associate professor. “It is essential because all nurses, whether practicing at the bedside or in an advanced practice role, have to work with professionals in other disciplines to provide patient care.”

MULTIPLE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMS Through interprofessional education, students learn communication skills, gain an understanding of the roles and scopes of practice of each discipline, and develop mutual trust and respect.

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Dr. Blackwell leading a discussion on evaluation and assessment of patients with burn injuries.

Interprofessional education is integrated into the psychiatric and mental health nursing clinical experience, where each week nursing students work in groups with medical, social work and physical therapy students to interview an elderly resident at a nearby senior living facility and create a plan of care to affect positive change for them.

“This is my favorite interdisciplinary education offering as the students are working with real people in their environment instead of a simulated environment,” said Kim Dever, an associate instructor who oversees nearly 200 nursing students in interdisciplinary education programs. “Interprofessional practice is the standard in mental health care, providing more holistic and quality care for individuals. Incorporating interprofessional education experiences into the course was a natural fit.”

Dever and Instructor Nancy Duckworth organize three interprofessional education events annually where undergraduate nursing students from the Orlando and Cocoa campuses collaborate with students from the College of Medicine, the School of Social Work, the Physical Therapy program and the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy in Orlando. In a recent training, students worked together leveraging their unique skill sets and knowledge to create a comprehensive wellness care plan for geriatric patients. “Working as a team allows everyone a chance to

feel valued and participate as an active member of patient care to ultimately improve outcomes,” said Duckworth.

Through these learning experiences, students also gain confidence in their skills and abilities. Barbara King ’18BSN of Merritt Island, Florida, participated in three interprofessional education events while a student. One event focused on global healthcare and included three simulated workshops – improvised medicine, mass triage and prisoner’s healthcare. “It is a great way for other professions to see what nurses are experts in and vice versa,” said King.

“For example, I was able to teach my group the proper way to measure someone for an NG tube and check placement afterward, while I was able to learn from others the proper way to apply assistive devices such as tourniquets and splints.”

When multiple disciplines come together to care for patients, the community also benefits. In the future, communities will reap the rewards of these “collaborative practice-ready” professionals – like the farmworker’s community in Central Florida is already.

Since July 2016, more than 80 UCF students have provided free healthcare to more than 450 farmworkers in an underserved community of Apopka. The interprofessional education program has received national recognition from the U.S. Public Health Service and Interprofessional Education Collaborative.

FORGING A BRIGHT FUTURE TOGETHER These efforts are just the beginning.

The new Academic Health Sciences Center at Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando (see p. 10-11) will allow for even greater interdisciplinary collaboration for education and research.

“Being a part of the new Academic Health Sciences Center is so important as we will be able to do more interprofessional education, working together for the betterment of all communities in Florida and beyond,” adds Peralta.

Reaching New Heights

Knight pole vaulter and nursing undergraduate Bailey Ranson reached new heights earlier this year when she earned UCF’s highest student honor – the Order of Pegasus.

Ranson was one of 22 recipients in 2018 to receive this honor. The Order of Pegasus award recognizes exemplary performance in academics, university involvement, leadership and community service.

“UCF offered me countless opportunities to thrive as a student, athlete, nurse and person,” said Ranson, who is entering her fourth semester of the Traditional BSN program.

“Juggling so many commitments has not been easy, and I have made sacrifices, but I am passionate about

everything I do,” she continued. “Each experience has made me stronger, more compassionate and determined, which will help me become an even better nurse.”

In addition to the challenging BSN program and training daily with the Division I athletics team, Ranson is a member of The Burnett Honors College, the Student Nurses Association and the Student Athlete Leadership Institute. She also volunteers with Shepherd’s Hope, the Boys and Girls Club, and Knights Without Borders.

Despite her busy schedule, Ranson has excelled – being named to the American Athletic Conference AllAcademic team since 2014 and achieving a high GPA. Ranson is currently working as a nurse intern in an emergency room and was recently appointed to the Student Body Senate of the UCF Student Government Association.

Upon graduation in spring 2019, she plans to work as a nurse in critical care and continue her education through a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

She was one of four UCF studentathletes honored this year and the fourth College of Nursing student to receive the prestigious award.

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Academics TEAMWORK ACROSS COLLEGES AND CONTINENTS Left: Nursing undergraduates Patrick Healy, Rachel Evans, Hannah Greene, Ariana Nieves and Alison Cook; Faculty members Heather Peralta (center) and Desiree Díaz (far right).

Below: Among their responsibilities, nursing students and faculty were responsible for pre- and post-operative assessments.

“Nurses can have a profound influence.

We can improve healthcare for everyone if we open doors for healthcare workers who want to help.”

ELIANY TORREZ PON ’18BSN

In May, an interdisciplinary team of 51 students from UCF’s College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Social Work and Physical Therapy program flew to Peru to provide much-needed clinical care to more than 500 patients at the Fundación Yantaló Clinic.

Located in a remote area of the Amazon rainforest, Yantaló is more than 600 miles away from the nearest city – Lima, the capital. The healthcare team brought specialty care to the clinic, which is staffed by volunteer primary care physicians year-round.

Patients walk hours or come by motorcycle taxi to receive care.

Joining the team were two faculty members from the College of Nursing, three faculty from the College of Medicine, volunteers from the UF College of Pharmacy, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) from the University of Michigan, a licensed clinical social worker, a chaplain and two translators.

“Interprofessional education is the key to the future of healthcare,” said Heather Peralta, a College of Nursing adjunct instructor. “Our students will

Honors Students Study Abroad, Provide Care

be working hand-in-hand, side-by-side as providers within hospital settings.

Providing enriching, positive experiences during their schooling fosters these relationships.”

Among the five nursing undergraduates in Peru was Rachel Evans. “Every member of the interdisciplinary team was essential,” she said. “For example, without social workers we wouldn’t have been able to communicate about complex issues such as abuse and infidelity.”

“The different disciplines worked together seamlessly, which was an amazing experience to be a part of,” Evans added.

Pediatric surgery teams from other universities regularly visit the clinic. Last year, the College of Medicine student group MedPACt (Medical Students Providing Across Continents) introduced primary care, physical therapy and adult

Also in May, Jacob Kluesener and Abbygail Lapinski traveled with a group from The Burnett Honors College to Chiapas, Mexico, for service-learning. While there, the nursing undergraduates (left and center) assisted physicians to provide care at the Health House in Corazon de Maria, which services more than 500 families.

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surgery. This year the group added nursing, social work services, pediatric urology and gynecological surgery – and cared for 41 percent more patients than the previous year.

“It was an incredible experience to work alongside our students as co-workers while teaching them evidence-based practice and feeling confident in the care they provided,” said Desiree Díaz, an assistant professor of nursing.

“The interdisciplinary trip to Peru was the most valuable educational experience I have had thus far,” said nursing student Ariana Nieves, who also participated in the trip. “Going forward, I know I will have a more open heart and mind to the health disparities within my own community.”

From Dreamer to Pediatric Nursing

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aving grown up without access to healthcare, Eliany Torrez Pon ’18BSN is committed to making sure others receive the care they need regardless of insurance or documentation. “I know what it’s like for families in times of need and I want to be there to hold hands through those tough times.

That’s my dream.”

A dream she will certainly make into a reality – it’s what she’s done her whole life. Her graduation in May 2018 was the culmination of an obstacle-laden journey and knowing first-hand the uncertain paths of “dreamers” in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Torrez Pon’s parents grew up in Nicaragua where, as young teens in the 1980s, they were merely trying to survive the war known as the Nicaraguan Revolution. Both risked their lives to secretly leave the country and escaped more than 3,500 miles north to Canada as refugees. A decade later, but before 9/11 and the onset of tighter immigration policies, they moved with their Canadian citizenships and a two-year-old Torrez Pon to the U.S. Torrez Pon remembers nothing out of the ordinary about her upbringing in America, except for one hurdle that developed into her inspiration: basic healthcare.

“My parents didn’t qualify for insurance, so we’d go to free clinics wherever they could find them. When I was young, I figured everyone drove an hour each way to get checkups.”

But it wasn’t until she filled out her first college application that she realized her U.S. citizenship status. “I’d never thought about documentation because I grew up just like all the kids around me.

But at that moment I thought the worst — I wouldn’t be able to go to college.”

It would take a year for Torrez Pon to gain DACA status, work through the complexities of her application, and dig up her proof of schooling from pre-K through high school. Financial aid was out of the question, so her dad sold his car to pay for her first year of tuition.

In June 2016, Torrez Pon’s resolve was tested again when her grandmother in Nicaragua was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

She didn’t have the finances to pay for treatment, so Torrez Pon and her mother pooled all of their resources, including money set aside for college, to send to her.

“My grandmother was in a position that no one should ever be in — deciding whether to get crucial medical treatment based on their financial situation and being alone at a time of need.”

Five months later, her grandmother succumbed to the cancer. In her grief and out of money, Torrez Pon also came to grips with the likelihood that she would not be returning to school for a while.

A week after her grandmother died, Torrez Pon was awarded the Vivian and Barry Woods Educational Endowment Scholarship, worth the same $2,000 amount she and her mother had sent to take care of her grandmother’s medical expenses.

“That made me believe more than ever that everything happens for a reason,” she says. “That I’m meant to be in nursing school at UCF, and that I’m going to make a difference in peoples’ lives.”

Torrez Pon recently started her dream nursing job at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, and last summer one more door was opened for her. After a long, uncertain road, she finally had her permanent U.S. residency.

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IMPACTING OUR WORLD

FROM AUSTRALIA TO ZAMBIA, our faculty experts and high-achieving students have traveled to 20 countries spanning six continents in the last year alone. We’re sharing our knowledge by presenting groundbreaking research. We’re lending our expertise to consult and collaborate to improve health education and patient care. We’re volunteering our time and clinical skills to provide excellence in care to those who need it most. We’re changing our world for the better.

OUR FACULTY AND STUDENTS

IMPACTING 20 COUNTRIES 6 CONTINENTS

AND VISITING SCHOLARS FROM

4 COUNTRIES BRAZIL, ENGLAND, GERMANY, NORWAY

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Service-Learning

A Win-Win for Students and the Community “In nursing, we talk about caring for and empowering members of the community through health promotion and education,” said Donna Breit, an instructor for the Community Nursing Coalition in the Downtown/Parramore area of Orlando. “These students are doing exactly that and making a positive impact.

At the annual Service-Learning Student Showcase, seven teams of nursing students were honored for their efforts.

The team of Kelsey Dobes and Natasha Poveromo received the top honor – The John C. Hitt Service-Learning Award for Best Overall Service-Learning Project and a $1,000 scholarship. scholarship Their project with Lila Mitchell Headstart helped low-income preschool children and their parents learn important wellness lessons.

“It is an incredible honor to receive an award for something I loved doing and that helped the community,” said Poveromo.

“It is a reminder that I am capable of teaching others the necessary materials that can keep them happy and healthy.”

Service-learning is an important teaching strategy at UCF, integrating meaningful community service with academic course objectives to transform experiences into learning.

Through 17 Community Nursing Coalitions in five Central Florida counties, students provide more than 30,000 hours of service annually to some of the region’s most economically disadvantaged residents.

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Capacity Building Award

Nichole Galindez Rodriguez, Lina Navas, Hailey Samuels: The Women’s Conference

Literacy Engagement Award

Kassidy Mills and Hannah Stein: Boys and Girls Club Hughes Branch “Changing Bodies”

Youth Development Award

Rachel Ohman and Karina Gutierrez: Boys and Girls Club Hughes Branch

Significant Impact Award

Brittany Baxter, Liz Guzman, Tersy Jean Louis: Shepherd’s Hope Spoken Message

Pedagogical Value Award

Victoria Kruger, Jasminh Flanagan, Caylee Schultz, Lauren Micalizio: Hygiene Helpers

Value to Agency & Community Award

Eliany Torrez Pon, Kimberly Bogers, Alicia Jagprashad: Making a Difference at the YMCA

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Grant Expands Community Nursing in West Orange with Shepherd’s Hope

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grant from the West Orange Healthcare District is enhancing the real-world education for nursing students while aiding in the care of uninsured patients.

The $62,000 grant will fund a new UCF Community Nursing Coalition dedicated to the West Orange community, with undergraduate and graduate students at the Shepherd’s Hope clinic in Ocoee and the new center in Winter Garden scheduled to open in February 2019. Shepherd’s Hope, which provides high quality healthcare for medically underserved and uninsured, has cared for a growing number of patients from West Orange County. In 2017, the organization provided care to 2,647 adults and children from the region, up from 2,178 in 2016.

UCF will have a dedicated faculty member to coordinate the clinical rotations in West Orange. “This grant will expand educational opportunities for our students, who will gain experience, knowledge and skills by interacting with the Shepherd’s Hope clinical provider team and faculty,” said Associate Instructor Erica Hoyt, who will lead these efforts.

Undergraduate students will apply classroom knowledge to provide health screenings, health evaluations and patient education to empower community members to make healthy choices, manage risk factors and improve outcomes.

Graduate students will work with clinical leaders to analyze data and work to improve individual and population health, such as decreasing adult tobacco use, decreasing the incidence of low birth weight babies and decreasing substance abuse.

“We eagerly await the opening of the new clinic,” said Primary Care MSN and DNP Program Director and Associate Professor Josie Weiss,

who will participate in the practice setting and coordinate graduate student projects. “There is a large DNP cohort who will be entering the project phase of the program and we are excited to aid in the mission of Shepherd’s Hope and serve the West Orange community through knowledge sharing and more handson care.”

“This grant is a mutually beneficial opportunity for the community and nursing education,” said Dean Mary Lou Sole. “We are excited to deepen our relationship with Shepherd’s Hope and establish a partnership with the West Orange Healthcare District, as both of these organizations share in our commitment to improving the health and well-being of the

community through education and high quality, compassionate care.”

The West Orange Healthcare District grant is the latest development in the partnership between the UCF College of Nursing and Shepherd’s Hope. As the college and community need has grown, so has the partnership. Initially an opportunity for undergraduate students, now both undergraduate and graduate students volunteer at the five health centers throughout Central Florida.

“Since 2014, the impact of the collaborative relationship between Shepherd’s Hope and the UCF College of Nursing has been significant for our organization and the uninsured patients that we serve,”

“This grant is a mutually beneficial opportunity for the community and nursing education.”

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said Marni Stahlman, president and CEO of Shepherd’s Hope, Inc. “It has allowed for the creation of several innovative initiatives that have improved clinical operations and our care standards.”

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Research A NEW FRONTIER FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE

FUNDED RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP Karen Aroian, PhD, RN, FAAN, CoInvestigator, A Crowdsourced Social Media Portal for Parents of Very Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ($202,719).

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CF’s new Academic Health Sciences Center will unlock our potential for groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

Researchers across disciplines will be able to collaborate more efficiently and effectively to solve the world’s global healthcare challenges. With clinical and research doctorally prepared faculty together, the new knowledge created by researchers can be translated by clinicians into practice to improve the lives of the community.

One area of focus within the AHSC is population health.

New faculty member Christa Cook, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, and I will represent nursing on the interdisciplinary Population Health Collaborative, which will align research, practice and service between colleges at UCF and community partners.

In the AHSC, we will also look at big data – large datasets from multiple existing data sources – to answer complex questions that involve multiple disciplines.

Several college faculty will leverage their strengths and expertise in this area.

We’re just getting started. Join us as we pioneer a new frontier in healthcare research – one that will ensure a bright future for all.

Donna F. Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP Associate Dean for Research

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Karen Aroian, PhD, RN, FAAN, CoInvestigator, Transdisciplinary Versus Usual Care for Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescence, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ($99,321).

Elizabeth Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, Principal Investigator, The Preservation of Holistic Nursing Values in Nurse Practitioner Care, Florida Organization of Nurse Executives ($2,000).

Jacqueline LaManna, PhD, ANP-BC, BCADM, CDE, Principal Investigator, Victoria Loerzel, PhD, RN, OCN, Co-Investigator, Norma Conner, PhD, RN, Co-Investigator, Michael Valenti, PhD, RN, Co-Investigator, The Invisible Man: Lived Experiences of Older Male Caregivers, American Nurses Foundation ($5,000).

Christopher Blackwell, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, Principal Investigator, The Effect of an Online Educational Program and Use of a Targeted Smartphone Application on Knowledge of Vaccination Needs of HIV Infected Adults in Fourth-Year Medical and Final Semester Advanced Practice Nursing Students, UCF Foundation, Gurecki Foundation ($20,000).

Victoria Loerzel, PhD, RN, OCN, Principal Investigator, Promoting Cancer Symptom Management in Older Adults, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research ($463,104).

Desiree Díaz, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, Principal Investigator, Mindi Anderson, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, Co-Principal Investigator, Creation and Validation of a Pediatric Sepsis Early Recognition Simulation and Checklist, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter ($632).

Vicki Montoya, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, Principal Investigator, Determinants of Nephrology Provider Use of Conservative Management vs. Dialysis in Elderly Patients > 75 Years, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter ($684).

Dawn Eckhoff, MSN, CPNP, Principal Investigator, Parental Experiences, Understanding and Interpretation of Goal Setting: A Narrative Inquiry, American Association of Nurse Practitioners ($2,500).

Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, ARNP, ANPBC, Principal Investigator, Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Co-Investigator, Phase I STTR DHA 17B002 Handoffs for Joint Service Casualty Care (HJSCC), Soar Technology Inc. ($59,763).

Elizabeth Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, Principal Investigator, Holistic Nursing Values in Nurse Practitioner Education, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter ($684).

Victoria Loerzel, PhD, RN, OCN, Principal Investigator, eSSET-CINV Serious Game Development, UCF Foundation, Gurecki Foundation ($42,130.14).

Vicki Montoya, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, Principal Investigator, Shared Decision Making in Elderly Patients > 75 Years with Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease: A Situational Analysis, UCF Office of Research & Commercialization ($7,500).

Donna Felber Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP, Project Director, Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP), Health Resources Service Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($98,975).

Susan Quelly, PhD, RN, CNE, Principal Investigator, Donna Breit, MSN, RN, CoPrincipal Investigator, Impact of a Health Education Glucose Simulator on Knowledge, Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviors Related to Childhood Obesity: A Pilot Study, Breneman Jaech Foundation’s Research Foundation ($5,000) and UCF Office of Research & Commercialization ($7,500).

ACTIVE IN 2017-18 Susan Quelly, PhD, RN, CNE, Principal Investigator, Outcomes of a Parental Intervention to Support an Innovative Health Education Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Pilot Study, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter ($1,000).

Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM, Principal Investigator, Steven Talbert, PhD, RN, Co-Investigator, Oral Suction Intervention to Reduce Aspiration and Ventilator Events (NO ASPIRATE), National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research ($2,318,988).

Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN, Principal Investigator, Norma Conner, PhD, RN, Co-Investigator, Development of a Falls Prevention Program For Older Adults: A Pilot Study, The Learning Institute for Elders ($2,650).

Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN, Principal Investigator, The Effects of Balance Training Program Combined with an Educational Program on Balance Performance, Muscle Strength, Fear of Falling and Adherence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, UCF Office of Research & Commercialization ($7,500).

Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN, CoInvestigator, Adaptation of Brain and Body Responses to Perturbations During Gait in Young and Older Adults, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging ($304,661).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Extended Augmented Reality: Autonomous Virtual Behaviors and Extrasensory Perceptions Integrated Into Ad Hoc Spaces, Office of Naval Research ($1,175,000).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Laura Gonzalez, PhD, ARNP, CNE, CHSE, CoPrincipal Investigator, Physical-Virtual Patient Bed for Healthcare Training and Assessment, National Science Foundation ($894,431).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Co-Principal Investigator, Improving Augmented Reality Technologies for Training and Education, Lockheed Martin Corporation ($200,000) and Florida High Tech Corridor Council ($66,666).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Investigator, REU Site: Research Experiences in the Internet of Things (IoT), National Science Foundation ($260,000).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, HumanSurrogate Interaction, U.S. Office of Naval Research ($2,312,188).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Blended Reality Solution for Live, Virtual, and Constructive Field Training, SA Photonics ($31,000).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC, Co-Investigator, Phase I SBIR A16-076 Augmented/Mixed Reality for Force-onForce Combat Casualty Care Training, Soar Technology, Inc. ($24,000).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC, CoInvestigator, Phase I STTR DHA 17B-001 Handoff Training for Combat Casualty Care (HTC3), Soar Technology, Inc. ($60,000).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, DURIP: Transportable Human-Surrogate Interaction System, U.S. Office of Naval Research ($148,216).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD (Computer Science), Principal Investigator, Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC, Co-Investigator, Phase II SBIR A16-076 Combat Casualty Care Augmented Reality Intelligent Training System (C3ARESYS), Soar Technology, Inc. ($300,000) and Florida High Tech Corridor Council ($100,000).

Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN, Principal Investigator, Fear of Falling Assessment in Ethnically Diverse Older Adults Using Self-Reported Measures, a Mobile Eye Tracker and a Portable Balance Plate: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study, UCF Foundation ($3,500).

Josie Weiss, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, PNPBC, ANP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, Principal Investigator, Empowering Parents to Empower Youth Through Healthy Sex Chats, UCF Foundation ($4,990).

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Research

FACULTY WORKING TOGETHER

ACROSS DISCIPLINES Disability, Aging and Technology Cluster

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dvances in medicine and technology are helping people live longer despite advanced age and previously lifeending traumatic injuries. Assistive technology has provided some independence and improved quality of life, but many chronic conditions lack effective preventative medical treatment or cure, and strain our healthcare systems. An increasing array of technological innovations are available to patients and caregivers to support selfmanagement, maintenance of functional abilities and care delivery, but their practical application remains critical targets for research, education and service. The Disability, Aging and Technology Cluster will take advantage of Florida’s ideal living laboratory to design, develop and disseminate practical and affordable interventions to help reintegrate people while promoting health and well-being. The cluster also will enhance positive physical and psycho-social determinants of health, inform policy and develop technological innovations through interdisciplinary research, education and service partnerships.

UCF COLLEGES AND CENTERS INVOLVED

College of Engineering and Computer Science College of Health Professions and Sciences College of Nursing College of Sciences NanoScience Technology Center Rosen College of Hospitality Management

A new FACULTY CLUSTER INITIATIVE has been designed to leverage UCF’s existing strengths and foster the development of strong, interdisciplinary diverse teams focused on solving today’s most challenging scientific and societal problems. The strength of this initiative comes from faculty depth, the ability to translate depth across disciplines and the collaboration among deans, directors, chairs and faculty members in every college across campus. The College of Nursing is participating in two of UCF’s nine interdisciplinary research clusters: Disability, Aging and Technology and Violence Against Women.

Violence Against Women Cluster

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bout 33 million women will experience violence in their lifetimes. In addition to physical, sexual, emotional injury and even death, the economic costs of violence against women in lost work productivity and healthcare services are as high as $12.6 billion in the United States. Effectively impacting this social issue could save countless lives and billions of dollars.

To better understand the complexity of violence against women, and create innovative responses that transcend any one discipline, we need to study it from an interdisciplinary approach that merges health, social welfare and social justice perspectives. The cluster aims to incorporate all of these fields into the analysis of violence against women to better understand it and provide insight into preventing it.

UCF COLLEGES AND CENTERS INVOLVED

College of Community Innovation and Education College of Health Professions and Sciences College of Medicine College of Nursing College of Sciences CLUSTER LEADS Dr. Jana Jasinski Pegasus Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of College of Sciences Dr. Catherine Kaukinen Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice

CLUSTER LEADS Dr. Aman Behal Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Norma Conner Associate Professor of Nursing and Nursing Associate Dean of Academic Excellence

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Dr. Denise Gammonley Associate Professor of Social Work

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Faculty

Publications Refereed Journal Articles Adorno, G., Lopez, E.D., Burg, M., Loerzel, V.W., Killian, M., Dailey, A.D., & Stein, K. (2018). Positive aspects of having had cancer: A mixed-methods analysis of responses from the American Cancer Society Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCSII). Psycho-Oncology, 27(5), 1412-1425.

Agenor, C., Conner, N., & Aroian, K. (2017). Flourishing: An evolutionary concept analysis. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38(11), 915-923.

Allred, K., & Sakowicz, K. (2018).

Engaging alumni as mentors for nursing students. Nurse Educator. Advance online publication.

Allred, K., & Gerardi, N. (2017). Computerbased simulation for pain management education: A pilot study. Pain Management Nursing, 18(5), 278-287.

Aroian, K., Uddin, N., & Blbas, H. (2017).

Longitudinal study of stress, social support, and depression in married Arab immigrant women. Healthcare for Women International, 38(2), 100-117.

Badowski, D., Horsley, L., Rossler, K., Mariani, B., & Gonzalez, L. (2018).

Electronic charting during simulation: A descriptive study. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Advance online publication.

Bagwell, M., Ortiz, J., & Bushy, A. (2017). Accountable care organization implementation experiences and rural participation: Considerations for nurses.

Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), 47(1), 30-34.

Bejliri, I., Steiner, R., Yoon, S., Harman, J., & Neff, D. (2017). Exploring transportation networks relationship to healthcare access and as affected by urban sprawl.

Transportation Research Procedia, 25, 3066-3078.

Blackwell, C. (2018). Reducing risk: Counseling HIV-infected men who have sex with men on safer sex practices with seroconcordant sex partners. Social Work in Public Health, 33(5), 271-279.

Blackwell, C. (2017). Meningococcal vaccination in men who have sex with men. Public Health Nursing, 34(2), 147-151.

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Bourgault, A., Gonzalez, L., Aguirre, L., & Ibrahim, J. (2018). CORTRAK-assisted feeding tube insertion competency assessment: Superuser training recommendations. American Journal of Critical Care, 27(3), 6-7.

Bourgault, A., & Upvall, M. (2018). Deimplementation: A concept analysis.

International Journal of Nursing Practice.

Advance online publication.

Bourgault, A., Upvall, M., & Graham, A. (2018). Using Gemba boards to facilitate evidence-based practice in Critical Care.

Critical Care Nurse. 38(3), 1-7.

Bourgault, A., Aguirre, L., & Ibrahim, J. (2017). CORTRAK-assisted feeding tube insertion: A comprehensive review of adverse events in the MAUDE database.

American Journal of Critical Care, 26(2), 149-156.

Efendi, F., Nursalam, N., Fibriansari, R., Yuwono, S., Hadi, M., & Bushy, A. (2018).

Development of empowerment model for burnout syndrome and quality of nursing work life in Indonesia. International Journal of Nursing Sciences. Advance online publication.

Gonzalez, L., & Allred, K. (2017). A collaborative approach to simulation development. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhance Learning, 3(4), 159-162.

Gonzalez, L., Bourgault, A.M., & Aguirre, L. (2018). Varying levels of fidelity on psychomotor skill attainment: A CORTRAK product assessment. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(3), 141-145.

Gonzalez, L., & Kardong-Edgren, S. (2017). Deliberate practice for mastery learning. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 13(1), 10-14.

Conner, N., Provedel, A., & Maciel, E. L. N. (2017). Ciéncia & Saúde Coletiva: Scientific production analysis and collaborative research networks. Ciéncia & Saúde Coletiva, 22(3), 987-996.

Heglund, S., Simmons, J., Wink, D., & Leuner, J. (2017). Thirteen years and counting: Outcomes of a concurrent ASN/ BSN enrollment program. Journal of Professional Nursing, 33(6), 441-446.

Daher, S., Kim, K., Lee, M., Schubert, R., Bruder, G., Bailenson, J., & Welch, G. (2017). Effects of social priming on social presence with intelligent virtual agents. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10498, 87-100.

Herr, L., & Thiamwong, L. (in press). An integrative literature review of basal-bolus insulin versus sliding-scale insulin for glycemic management in the hospitalized type 2 diabetic. Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST).

Decker, V., & Hamilton, R. (2018). The nursing knowledge pyramid: A theory of the structure of nursing knowledge.

Advances in Nursing Science. Advance online publication.

Díaz, D., Maruca, A., Hoyt, E., Gonzalez, L., Stockmann, C., & Blackwell, C. (2017).

Simulation design: Addressing care of a transgender patient. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 13(9), 452-459.

Díaz, D., Maruca, A., Gonzalez, L., Stockmann, C., & Hoyt, E. (2017).

Using simulation to address care of the transgender patient in nursing curricula.

BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(2), 65-69.

Díaz, D., Pettigrew, C., Dileone, C., Dodge, M., & Shelton, D. (2017) Pilot test of communication with a ‘Rapid Fire’ technique. Journal for Evidence-based Practice in Correctional Health, 1(2), 140-151.

Hines, R., Jiban, M., Choudhury, K., Loerzel, V., Specogna, A., Troy, S., & Zhang, S. (2018). Post-treatment surveillance testing of colorectal cancer patients and the association with survival: Protocol for a retrospective cohort study of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER)-Medicare Database. BMJ Open. Advance Online Publication.

Kinchen, E. (2018). The need for development of theory specific to nurse practitioner practice. Journal of Theory Construction and Testing. Advance Online Publication.

Kinchen, E., & Loerzel, V. (2018). Nursing students’ attitudes and use of holistic therapies for stress relief. Journal of Holistic Nursing. Advance online publication.

Kurt, G., Loerzel, V., Tavasci, K., Galura, S., Ahmad, S. & Holloway, R. (2018). Learning needs differences in women undergoing robotic versus open gynecologic surgeries.

JOGNN. Advance online publication.

Lafuente, S., & Thiamwong. L. (2017).

The effects of Seroquel on agitation and cognition in Alzheimer’s patients: A limited integrative literature review.

Open Access Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. Advance online publication.

LaManna, J., Bushy, A., & Gammonley, D. (2018). Post-hospitalization experiences of older adults diagnosed with diabetes: “It was daunting!”. Geriatric Nursing, 39(1), 103-111.

McNaughton, N., & Anderson, M. (2017).

Standardized patients: It’s all in the words.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 13(7), 293-294.

Neff, D., Yoon, S., Bejliri, I., Steiner, R., Everhart, D., Bumbach, M., & Harman, J. (2018). The impact of nurse practitioner state regulations on population access to care. Nursing Outlook. Advance online publication.

Miller, A., Sellnow, T., Neuberger, L., Todd, A., Freihaut, R., Noyes, J., … Gamhewage, G. (2017). A systematic review of literature on effectiveness of training in emergency risk communication. Journal of Health Communication, 22(7), 612-629.

Miller, H., Penoyer, D., Baumann, K., Bowles, S., Diaz, A., & Sole, M.L. (2017). Assessment of mesenteric tissue saturation, oxygen saturation, and heart rate pre- and postblood transfusion in very low birth weight infants using abdominal site near-infrared spectroscopy. Advances in Neonatal Care, 17(5), E3-E9.

Loerzel, V., Clochesy, J., & Geddie, P. (2018). Using a community advisory board to develop a serious game for older adults undergoing treatment for cancer. Applied Nursing Research, 39, 207-210.

Kim, K., Nagendran, A., Bailenson, J., Raij, A., Bruder, G., Lee, M., … Welch, G. (2017). A large-scale study of surrogate physicality and gesturing on humansurrogate interactions in a public space.

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4, 1-20.

Maruca, A., Díaz. D., Stockmann, C., & Gonzalez, L. (2018). Using simulation with nursing students to promote affirmative practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population: A multisite study.

Nursing Education Perspectives, 39(4), 225-229.

Quelly, S. (2018). Developing and testing adapted measures of children’s intentions, self-efficacy, and behaviors associated with childhood obesity. Children’s Health Care, 47(1), 67-82.

Sole, M.L., & Bolsega T. (2018).

Tracheostomy care practices in a simulated setting: An exploratory study. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 32, 182-188.

Sole, M.L., Middleton, A., Deaton, L., Bennett, M., Talbert, S., & Penoyer D. (2017). Enrollment challenges in critical care nursing research. American Journal of Critical Care, 26(5), 395-400.

Loerzel, V. (2017). Cognitive representation of treatment-related symptoms in older adults with cancer.

Cancer Nursing, 40(3), 230-236.

Kim, K., Maloney, D., Bruder, G., Bailenson, J., & Welch, G. (2017). The effects of virtual human’s spatial and behavioral coherence with physical objects on social presence in AR. Computer Animation & Virtual Worlds, 28(3-4), 1-9.

Quelly, S. (2018). Helping with meal preparation and children’s dietary intake: A literature review. Journal of School Nursing. Advance online publication.

Ritten, A., & LaManna, J. (2017).

Unmet needs in obesity management: From guidelines to clinic. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 29, S30-S42.

Leflore, J., Bond, M., Anderson, M., Baxley, S., & Díaz, D. (2017). Interprofessional education: Graduate students’ perspectives.

Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 7(1), 1-11.

Loerzel, V. (2018). Symptom selfmanagement: Strategies used by older adults receiving treatment for cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 22(1), 83-90.

Pierce, J., Aroian, K.J., Schifano, E., Milkes, A., Schwindt, T., Gannon, A., & Wysocki, T. (2017). Health care transition for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes: Stakeholder engagement for defining optimal outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 42(9), 970-982.

Quelly, S. (2017). Characteristics associated with school nurse childhood obesity prevention practices. Pediatric Nursing 43(4), 193-199.

Lee, M., Bruder, G., Hollerer, T., & Welch, G. (2018). Effects of unaugmented periphery and vibrotactile feedback on proxemics with virtual humans in AR. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(4), 1525-1534.

Hurley, S., & Edwards, J. (2017). Nurses’ perceptions of self as role models of health. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 40(8), 1131-1147.

Pierce, J., Aroian, K., Caldwell, C., Ross, J., Lee, J., Schifano, E., … Wysocki, T. (2017).

The ups and downs of parenting very young children with Type 1 Diabetes: A crowdsourcing study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42(8), 846-860.

Montoya, V. (2017). Advanced practice nurses and end-of-life care for patients with progressive chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 44(3), 256-259.

Ortiz, J., Hofler, R., Bushy, A., Lin, Y., Khanijahani, A., & Bitney, A. (in press).

Impact of nurse practitioner practice regulations on rural population health outcomes. Healthcare.

Penoyer, D., Fowler, S., & Bourgault, A. (in press). Insertion and removal of peripheral intravenous catheters: A tradition–based practice? Nursing2018.

Sole, M.L., Talbert, S., Bennett, M., Middleton, A., Deaton, L., & Penoyer, D. (in press). Collecting nursing research data 24 hours a day: Challenges, lessons, and recommendations. American Journal of Critical Care, 27.

Stockmann, C., & Díaz, D. (2017).

Students’ perceptions of the psychological well-being of a transgender client through simulation. Journal of Nursing Education, 56(12), 741-744.

Thiamwong, L., & Pungchompoo, W. (in press). Embedding palliative care into healthy aging: A narrative case study from Thailand. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. nursing.ucf.edu | FALL 2018 | 25

Faculty DISTINGUISHED FACULTY FELLOWS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued) Thiamwong, L., & Suwanno. J. (2017).

Fear of falling and related factors in a community-based study of people 60 years and older in Thailand. International Journal of Gerontology, 11(2), 80-84.

Thiamwong, L., & Suwanno. J. (2017). The process of reducing sodium intake among older adults: A participatory Action Research Study. Open Access Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 1(2), 1-6.

BOOKS Ricci, S. (2017). Essentials of maternity, newborn, and women’s health nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: WaltersKluwer.

Sole, M., Klein, D., & Moseley, M. (Eds.), (2017). Introduction to critical care nursing (7th ed). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/ Saunders.

Upvall, M., & Bourgault, A. (2018). Deimplementation: A concept analysis.

Nursing Forum, 1-6. Advance online publication.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Upvall, M., & Leffers, J. (2018). Revising a conceptual model of partnership and sustainability. Public Health Nursing, 35(3), 228-237.

Bushy, A. (in press). Promoting healthy partnerships with rural communities.

In J. McFarlane & E. Anderson (Eds.), Community as partner: Theory and practice in nursing (8th ed.). WaltersKluwer: Philadelphia, PA.

Vincent, J., Andrews, D., Hertling, M., Galura, S., & Forlaw, L. (2017). Impact of an interprofessional leadership program on collaboration in practice. Collaborative Healthcare, 8(1), 7-9.

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Academy of Nursing Education ....................................................

Mindi Anderson, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF American Academy of Nursing ....................................................

Karen Aroian, PhD, RN, FAAN ....................................................

Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAN ....................................................

Joellen Edwards, PhD, RN, FAAN ....................................................

Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM ....................................................

Michele Upvall, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN American Association of Nurse Practitioners ....................................................

Christopher Blackwell, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNE, FAANP ....................................................

Josie Weiss, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, PNP-BC, ANP-BC, FNAP, FAANP American College of Critical Care Medicine ....................................................

Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM National Academies of Practice ....................................................

Susan Chase, EdD, RN, FNAP ....................................................

Norma Conner, PhD, RN, FNAP ....................................................

Donna Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP ....................................................

Josie Weiss, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, PNP-BC, ANP-BC, FNAP, FAANP New York Academy of Medicine ....................................................

Michele Upvall, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN

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Giving

D O N O R A P P R E C I AT I O N

IGNITING the Future of Nursing

U

CF has less than a year left in its ambitious IGNITE Campaign to raise $500 million in missioncritical private support by 2019. This funding supports student success, academic To discuss a philanthropic excellence, growth and investment in our future opportunity. nurse leaders or ways to get involved, please Your support of the College contact me at: of Nursing is critical to future nurse leaders and the health PHONE: 407.823.1600 EMAIL: katiek@ucf.edu of the global community. The generosity of alumni and friends will support our mission of becoming a 21st century educational leader – transforming nursing practice through innovation.

One of the major transformations taking place is the new Academic Health Sciences Center at Lake Nona. This innovative center will be a place where: • A new model of healthcare will be designed and delivered;

UCF Goal $500 million College Goal $15 million Projected Completion June 30, 2019 IGNITE: The Campaign for UCF is an intense, focused and strategic effort to channel the collective resources of our alumni, friends, partners, faculty and staff toward the common goal of infusing the university with $500 million in mission-centric private support by 2019. Of the $500 million goal, the College of Nursing has been charged with raising $15 million to support its strategic priorities. igniteucf.org IGNITE Campaign Progress (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2018)

• The next generation of healthcare professionals will be inspired toward excellence;

UCF GOAL

• Scientists will discover cost-effective solutions to major societal and healthcare issues; and • A global, virtual community of dedicated healthcare professions will be created.

This new model of 21st century healthcare takes commitment from many stakeholders. The Academic Health Sciences Center will channel UCF and private resources to create this new hub for UCF’s medical, nursing and health professions education, research and patient care programs.

BUT IT TAKES YOUR SUPPORT to fuel these innovations that will lead to better, healthier lives for all. By working together, we can achieve our collective impact on the healthcare of a global community.

It only takes a spark to start something big. Please join us in IGNITING the Future of Nursing.

• • • • • •

Knightingale Society Endowed Funds Fellowships Matching Gifts Planned Gifts Scholarships

The college’s Advancement Team will work with you to ensure your philanthropic wishes make the greatest impact for our students, faculty and college.

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Progress | $400,332,135 / 80%

COLLEGE GOAL Remaining | $4,940,270 / 33%

15

Progress | $10,059,730 / 67%

94%

of nursing faculty and staff made a donation to UCF during 2017-18

36%

of UCF nursing faculty and staff are Knightingale Society members

ARTISTIC TALENTS To show her appreciation for her scholarship, Amanda Leyva painted a canvas of a Knight nurse caring for a patient for donors Mrs. Renee and Mr. Terry Greene, parents of the late ReAnna Greene ’11.

Nursing seniors Rebecca Bruce and Caitlin Cox are one step closer to achieving their goals in pediatric nursing thanks to the newly established Alfred I. duPont Endowed Nursing Scholarship. “I believe in the alleviation of human suffering through the means of compassion and empathy that nursing has to offer,” Cox said. “Receiving this scholarship will reduce the current stress of juggling work so I can focus on my studies to provide the best care for my future patients.” The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust is one of America’s most generous supporters of pediatric healthcare. Since 1935, they have distributed more than $2.7 billion to its primary beneficiary, The Nemours Foundation, for the care and treatment of hundreds of thousands of children primarily in Delaware and Florida. This generous gift supports the college’s $15 million goal for IGNITE: The Campaign for UCF. ABOVE: Scholarship recipients Rebecca Bruce (left) and Caitlin Cox, with duPont trustee, Mr. John Lord.

500

MILLION

MILLION

Katie Korkosz ’04 ’06MS Senior Director for Advancement

6 WAYS TO GIVE

Remaining | $99,667,865 / 20%

Fueling the Passion to Heal Pediatric Patients

Remaining | 10 months / 10% (Sept. 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019)

96

MONTHS Elapsed | 86 months / 90%

Knightingale Society Members Mr. Wade S. Alliance Dr. Kelly D. ’07 and Mr. Wayne E. Allred ’87 Adventist Health System | Florida Hospital North Region Dr. Mindi A. and Mr. Tim Anderson Dr. Thomas W. and Dr. Diane R. ’06 Andrews Anonymous Mr. Richard Baumgartner Ms. Kathleen L. Black ’84 ’01 ’02 Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell ’00 ’01 ’05 Gary L. Blackwell Charitable Foundation Dr. Bruce H. and Dr. Donna A. ’10 Breit Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Inc. Dr. Angeline A. and Mr. John R. Bushy CAE Healthcare, Inc. Mrs. Patricia Celano ’10 Dr. Susan K. Chase Mr. Steve and Mrs. Karen S. Cochran Dr. Norma E. Conner Dr. Joseph L. and Dr. Maureen M. Covelli Mrs. Joyce DeGennaro ’03 ’09 ’13 Ms. Kimberly Dever Dr. Desiree A. Díaz Dr. Kenneth W. Dion ’91

Mr. Michael V. and Mrs. Bari-Ann DiPietro Ms. Sarah Dodson ’01 Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Caron Dougherty Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust Dr. Kelly A. Carlson Eberbach ’15 ’17 Dr. Joellen B. Edwards Mrs. Kim Elliott Florida Hospital Orlando Florida Navy Nurse Corps Association Mr. Stuart A. Frazer Dr. MeLisa Gantt ’10 Dr. Laura N. Gonzalez ’08 Mr. Terry M. and Mrs. Renee T. Greene Dr. Frank Guido-Sanz Mr. William Hauck and Ms. Margaret B. ’13 DeVane Health First Heart of Volusia Dr. Steve D. ’02 ’04 ’12 and Mrs. Darlene M. Heglund Estate of Dr. Hazel Hogan Dr. Frances E. Iacobellis Jonas Philanthropies Ms. Renee M. Keller Dr. Elizabeth V. Kinchen Dr. Kate ’79 ’83 and Mr. Joseph F. Kinsley Mr. Todd J. ’04 ’05 and Mrs. Katie ’04 ’05 Korkosz Dr. Martin A. Kubiet and Dr. Leslee A. ’13 D’Amato-Kubiet

NEW GIFT FOR HEALTHCARE STUDENTS A $450,000 gift from Dr. Zabunnissa Vyas and Mr. Suryakant Vyas established two new endowed scholarships to support nursing and medical students.

Pictured is Dean Mary Lou Sole, Mr. and Dr. Vyas, and Vice President for Health Affairs and College of Medicine Dean Dr. Deborah German.

Listing of donors who supported the college with a gift of $1,000 or more from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

Dr. John J. and Dr. Patricia K. ’86 ’97 ’14 Lafferty Mr. Richard ’86 Lambert Dr. Jacqueline ’13 and Mr. Anthony J. ’93 LaManna Dr. Shawn C. Lapinski Dr. Valerie Lapp ’99 ’09 ’16 Ms. Laura Young Lawrence Dr. Victoria W. ’07 and Mr. Steven C. ’87 ’92 Loerzel Mr. Robert A. Lowke The Honorable John S. and Mrs. Carolyn T. Lord Ms. Mary W. McKenzie Mrs. Candy McKnight ’93 ’95 Medline Industries Mr. Todd and Mrs. Eva Michaels Mr. Gerard and Mrs. Debra ’01 ’03 ’10 Michaud Dr. Vicki L. Montoya ’83 ’01 ’13 Mr. Mark S. ’99 and Mrs. Lisa Moore Glenda G. Morgan Charitable Foundation Dr. Donna F. Neff The Northrop Grumman Foundation Mrs. Rosemary G. Notarantonio ’81 Nurses First Solutions Orlando Health Mrs. Anne Peach Pharmacy Consulting International PNC Foundation Siemens Power Generation Sigma, The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter

Stamos & Trucco, LLP Dr. Susan Quelly ’07 ’12 Dr. Samuel D. Realista ’01 The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Dr. Mary Lou and Mr. Robert Sole Mr. Raymond Stiegel ’84 Mr. Richard and Mrs. Marianne Strauss Mr. Todd ’92 ‘94 and Mrs. Ashley ’94 Funderburke-Swingle Mr. Barry L. and Mrs. Jane E. Traynor Ms. Jessica Traynor Dr. Dawn Turnage ’11 ’13 ‘15 Dr. Michelle J. Upvall Dr. Michael T. Valenti Dr. Zabunnissa Vyas and Mr. Suryakant Vyas Dr. Gregory F. and Mrs. Linda A. Welch Wells Fargo West Orange Healthcare District Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation The Diane and Lawrence Wink Fund

We apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions.

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Alumni CALLING ALL ALUMNI!

IT’S EASY TO STAY CONNECTED!

As we approach our 40th anniversary, we want to hear from you with your professional and personal updates. You could be one of our 40 Knight nurses honored, and more!

Share your story at nursing@ucfalumni.com or ucfalumni.com/CONcontactupdates.

ALL-CLASS

Reunion

Dear Knight nurses, GET INVOLVED Consider joining the alumni board, attending a chapter event, or becoming an alumni mentor.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of students and impact the future of our college.

HIRE A KNIGHT UCF graduates the most, and highest quality, BSN nurses in the state of Florida. If you’re in a management position, always consider hiring a fellow Knight nurse!

GIVE A GIFT Consider making a gift of support, to any account of any amount, as it will make an immediate impact on our students’ experiences.

To discuss alumni engagement programming or annual giving, please contact Christina: PHONE 407.823.2422 EMAIL c.gonzalez@ucf.edu

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As you’ve read throughout this issue, the Academic Health Sciences Center is an exciting opportunity for the future of health sciences education and innovation. While we look ahead to our big potential, we’re taking a moment to look back at how we got here.

40 YEARS OF NURSING EXCELLENCE

In fall 2019, the College of Nursing will celebrate 40 years of educating Knight nurses. It was fall 1979 when our first class of students began their journey in nursing with us. The college – and UCF – have certainly evolved and grown a lot since then in program offerings, faculty, students, partnerships, research and acclaim. Throughout the 2019-20 academic year, there will be lots of opportunities to celebrate this exciting milestone as well as the successes of our Knight nurses over the last four decades.

Stay tuned for more information.

A “BEARY” LIMITED OPPORTUNITY

This November, the UCF bears are back – but now pandas instead of teddy bears! These cuddly bears bring much-needed comfort and joy to children at area hospitals, while also raising funds for scholarships and other important projects benefiting the student experience. The 2018 limited-edition panda bears wearing UCF scrubs will be available again as a “buy one, give one” donation opportunity through November 27 – National Day of Giving. Stay tuned in early November for details on how you can participate. There is a limited supply so you’ll want to act fast!

There is much to look forward to in the coming months and year ahead.

In the meantime, I always look forward to hearing from you and welcome your feedback on how we can help our alumni chapter – and Knight nurses – reach their greatest potential.

More than 100 alumni returned to campus to reconnect at the 2018 UCF Alumni All-Class Nursing Reunion. Guests enjoyed a progressive dinner experience, with food and beverage stations

Outstanding Alumni Awards

on three floors of the college, while celebrating the college’s past, present and future.

Four alumni and one student were recognized in the second annual Outstanding Alumni Awards: Sandy Galura ’05MSN ’12PhD for her outstanding work in community service Misti Tuppeny ’87 for her outstanding work in nurse education Valerie Lapp ’99 ’09MSN ’16PhD for her support of nurses as an outstanding mentor Erica Hoyt ’93 for her work as an outstanding faculty member Eliany Torrez Pon, Class of 2018, received the Outstanding Knight Nurse Award for her impacts on the nursing profession as an undergraduate student

Go Knights! Charge On! Valerie Lapp ’99 ’09MSN ’16PhD Chair, Alumni Chapter Board

Stay tuned for information about the 2019 UCF Alumni All-Class Nursing Reunion. Special recognition will be given to graduates of the classes of: 1984 · 1989 · 1994 · 1999 · 2004 · 2009 · 2014

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Alumni

Meet Our Knights in Nursing As caregivers, innovators, educators and leaders, Knight nurses are making a difference in the lives of patients, students and the community each and every day.

Their compassion, service, excellence and integrity inspire us to continue to reach for the stars. By sharing their personal stories, it is our goal to not only inspire you but also a future generation of nurse leaders.

KARENNA: Missionary making healthcare more personal “I think of myself as a former patient who became a nurse. So it was a natural next step in my career to move from bedside care to patient experience.

The field is more than surveys.

It’s advocating for more accessible, holistic and affordable care, and connecting the voice of communities directly to the healthcare systems serving them.

Right now, we’re using game-based learning to inspire frontline team members to deliver care focused on the mind, body and spirit. Acting as facilitator for these learning events is the highlight of my job!

Interactive learning through simulation makes things personal, and I believe it is the future of hospital education. I feel honored to have studied under some of my scholarly heroes in the Healthcare Simulation program at UCF, and be part of my hometown’s story.

I overcame a lot to get here. After my lung spontaneously collapsed, I was forced to learn about a new scary world: healthcare. Through

that experience, God called me to nursing. I was 20 years old. After a 30-day hospitalization, I changed my major and never looked back.

Starting over was hard work. I worked in fast food in the morning before classes at night. My mom and grandma helped when they could, as it was just the three of us. I am proud to be part of their legacy – strong women raising strong women.

Now as someone blessed with so much, I am called to give resources and talents to serve those with less. My dream is to combine simulation education and mission trips – partnering with local hospitals to run drills on emergent patient conditions to improve outcomes in understaffed and impoverished countries.”

KARENNA THATCHER ’17MSN, RN

Alumna of UCF’s first Nursing and Healthcare Simulation MSN cohort; Patient Experience Project Manager/ Consultant for Adventist Health System

KEN: Entrepreneur impacting the lives of patients and students “Nursing provides the opportunity to grow and choose career paths unlike any other profession. When you are presented with a door, walk through it.

I have had an unbelievable professional journey. I grew up in a healthcare household. I am a fourth generation firefighter and second generation Registered Nurse. I knew patient care was for me after my experience as a firefighter/paramedic. Emergency Nursing was the perfect next step to build on that experience.

I moved from the bedside to entrepreneurship because it allowed me to utilize my patient care education and experience to impact a greater number of lives and give back to my profession.

I still feel it is my duty to give back.

At UCF, I was fortunate to receive the generosity of others through scholarships and faculty mentors.

Additionally, active involvement in the Student Nurses Association and the National Student Nurses Association helped me gain valuable skills and professional relationships that have positively influenced the entire trajectory of my career. Every student should have this opportunity – and I’m honored to support the SNA at UCF. Nursing students are the future of my beloved profession. My advice to them is to pursue your dreams relentlessly without regard to the resources you have at your disposal. Nursing can be an unbelievable journey both professionally but more important, personally.

My 30-year story began at UCF. I interviewed and was accepted at a number of excellent schools. UCF stood out because of the faculty whose support and interest in my success was obvious from my very first visit to campus. If given the opportunity again, I would not change my choice of UCF to launch my journey. “

MARIE: PhD student using research and technology to improve mental health care “Mental health awareness, prevention and treatment seems to be only addressed or funded during times of tragedy. But care should be continuous.

As a Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I saw reoccurring themes from patients and families involving system fragmentation, overwhelming feelings and social disadvantages.

One patient I will never forget. He was African-American, 22 years old, lost both of his parents to substance abuse and was adjusting to a new diagnosis of Schizophrenia. I went home that night with a burning desire to address socioeconomic factors to improve treatment for individuals with serious mental illness.

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I recently received national funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Minority Fellowship Program for my research, which is using innovative technology to explore the ‘five A’s’ to healthcare – affordability, availability, accessibility, accommodation and acceptability – related to mental health clinics and hospitals for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Florida. Identifying individuals most at risk at discharge from a psychiatric facility could enhance continuity of care in outpatient settings.

The stories of patients whose lives are improved by mental health nursing care inspires me every day. There were many times where I felt I was not ‘good enough.’ But I worked hard to turn challenges into successes in my

professional and personal growth.

I have also been blessed to have support from my professors at UCF, PhD cohort colleagues and family that remind me of who I am and my goals.

UCF has also provided tremendous opportunity for my research, including an interdisciplinary ‘Big Data’ series where I could gain different perspectives for my research.”

MARIE SMITH

MSN, MS, ARNP-BC, EMT-B Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Grace Medical Home in Orlando and at StewartMarchman Act Behavioral Healthcare in Daytona Beach; PhD Student, UCF College of Nursing, Class of 2019

New Liaison for Alumni Engagement

Please join us in welcoming Christina Gonzalez, the new assistant director of alumni engagement at the College of Nursing.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Knight nurse community! I look forward to getting to know you and serving as a connection to the college and fellow alumni. It is an honor to work alongside a profession that touches lives and makes a difference every day. Go Knights and Charge On!”

KENNETH (KEN) W. DION PhD, RN, MSN, MBA, ’91BSN Assistant Dean for Business Development and Strategic Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Treasurer, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society; Member, Dean’s Advisory Board, UCF College of Nursing; Honorary Member, National Student Nurses Association; Founder of Decision Critical, Inc. (Acquired by HealthStream in 2012)

KNIGHT:

Someone who is worthy of recognition for merit or service

FIND MORE INSPIRATION! New Knights in Nursing profiles are shared online and on social media.

Christina comes to UCF most recently from Duke University where she worked as a stewardship coordinator in the Office of University Development. She also has worked at the Campus to City Wesley Foundation as the assistant director of discipleship and partner relations in Jacksonville, and in a volunteer role as the fundraising chair for DurhamCares.

KNOW A KNIGHT IN NURSING? Share details at nursing@ucfalumni.com

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Class Notes SHARE YOUR NEWS!

MEET THE

DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD

Did you… Get married? Start a new job? Win an award? Move? We want to know where you are and what you are doing! Submit updates at ucfalumni.com/nursing or email nursing@ucfalumni.com.

’90s KEN DION ’91, a 35-year healthcare industry veteran, nurse entrepreneur, scholar and inventor, and member of the dean’s advisory board, has been appointed assistant dean for strategic relations and business development at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

’00s

JEFF CARAMEROS ’09 ’12MSN ’15DNP received the 2017 Best of Dunnellon: Outstanding Medical Services Business Award for Rainbow River Medical, a primary care practice he founded.

MELISA GANTT ’10PHD, retired from the U.S. Army and founded Gantt Clinical Research Institute, LLC, in Orlando, has joined the Dean’s Advisory Board.

MICHELE FACKLER ’00 ’12MSN has joined Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Florida, as an emergency department manager.

PATTY GEDDIE ’15PHD was appointed to serve as the Florida Nurse Association member on the Florida Cancer Control & Research Advisory Council. She was also nominated for the 2018 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year, and fundraised more than $10,000 in 10 weeks for the society.

SANDY GALURA ’05MSN ’12PHD has changed careers and joined the UCF College of Nursing faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing Systems.

KATHY GOVER ’11MSN was promoted to chief nursing officer at Florida Hospital Flagler, and she and her husband relocated to Palm Coast.

LAUREN A. MCGRATH ’09 ’09, who works as an oncology nurse practitioner at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was nominated as a 2018 Woman of the Year for the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

DAVID ROBERTSON ’00 was promoted to manager of complex care and acute triage at Family Physicians Group in Orlando.

’10s JOCELIN ADONA ’17 accepted a position in the nurse residency program at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, which is a magnet recognized facility and ranked 15th in the nation.

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SHANNON HASSETT ’16 was named one of UCF Alumni’s “30 under 30” awardees and is the first Knight nurse to receive this honor.

She is currently enrolled in the DNP program at UCF while working as an emergency department nurse at Orlando Health.

ERIN BLAKE, JD Senior Associate, Montana and Welch, LLP

READ BLUMBERG National Sales Manager, CAE Healthcare

SHERRY BUXTON, AHG Chief Surgical Services Officer, Orlando Health

KEN DION, PHD, MSN, MBA, RN UCF Nursing Alumnus ’91; Assistant Dean for Business Development and Strategic Relationships, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

KEVIN J. DOUGHERTY Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, CFE Federal Credit Union

KIM ELLIOTT, MSN, RN Senior Vice President of Clinical Services, Brookdale Senior Living

MELISA GANTT, PHD, RN, CNOR, RNFA UCF Nursing Alumna ’10PhD; Chief Executive Officer, Gantt Clinical Research Institute, LLC

TERESA GULINO, MBA, BSN UCF Nursing Alumna ’05; Senior Director, Global Clinical Operations, Payment Integrity at HMS Holdings Corp.

DAVID HANKE, MBA, BSN UCF Nursing Alumnus ’81; Healthcare Executive

CANDY MCKNIGHT, MSN, RN, C-EFM, CNML, CHSP UCF Nursing Alumna ’93 ’95; Immediate Past Chair, Alumni Chapter Board; Director of Women’s Services, Florida Hospital for Women

MARTIE MOORE, MAOM, RN, CPHQ Chief Nursing Officer, Medline Industries

ROSEMARY NOTARANTONIO, MSN, RN UCF Nursing Alumna ’81; Principal, Notarantonio & Associates

ANNE PEACH, MSN, RN Vice President and Partner, Future Vision Group, LLC

MICHELLE A. PAVLOVSKY ’13 celebrated her five-year anniversary with Orlando Health and recently began a leadership position serving as clinical assistant nurse manager.

AMANDA SCHULTZ ’17 joined the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a critical care nurse on the ICU Flex Team, where she rotates through NICU, PICU and CICU. She also completed an evidence-based research project as part of her residency and orientation.

ELIANY TORREZ PON ’18 accepted an offer to work in the Emergency Department at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando (see p. 15).

JOYCE RYAN, DNP, RN, FNP Board Chair; Healthcare Executive

LAURA YOUNG LAWRENCE Senior Vice President, TED MEEKMA Consult

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