2019 UCF NURSING MAGAZINE, vol. 14

UCF COLLEGE OF

NURSING UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | VOL. 14

MAGAZINE

Celebrating

Years of Excellence

GALA

MAY 16,­

2020

Celebrating Our Past, Your Present & Nursing’s Future.

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JOIN US in a celebration four decades in the making.

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Contents

FALL 2019

THIS ISSUE

5 Message from the Dean 6 News Briefs 8 Students Advocate on Capitol Hill; 2019-20 Helene Fuld Scholars 9 PhD Scholar Partakes in Precision Medicine 10 Students Shine on FNSA Executive Board

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17 Improving Health in Parramore with Florida Blue Grant 20 Students Giving Back 21 Excellence in Sim Operations; Escape Rescue Room 22

Sharing Best Practices in Simulation; New Interdisciplinary Simulation Club

2 3 Research Findings in Augmented Reality, HIV Disclosure Published in PLOS ONE 2 5 CDC Health Economist Joins Faculty Research Cluster 26 Welcome New Associate Dean for Research; Funded Research & Scholarship 2 8 Faculty Publications

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Distinguished Faculty Fellows

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Help Knight Nurses Charge On, Get Your Anniversary Pin

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Donor Appreciation, Knightingale Society Members

Features 12 Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence 18 From Simulations to South America 24 Curiosity’s Impact on Nurse Research and the Future

Alumni Chapter News 3 4 Message from Alumni Chapter Chair, Meet the Board 3 5 All-class Reunion Recap 3 6 Meet Our Knights in Nursing

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37 Newest and Youngest Knightingales 38 Class Notes

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Leadership

40

years ago as a nursing student at UCF, I remember…

See p. 12 for more memories from Knight nurses.

DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD

COLLEGE LEADERSHIP

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

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

READ BLUMBERG­ National Sales Manager, CAE Healthcare SHERRY BUXTON­ MBA, RN, AHG Chief Surgical Services Officer, Orlando Health KENNETH (KEN) DION­ PhD, MSN, MBA, ’91BSN, RN Assistant Dean, Business Development and Strategic Relationships, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing KEVIN J. DOUGHERTY­ Executive Vice President and COO, Addition Financial KIM ELLIOTT­ MSN, RN Senior Vice President of Clinical Services, Brookdale Senior Living MELISA GANTT­ ’10PhD, RN, CNOR, RNFA CEO, Gantt Clinical Research Institute, LLC ADAM GOLDSTEIN­ COO and Financial Advisor, Private Wealth Management LLC

“Doing everything together, from starting our first IVs to studying for the boards.

We were a team.”

TODD E. GUILEY ­ ’91­ Director of Account Management – Key Accounts, UnitedHealthcare TERESA GULINO­ MBA, RN, ’05BSN Senior Director, Global Clinical Operations, Payment Integrity at HMS Holdings Corporation DAVID HANKE­ MBA, ’81BSN Healthcare Executive MICHAEL HSU­ MHA CFO, Southeast Petro Distributors VALERIE LAPP­ ’16PhD, ’09MSN, ’99BSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPN Magnet Coordinator and Program Manager for Nursing and Special Projects, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Babies LAURA YOUNG LAWRENCE­ Senior Vice President, TED MEEKMA Consult

“It being inclusive, supportive and truly a very special environment.”

BRIAN MOORE­ ’98 President of Government Services, Loyal Source LLC

CARMEN GIURGESCU PhD, RN, WHNP, FAAN Associate Dean for Research, Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing and Professor 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 JESSICA SIMMONS ’11EdD Assistant Dean of Students 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 submissions: nursing@ucfalumni.com Managing Editor Carolyn M. Petagno Writer Julie Harper Editorial Contributors Laura J. Cole, Jenna Lee, Katie Schmidt ’12, Robert H. Wells

MARTIE MOORE­ MAOM, RN, CPHQ Chair, Clinical Advisory Board, ContinuumXR ROSEMARY NOTARANTONIO­ MSN, ’81BSN, RN Principal for Notarantonio & Associates JOYCE RYAN­ DNP, RN, FNP Healthcare Executive

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NORMA CONNER PhD, RN, FNAP Associate Dean for Academic Excellence and Associate Professor

OUR MISSION To prepare nurse leaders and patient advocates through excellence in education, research and service.

Message from

THE DEAN

Where were you 40 years ago?

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or a handful of alumni, you were here – the first cohort of the nursing program at UCF. In fall of 1979, there were 50 students and four faculty. (Learn about the early years on p. 12)

Fast forward to just over a decade later, when I joined UCF, and the program was still young. We were the Department of Nursing, offering a BSN and RN to BSN program. We had no physical building to call home.

Imagine teaching next to the weightlifting room (with the sounds of weights clanging and athletes grunting in the background) or having to carry materials, supplies and mannequins to buildings across campus, including portable classrooms of varying temperatures!

Despite those challenges, it was an environment of excellence and community – one that remains today (as you’ll read about throughout this issue).

Some of my earliest, fondest memories are teaching in both the classroom and clinical setting, and inspiring nurses to be the best they can be. And they have. I’ve watched our Knight nurses grow in their knowledge, service and careers, and I am so proud.

I also love the fact that I have been a part of the college’s growth. In my tenure, I have taught in every program from BSN to PhD and on every campus. I’ve witnessed, first hand, UCF nursing blossoming from a single flower into an expansive bouquet of offerings.

We’ve come a long way and are only getting started. The creation of the Academic Health Sciences Center at UCF allows for more active interdisciplinary collaboration in education, research and service.

Our future home at Lake Nona Medical City will provide a unique space where we can continue to grow and excel. Our continued focus on innovation in research and programs will allow us to enhance patient care and nursing education in a changing healthcare environment.

To the early pioneers of UCF nursing, thank you for leading the charge of excellence, for paving the way for all that we’ve achieved so far, and for setting the stage for a continued bright future ahead.

MARY LOU SOLE PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM Dean, UCF College of Nursing Orlando Health Endowed Chair in Nursing UCF Pegasus Professor nursing.ucf.edu | FALL 2019 | 5

News Briefs UCF IN THE NEWS

“They simply don’t have any place else to go for their healthcare. I know how grateful they are and how important the work is that we do.”

Josie Weiss, Shepherd’s Hope Nurse Practitioner Volunteer of the Year and Adjunct Faculty Member

“BEST ONLINE MASTER’S IN NURSING PROGRAMS”

AMONG THE NATION’S TOP 50

TOP 50 PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION “Our faculty and students are innovative thinkers pushing the boundaries of our understanding.”

– Elizabeth Klonoff, UCF’s vice president for research and the dean of the College of Graduate Studies

TOP 100 IN THE WORLD FOR PATENTS for five years in a row, and #31 among U.S. public universities

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“BEST GRADUATE SCHOOLS” AMONG THE NATION’S TOP 100 MSN AND DNP PROGRAMS

– U.S. News & World Report

DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR Assistant Professor and aging expert Ladda Thiamwong received the Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing award from the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.

Patented

The physical-virtual patient bed, an innovative simulation healthcare training tool being developed by an interdisciplinary team at UCF and the College of Nursing, has been awarded another patent from the U.S. Patent Office (#10380921: Welch, G., Nagendran, A., Sole, M.L. & Gonzalez, L.).

A U.S. Department of Education designated Hispanic Serving Institution

IMPROVING EDUCATION & OPPORTUNITY FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP Professor Nora E. Warshawsky and Associate Professor Diane Andrews were elected to national leadership roles for the Association of Leadership Science in Nursing (formerly known as CGEAN). Warshawsky is serving a two-year term as president, and Andrews was re-elected to serve an additional two-year term as secretary.

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was one of 31 UCF faculty honored during Women’s History Month for making a difference on campus and in the community.

NATIONAL BOARD Dean Mary Lou Sole has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Magnet Recognition. Sole is the only member representing academia on the 12-person commission, which oversees the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®.

97% Latest NCLEX-RN Pass Rate for UCF BSN Graduates

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CONSISTENTLY SURPASSING NATIONAL AND STATE AVERAGES ON BOARD EXAMS

DISTINGUISHED

FACULTY FELLOWS (see p. 31)

100% Recent Board Certification Exam Pass Rate for UCF Graduates of AGACNP, AGPCNP and FNP Programs

“Syretta has provided a level of stability, a spirit of excellence, and an environment of innovation in the daily operations of the STIM Center.”

—Desiree Díaz STIM Center Assistant Director Syretta Spears was honored with an international “Frontline Simulation Champion” Excellence Award (see p. 21 for more details)

A MAGICAL

New Fellows

OPPORTUNITY

UCF is now a part of Disney Aspire, an education investment program that offers 100 percent free tuition to eligible employees and Cast Members looking to fulfill their career ambitions. The program also reimburses application fees, required books and course materials, removing the worry of paying to start or continue school.

REDESIGNED WEBSITE: nursing.ucf.edu This spring, the College of Nursing launched a new website.

The new design and content structure was developed to enhance the user experience for prospective students.

UCF simulation experts Mindi Anderson, Desiree Díaz and Laura Gonzalez are the newest esteemed faculty fellows.

Anderson was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, while Díaz and Gonzalez have been inducted into the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education.

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Advocating for Nursing on Capitol Hill

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ith more than 3.8 million RNs, nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the U.S. Nurses are vital to providing care and leading change to promote healthier communities. Therefore, it’s important that nurses have a voice in our nation’s healthcare policies to advocate for patients, communities, education and research to ensure a healthier future for all.

This spring, two Second Degree BSN students had the opportunity to do just that. Kaley Pinner ’19BSN and Jesyca Ramirez ’19BSN traveled with Dean Sole to Capitol Hill as part of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Annual Dean’s Meeting and Student Policy Summit.

During the three-day summit, Pinner and Ramirez, both 2018 Helene Fuld Scholars who graduated in August 2019, networked with 200 undergraduate and graduate nursing students as well as deans from more than 100 nursing schools across the U.S. The students also attended seminars on the federal policy process, policy issues and

nursing’s role in advocacy. “I learned how nurses can impact policy, which trickles down to patient care,” said Ramirez.

“I was also able to advocate for other nurses, our education and research.”

The students met directly with their state representatives to advocate on policies related to nursing, including reauthorization of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs (H.R. 728), support of Title VIII and National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) funding in FY 2020, and support of a higher education policy that is sustainable, inclusive and innovative.

“It was an incredible privilege to speak with our representatives in the Senate and House of Representatives,” said Pinner, who had never visited the nation’s capital before. “It was truly inspiring to see how powerful an individual’s voice can be, especially when it unites with other voices that are fighting for a common goal.”

“As I step into the role of a professional nurse, I am looking forward to finding ways to continue to stay involved in advocating for nursing and healthcare policy issues,” added Pinner,

Dean Sole with Kaley Pinner and Jesyca Ramirez (left to right)

who plans to continue her education to become an advanced practice registered nurse.

“I now have an even greater appreciation for the amazing work that we as nurses do, and a better understanding of how far reaching our education and expertise in healthcare can go,” said Ramirez.

2019-20

Helene Fuld Scholars

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship, an exclusive opportunity for Second Degree BSN students who may not otherwise qualify for financial aid.

These future RNs have already earned a bachelor’s degree in another field and led prior successful careers.

Jordana Apolinario

Amanda Spracklen

Small- to mid-level business consultant turned volunteer birth doula

Former professional ballet dancer and instructor turned high school French teacher

Whitney Harvey

Nate Wagner

Specimen processor at Davita Labs

U.S. Army veteran and Blackhawk helicopter pilot

Heather Plachte Secondary math teacher for Duval County Public Schools

(Left to Right) Standing: Jordana Apolinario, Nate Wagner, Amanda Spracklen; Seated: Whitney Harvey, Heather Plachte

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A PRESTIGIOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN­

PRECISION MEDICINE “Precision medicine attempts to provide a personalized treatment strategy that considers a person’s genes, environment, and lifestyle. To realize the potential of precision health, nurse scientists are training to build competencies in approaches to precision health, expand skills, and develop new approaches,” — Pamela Tamez, PhD, training director of the National Institute of Nursing Research

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or BSN to PhD student Kimberly Emery ’17BSN, RN, who recently had the opportunity to receive training in this field, precision health will aid in her research to improve outcomes for non-mechanically ventilated acutely ill patients.

Emery was one of just 26 participants, including nursing graduate students, faculty and clinicians, selected for the prestigious 2019 Summer Genetics Institute hosted by the National Institute of Nursing Research in Bethesda, Md. During the four-week immersive program, participants attend lectures on genetics led by experienced researchers and participate in lab training. “This experience has profoundly influenced my career as a future nurse scientist,” said Emery, who gained foundational knowledge of genetics, epigenetics and genomics.

Her passion for research was ignited as an undergraduate student at UCF. The Honors in the Major student also discovered her research interest through her thesis, “Oral Hygiene Practices in NonVentilated Intensive Care Unit Patients.”

She determined that further research is needed on this population and became one of the first students to enroll in UCF’s BSN to PhD program, which reduces the time to degree and increases the time in a research career for nurse scientists.

For her graduate dissertation research, Emery is exploring the relationship between the oral microbiome and nonventilator hospital acquired pneumonia.

“The knowledge that I gained from this opportunity has already shaped the way I am thinking in regard to my dissertation proposal. I also feel excited to better understand the direction we are taking in using a precision-medicine approach to healthcare.”

“I originally joined the Army because I wanted to help those around me. I am pursuing a career in nursing for the same reason, to holistically serve and care for the people in my community. Much of my training and experience as an Army aviator will transition seamlessly into nursing.

Skills like staying calm under pressure and sorting through complex information to make informed decisions are now second nature to me.”

BSN to PhD student Kimberly Emery (right)

While pursuing her nursing doctorate degree full-time, Emery works as a graduate research assistant to Dean Sole and Dr. Edwards. In spring 2018, she was honored with the Emerging Leader Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Graduate Nursing Student Academy. After her anticipated graduation in spring 2021, Emery plans to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship and gain an academic faculty position to further develop her research.

“As much as I enjoy making a difference at the bedside, I feel I have the opportunity to also do so through my research as well as impact the education of future nurses through an academic appointment,” added Emery, who is now part of a community of more than 400 Summer Genetics Institute graduates making a difference in communities across the country through nursing research and education in genetics.

1 10 DID YOU KNOW? UCF is one of only 10 schools nationwide to receive funding from the Helene Fuld Health Trust, which is devoted exclusively to nursing students and education.

— Nate Wagner, 2019 Helene Fuld Scholar

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STUDENTS SHINE,

Lead the Charge for Nursing’s Future This past October, three UCF nursing students were elected to serve a one-year term on the 13-member Executive Board for the Florida Nursing Students Association (FNSA).

Although Abbygail Lapinski (left) and Caitlin Cox (center) graduated this past May, they continue to serve on the FNSA Executive Board through October 2019 alongside current BSN student Amber Grant (right).

Joining organizations like FNSA or local chapters allow students to develop as leaders and understand the type of nurse they desire to become.”

— Caitlin Cox ’19BSN, RN

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Abbygail Lapinski ’19BSN, RN FNSA President, Founders’ Day Award & Order of Pegasus Award Recipient Graduate Nurse, Orlando Health, Trauma Step-down Unit at ORMC

Caitlin Cox ’19BSN, RN FNSA 2nd Vice President, Conventions and Programs Chair Graduate Nurse, Orlando Health, Emergency Department at ORMC

Together with the Executive Board, FNSA president Lapinski helps lead the membership, advocacy and community involvement efforts at the state level for the 5,000-member organization.

A 2019 Founders’ Day Award recipient and 2019 Order of Pegasus Award winner – UCF’s highest student honor, Lapinski has exemplified excellence in service, academics and leadership throughout her journey at UCF. While maintaining a near perfect 4.0 GPA in the rigorous undergraduate nursing program, the Burnett Honors College student has served as treasurer of the Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) chapter at UCF Orlando, director of community outreach for Hearts for the Homeless Orlando, region 3 director and membership chair of FNSA, and director of philanthropy for the Honors Congress.

While at UCF, she has logged more than 500 hours of community service.

Some of her efforts include traveling abroad with the Burnett Honors College to South Africa where she coordinated three health projects and led two health promotion presentations, and most recently to Mexico where she assisted in teaching English and preparing Math lesson plans at the local secondary school. She has also worked with Shepherd’s Hope, a faith-based organization assisting uninsured and underinsured residents in Central Florida, and participated in Volunteer UCF’s Food Share and Alternative Break programs.

“I am sincerely grateful to have chosen a college whose experienced faculty are dedicated to preparing their students to become future leaders in nursing, but more importantly, nurses who provide exceptional patient-centered care.”

In her role, Cox is responsible for the planning and enacting of FNSA’s annual convention in October. The position has helped her grow as a public speaker and in her networking as she has interacted with consultants, students and faculty from across the state. “Serving on the FNSA board has opened up a world of opportunity for career and personal growth,” said Cox who previously served on the board as a regional director.

“Joining organizations like FNSA or local chapters allow students to develop as leaders and understand the type of nurse they desire to become,” she said. Cox has also served as secretary of the Libra Area Council, member of the Volunteer UCF Health Committee, and participated in the Volunteer UCF Alternative Break program.

Her love for nursing began as a high school sophomore when she spent the summer shadowing nurses through an internship program. But she credits her mother-in-law, a nurse and director of the emergency room, with inspiring her interest in the field. “I love the fast pace of the emergency room and how immediately you can see the impact you have on someone’s life,” she said. Now she is an ED graduate nurse at Orlando Regional Medical Center, and plans to complete trauma training in a year to work in the department’s level one trauma center.

She doesn’t plan to stop there. The Honors in the Major student discovered a love for research while at UCF, and plans to eventually pursue her PhD in Nursing to continue her research interest on advocating for the LGBTQ community.

“I feel truly prepared for the next step in my career and for that, I credit the unforgettable College of Nursing faculty and staff that helped pave my journey to this point,” she said.

DIAMOND CHAPTER AND MORE

T Amber Grant, student FNSA Region 3 Director and Community Health Chair SSC-UCF ASN to BSN Concurrent Program As a region director, Grant is the liaison for the SNA chapters within her region.

She also is the community health chair, leading health promotion activities to help nursing students improve their health and the health of their communities. She credits the board position to expanding her viewpoint to think on a broader scale, becoming more disciplined and structured in prioritizing tasks, building her teamwork skills, and most importantly creating lifelong connections.

“Being part of an organization that can help to shape and affect nursing students throughout Florida is an amazing opportunity,” said Grant, who immediately got involved in SNA at the SSC Altamonte campus after starting the nursing program. Since then, she has logged 138 hours of volunteer service with the program. “I love giving back to others, and spreading love and compassion in my community whenever I can,” she adds.

She was inspired to pursue nursing as it marries the science of nutrition and the human body, a topic she loves, and the art of nursing. “It is also an incredible honor to be someone’s caregiver in their time of need.” Ultimately, her goal is to work in the private practice setting, focusing on the primary stage of community healthcare and teaching patients about disease prevention.

As someone who overcame many obstacles to get to this point in her education and career, Grant encourages fellow nursing students to keep going and find a good support system of people who want to see you succeed.

The mother to a 7-year-old little boy completed her ASN at Seminole State in August and will graduate with her BSN from UCF in December 2019. As to her future, “I see myself continually learning and growing, constantly working to better myself as a person and refine my practice as a nurse.”

he three FNSA board members from UCF were elected in October 2018 during the annual FNSA Convention in Daytona Beach. During the convention, the SNA at UCF Orlando received the Diamond Chapter Award for the fourth year in a row – the most Diamond Chapter awards in the state. The award recognizes high-achieving chapters who display a commitment to FNSA’s mission of promoting the nursing profession through scholarship, leadership and development.

“I’m so proud of our SNA chapter members and leaders,” said Instructor Joyce DeGennaro ’03 ’09BSN ’13MSN, faculty consultant to the SNA Chapter at UCF Orlando, which currently has nearly 200 members. “The students are actively involved in our community, volunteering with Relay for Life, Knight-Thon and the Ronald McDonald House, and promoting the nursing profession to local high school students.”

Additionally, UCF SNA chapter leaders Kimberley Lucas ’19BSN, Bryce Harrison ’19BSN and Amy Coisnard ’19BSN received scholarships while adjunct faculty member Stacy Brzezinski ’10MSN received the Clinical Advocate of the Year Award.

Kailey Kubisch ’19BSN, former vice president of the chapter at UCF Daytona Beach, (far left in photo below) won first place in NSNA’s essay writing contest about compassionate care.

NSNA CONVENTION IN SALT LAKE CITY Representatives from all three UCF SNA chapters attended the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Annual Convention in Utah this year.

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Feature “My Sharona” by The Knack was playing on the

CELEBRATING

radio, Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, and ESPN just launched on cable television.

It was the fall of 1979 and the inaugural semester of the nursing program at UCF.

U OF EXCELLENCE

nder the leadership of program director Dr. Leon Eldredge, a group of 50 undergraduates – 30 traditional BSN students (at the time referred to as generic students) and 20 RNs pursuing a BSN – and four faculty members convened at the then College of Health Related Professions to pioneer what is now one of the nation’s best nursing programs.

“The inaugural class was truly exceptional,” recalls Dr. Frances Smith, professor emerita who retired from the college in 2007 and was one of the original faculty members.

Smith, an instructor at Valencia at the time, was hired as a consultant in spring 1979 to help shape the curriculum based on her previous BSN experience at UNC and Duke University. She joined the initial cohort as a faculty member in fall 1979.

t cohort rs: UCF nursing’s firs

A group of trailblaze

id Hanke ’81BSN)

(photo courtesy of Dav

“There had been a backlog of interest in a BSN program over the years – some of the cohort were second degree seeking students who returned to their first love of nursing and some were nurses seeking an advanced degree.”

Among the initial cohort was Rosemary Notarantonio ’81BSN. “We were the trailblazers and pioneers, so to speak,” she said. “It was a once in a lifetime experience, and I feel so fortunate to have been a part of it.”

The small size of the early program had its drawbacks and benefits.

At that time, nursing shared a single, small lab with the two other programs in the college and had no classrooms for large classes. “But our small size made it easy for nursing to be interdisciplinary, naturally interacting with other health faculty,” adds Smith. “Since there were limited faculty, we taught what was needed – beyond our expertise – and supervised clinicals, which allowed me to broaden my perspective and get to know the students and go through the program with them.”

“The faculty promoted and espoused a very inclusive and supportive culture. Together, we were concurrently building and piloting the spaceship that would one day become the acclaimed college that it is today,” says Notarantonio.

My Favorite Memory…

Dr. Leon Eldredge (on left) of the nu led the cr rsing pro eation gram at UCF.

“Being published for the first time with faculty in a peer reviewed journal.”

– Candace Eden ­ ’15DNP

“Our clinical group getting lost on the bus system in Pine Hills when they were supposed to be in Apopka and yes, our instructor was with us!”

– Joyce DeGennaro ­ ’03 ’09BSN ’13MSN

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“Trying to break an ampule for the first time.

So scary!”

– Candace McKnight ­ ’93 ’95BSN

1980s

FOUR DECADES AND COUNTING

One year later, the program grew in enrollment, expanded the faculty to nine and added support staff thanks to a three-year federal start-up grant of more than $300,000. For the fall 1980 class, the admissions committee selected 66 generic students, 24 RNs and an additional 50 students on an alternate list.

In 1981, the nursing program graduated its first cohort of 341. “My favorite memory from being in the initial nursing cohort was how we all experienced the entire process together,” comments David Hanke ’81BSN. “And as I remember it, we all passed the national board exam on the first try.”

A focus on excellence continued. The nursing department received its initial accreditation from the National League for Nursing (NLN) in 1981. The following year, there were 63 graduates from the program. The program inducted its first honor society members in 1983, preparing to apply as a national charter of Sigma Theta Tau International, today known simply as Sigma. UCF officially became the Theta Epsilon Chapter in 1986.

There was also continued growth to meet growing demand across the region.

In fall 1983, nursing began offering courses in Brevard County for RNs and courses in Daytona Beach the following year. By 1984, the nursing program accounted for more than 40% of the total headcount of students in the College of Health and Public Affairs with 309 – the next highest enrollment was the medical technology program at 77.

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Accreditation Initially from the National League for Nursing and now the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Community Partners Clinical affiliations with what is today AdventHealth and Orlando Health’s Orlando Regional Medical Center

Betty Chase, one of the initial four faculty, teaching clinical skills.

When Professor Emerita Dr. Diane Wink, was hired in 1987 with the then Department of Nursing, the program was still very young with few faculty with doctoral degrees and engaged in research. The skills lab was stocked with actual hospital beds donated by UCF Student Health. “Beds were lined up along the walls, with small sinks in the center of the room from when it was a science lab,” she recalls. “There were lots of demonstration and practice models used by students to practice injections, when they weren’t practicing on oranges or each other.”

As the college and nursing profession evolved, so did the commencement traditions. “In 1989, I was one of 63 nursing graduates and it was the first year that a nursing hat was not given out – only a nursing pin,” recalls Debra (Fulcher) Gutierrez ’89BSN. “It was also the first year that the state boards only reported if you passed or failed, instead of giving you a score, and we had to wait weeks for the results to arrive by mail!”

Diverse Culture Embracing a diverse, inclusive culture from male students to Hispanic and African American faculty Exceeding Averages on Board Exams The first cohort achieved a 100% pass rate on the national board exam to become RNs. Recent BSN students achieved a 97% pass rate, and nurse practitioner students achieved a 100% pass rate.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Initially within the College of Health Related Professions (later known as the College of Health, then the College of Health & Public Affairs), and now as part of the UCF Academic Health Sciences Center.

National Funding UCF was initially awarded a grant of $1,806 from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for nursing student stipends – and continues to receive federal and national funding.

Program Expansion When the BSN program launched, there were already long-term plans to create a MSN degree. The college continues to evolve to add programs to meet student and community needs.

Other classmates who started in fall 1979 graduated in later semesters and years.

A TIME LINE OF EXCELLENCE 1979 First class of BSN students

1981

1982

1983

1984

Nationally accredited

Department of Nursing in the then College of Health

Expand to UCF Cocoa campus

Grow to UCF Daytona Beach campus

Inaugural class graduates, all pass state board licensure exams

First 32 members inducted into nursing honor society RN to BSN degree track

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Feature LEADING THE CHARGE ORS EARLY UCF NURSING EDUCAT n, Frances Smith, Standing (L to R): Juanita Gree g (L to R): Sharon Pam Royal, Jan Peterson; Sittin er (c. 1983-85) Koch, June Larrabee, Joyce Dorn

NURSING PROGRAM Dr. Leon Eldredge, Jr. ­ Program Director (1979-1983)

THEN

NOW

Students enrolled

50

3,112

Degrees awarded

34

12,284

Degrees offered

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4

Tracks offered

1

21

Faculty members

4

60

Endowed student scholarships

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Endowed faculty chairs

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DEPARTMENT OF NURSING Dr. Martha S. Neff ­ Department Chair (1983-1984) Dr. Frances Smith ­ Interim Department Chair (1984-1985) Dr. Jean Kijek ­ Department Chair (1986-1992)

Funded research

Dr. Joyce Dorner­ Interim Department Chair (1993-1995)

On May 7, 2010, An dre receives the 200,0 tha Long ’10BSN 00 deg in UCF’s ree awar history. ded

Newly licensed nurses

$0 > $1.8M 34 252

in 1st cohort of 1981

the most of all BSN programs within the State University System

SCHOOL OF NURSING Dr. Elizabeth Stullenbarger-Galford­ Director (1996-2002) Dr. Mary Lou Sole ­ Interim Director (2002-2003)

My Favorite Memory…

Dr. Jean D’Meza Leuner ­ Director (2003-2006) COLLEGE OF NURSING Dr. Jean D’Meza Leuner­ Founding Dean of the College (2007-2013) Dr. Mary Lou Sole ­ Interim Dean (2013-2015), Dean of the College (2015-Today)

“Completing the BSN program alongside my best friend, ReAnna Greene. Those 4 years were challenging and draining, but worth every bit of it. The gifts the college gave us were many, but I truly saw that circle completed when I was able to help raise funds to endow a UCF nursing scholarship in ReAnna’s name. She tragically lost her life in 2015 to domestic violence, but her legacy as an excellent trauma nurse now lives on through the UCF Foundation and the College of Nursing for years to come.”

“Walking across campus with our ‘airline attendant suitcases’ full of heavy books in the MSN program.”

– Judy Housel ­ ’98BSN ’99MSN

– Samantha (Brown) Austin ­ ’11BSN

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School of Nursing within the then College of Health & Public Affairs

Community nursing curriculum

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Move to new COHPA building

1999 Post-master’s certificate programs

1990s – Today

I REMEMBER WHEN...

Another fond commencement memory was shared by Kenneth (Ken) Dion ’91BSN, who remembers Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender, chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps., arriving with an entourage of seven - including a color guard - and speaking to his graduating class of 40. “UCF President Altman (called) to ask me why nursing had a more prestigious speaker than the one slated for the university-wide graduation.”

interviewing young Dr. Sole

The new decade signaled continued growth. Dr. Maureen Covelli, current chair for the Department of Nursing Practice and associate professor, was among nine new faculty hired in 1989 when enrollment was projected to increase to 90.

MSN FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS CLASS OF 1996

- HPA I and HPA II - where faculty (finally) had individual offices and an official nursing skills lab, and eventually to Research Park. “In the beginning, the skills lab was rather small and we would transport our equipment via carts across campus,” Covelli comments and laughingly adds, “There were a few times on windy days when ‘body parts’ that were covered by sheets blew off and I’m sure a number of UCF students were shocked at the view!”

With the growth came new facilities, which over the years included the chemistry building (now the math and science building and one of the original buildings on campus), portable classrooms, the new COHPA buildings

“In 1991 the department interviewed a candidate for a one-year temporary position to replace me during my leave to finish my doctorate. Dr. Kijek (the department chair at the time) was very excited about an applicant who had just arrived from Texas, had a PhD degree and was a published researcher.

With no conference room available, we interviewed her in the skills lab, sitting on folding chairs next to hospital beds filled with mannequins.

After her interview, we all thought, ‘wow, wow, wow.’ No question we wanted her on our faculty. She was hired and, in the years to come, received a permanent faculty appointment. She has been a trailblazer in the use of technology in education, initiated the first of our now annual Sigma Nursing Scholarship Day, and developed collaborative research relationships across the campus and with local hospitals.

Her contributions are truly too numerous to count and continue to this day.”

– Dr. Diane Wink, professor emerita

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ALEXIS MARANO ’13BSN ’17M

“Being selected as one of the two student nurses to attend a medical service trip with the UCF College of Medicine to the Dominican Republic in summer 2012. It made me realize the importance of having a true authentic connection with every patient. It is taking the time to listen to them, assisting them with their needs, and truly learning from them.”

“Dr. Sole inspired me so much in critical care when I took her class as an elective during my BSN degree that I knew it was what I wanted to do. She remains so passionate about critical care and I now understand why!”

– Robyn Cantwell ­ ’93BSN ’12MSN

– Alexis Marano ­ ’13BSN ’17MSN

DECADES OF EDUC ATORS AND LEADE RS Professor Emerita Dr. Diane Wink, founding associate deans Drs . Jean Kijek and Linda Hennig, and Dean Ma ry Lou Sole.

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PhD program

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Debut on U.S. News list of the nation’s best online graduate nursing programs

First ASN to BSN Concurrent program Second Degree BSN

College of Nursing, with Dr. Jean Leuner as founding dean

NSNA Stellar School Chapter

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Feature Possibly the most memorable nursing classroom was adjacent to the football team’s weight room in the Wayne Densch Sports Center. “We had to listen to the football team grunting while lifting weights through every class and exam.

And oh, the locker room smell!” said Erica Hoyt ’93BSN ’19EdD.

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#1 Among the faculty in fall 1979 was a registered dietician.

Today, the former adjunct is heard on radios nationwide, a host of Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival, consultant to restaurants around the world and more. “I felt so honored to be a part of the growing nursing program and university, and play a role in building a pillar of nutrition and health in students’ minds and hearts,” said Pam Smith, RDN, nutritionist, author, radio show host, and founder and president of P.S. Flavor!™ Spice Blends. “I still run into my students, and I am still Mrs. Smith to them. They still feel the need to confess anything bad they’ve eaten that day – although I never judge!” #2 In 2007, senior BSN student Brandie Hollinger ’07BSN made history when she became the first female UCF studentbody president. She also received the university’s highest student honor, the Order of Pegasus, and after graduation, was recognized with the UCF alumni Rising Star award.

In 1997 and 1998, the college expanded its Community Nursing Coalitions (CNC).

“Thirty seconds. That was all it took for Carol Johnson, director of the John Bridges Apopka Community Center, to say ‘yes’ to my request to base the eighth CNC,” recalls Wink. “Eight junior nursing students took the bus, a requirement for first day of CNC clinical at that time, and met me to begin to build partnerships in the community. By the end of the semester, we had a partnership with the Apopka Family Learning Center and were collaborating with the Farmworker’s Association.” (This collaboration continues in the community today with the nationally recognized interdisciplinary Apopka Farmworker’s Clinic, see p. 20, #2-3.)

“Now we have fantastic skills labs and simulation mannequins that can blink, talk, and more,” said Covelli.

“We used to teach only face-to-face classes and were considered high tech with overhead projectors for displaying notes and diagrams.”

Lasting Lessons Despite the growth in the program and in technology, faculty remained committed to students. “What sets UCF apart is that we know our students well,” comments Dean Sole.

It’s a sentiment echoed by many Knight Nurse alumni. “(I learned to create) an organizational culture that is inclusive and values each and every employee,” said Notarantonio. Hanke adds, “The caring aspect of nursing always remained with me throughout my career, which took many different turns.”

As nursing practice evolved, so did technology and the UCF nursing program established itself as a leader in innovation.

In fact, nursing was one of the first departments to use the new concepts of interactive TV to televise across campuses and set the standard for how to teach online thanks to Mary ­ Lou Brunell, Dr. Linda Hennig and other nursing faculty members who were pioneers in the field.

“The support of (college leadership) allowed me to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Student Nurses’ Association. The (leadership) skills obtained from that experience led me to a successful career as a nurse entrepreneur and I continue to use (these skills) daily in my professional and personal life,” said Dion.

“Thank you for the memories and opening the door to an amazing nursing journey,” he adds.

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Florida’s first healthcare simulation graduate program

College Departments: Nursing Systems and Nursing Practice

Academic Health Sciences Center

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Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program

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Community

Improving Health in Parramore

with Florida Blue Grant and Partnerships

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ealthy lifestyles enable individuals to live full, productive lives. It allows children to maximize their growth and learning potential. It enables parents to excel at their careers and pass along positive behaviors to their children. It creates a community where physical, emotional and mental well-being is a central focus.

But achieving a healthy lifestyle can be a challenge for residents living in disadvantaged communities.

“It’s a sobering fact that a person’s health and life expectancy are largely determined by what ZIP code they live in,” said Tony Jenkins, Florida Blue’s Central Florida market president. “UCF’s work is critical to addressing health disparities and helping create healthy communities for all Orlando residents.”

In 2017, UCF received a $600,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to establish the Parramore Healthy Community Coalition, which is focused on creating a healthy community model that encompasses individual health, civic health and community health.

“UCF’s work is critical UCF has partnered with the Orange County to addressing health Public Schools Academic Center for Excellence (OCPS ACE), a community partnership school, and disparities and several community agencies and organizations to enhance its outreach capabilities in the community. helping create healthy A multidisciplinary team, led by the College of Nursing, are active in the community. Students communities for all are participating in and organizing events and programming aimed at improving community Orlando residents.” health at OCPS ACE, Legend’s Academy, Hughes Branch Boys & Girls Club, Central Florida Urban — Tony Jenkins, League, Shepherd’s Hope, and Rock Lake Florida Blue’s Central Florida Elementary School (see box at right). market president “Through the partnerships of community organizations, our students are able to see and experience first-hand the many challenges faced every day by those living in the Parramore area. This valuable experience provides the students with a better understanding of patient populations to help them as future nurses,” said Instructor Donna Breit who leads the Community Nursing Coalition initiatives in Parramore. “Additionally, through collaborative efforts at UCF, students are able to see how a variety of disciplines are needed to address and meet the complex needs of communities, especially those of downtown urban neighborhoods.”

In addition to teaching health education and providing tools to students, teachers and the community, the coalition will move to identify community needs working with multiple partners. There are also plans to revitalize the OCPS ACE community garden in partnership with Fleet Farming, assess behavioral health needs for students, and provide nursing interventions in the community.

Some of Nursing’s Impact To-Date

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BACK TO SCHOOL New Campus, New Ally UCF Downtown has been built within the Parramore footprint of Orlando.

Construction of the campus, which opened in fall 2019 and is shared with Valencia College, spurred the university, college and partners to step in and assist Parramore in rebuilding a healthy, vibrant community.

Children and parents from the Parramore community received free developmental screenings as part of a collaboration with Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute, UCF College of Nursing, UCF Parramore Education and Innovation District, Orange Blossom Pediatrics and Help Me Grow Florida. It was a family-friendly night full of resources for mental, physical and educational development.

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Community

From Simulations to South America Before providing much-needed care to hundreds of underserved patients in Peru, an interdisciplinary group of UCF students enhanced their ability to care across borders and language barriers through simulation.

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his past spring students from the UCF College of Nursing, College of Medicine and physical therapy program, as well as the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) from the University of Michigan joined forces in Peru to provide much-needed care to people in the Amazon jungle.

However, the interdisciplinary collaboration began nine months before Peru in the STIM Center at the College of Nursing. The 24 UCF nursing and medical students met to train outside of class hours. Simulation and subject-matter experts from the College of Nursing organized three simulation activities to prepare the students for clinical situations they had not previously experienced and for working in interdisciplinary teams. In the simulations, the students practiced preparing a patient for surgery, for procedures in the operating room such as the patient safety initiative of Time Out, and for caring for a post-operative patient.

To help make the simulations as close to the real experience in Peru as possible, a volunteer from Simsations 4 LIFE (see p. 22) served as an embedded Spanishspeaking patient in two of the simulations to provide students an opportunity to interact with someone who did not speak English. “At one point, the team was asking the patient to wake up and open his eyes.

They were flustered when the patient did not respond. Then one student decided to start speaking Spanish, and the ‘patient’ was able to interact and respond appropriately,” explained Assistant Professor Desiree Díaz, an advanced certified healthcare simulation educator who helped organize the training.

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“The simulations allowed me to better anticipate what it would be like working in the environment of the clinic, and in turn, better prepare myself for the trip,” – Patrick Collins ’19BSN, student participant Thanks to the simulations the group was well prepared for their time at the Yantaló Clinic, which provides high quality, free healthcare and education to the underserved population in the area. In one week, there were 26 surgeries and 436 patients seen – some who traveled from as far as Lima, more than 600 miles away.

“This trip provides a tremendous opportunity for all of us, students and faculty, to gain insights into the healthcare challenges faced by this underserved population, and gain valuable clinical experience working with an interdisciplinary team of providers,” said Díaz, who traveled with the students this year and in 2018.

“The experiences that students are afforded in Peru are unlike any they would receive in a clinical,” added Adjunct Instructor Heather Peralta, who also participated in the trip for the second time.

Based on previous experience, Díaz and Peralta brought aromatherapy, music and other nursing-centered interventions to Peru to help with pain management in pre- and postop. “We were more prepared as to what to expect and as such, able to provide a better continuity of care,” said Peralta.

At the clinic, nursing students worked full days in 12-hour shifts. They had the opportunity to triage patients, help fill prescriptions with pharmacy, work alongside medical students and physicians in clinic rooms, aid in guiding patients through physical therapy, start IVs and prepare patients for surgery, serve as

circulators in the operating room, and monitor and educate patients prior to discharge.

“This service trip gave me the drive to keep going,” said Sierra Blanchard, a rising senior BSN student. “As a student, it made me hungry to learn more so I can better serve these communities. As a future nurse, it made me conscious of all of the work that will need to be done once I graduate. For me, this is not just a once-ina-lifetime opportunity. This was just the beginning.”

“Being in Peru changes us all. Our hearts grow bigger and our compassion grows greater,” adds Peralta. “Yet for me, the most important moments were those when I could see students from different disciplines working handin-hand, providing stellar care in difficult conditions, and truly embodying the mission and vision of UCF.”

HELP STUDENTS HELP OTHERS

“As UCF Knights, we were able to charge on and change lives thanks to the generosity and support of this amazing adventure.”

– Assistant Professor Desiree Díaz DID YOU KNOW?­ Medical service trips, such as Peru, cost approximately $2,000 per student. You can make a difference in the lives of UCF nursing students by providing them with this invaluable learning opportunity, and the lives of the hundreds of underserved patients they serve.

DONATE TODAY. Private or organizational donations are accepted. Contact Katie Korkosz or visit nursing.ucf.edu/giving.

SEND A STRAW. ­

SEND A STRAW. SHARE CLEAN WATER.

The people of Yantaló are among the billions worldwide without access to clean drinking water. What seems like a simple $20 tool can make a big difference in the health of the residents. Each LifeStraw filters out 99% of parasites to provide clean drinking water to an individual for more than five years. If you would like to help, please send LifeStraws to the college (attn: Desiree Díaz) for the Peru trip in 2020.

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Being a buddy to the Fun Coast Down Syndrome Association. Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) members from UCF Daytona Beach volunteered at the 14th annual Flagler County Buddy Walk.

Creating 50 family-sized hurricane kits, which were distributed at the Apopka Farmworker’s Clinic. Each kit included batteries, water, candles, lighter, matches, non-perishable canned goods, flashlights, first-aid kits, and hurricane educational materials in English and Spanish.

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Providing care for 90-100 patients in just 4 hours at each Apopka Farmworker’s Clinic, an interdisciplinary initiative of UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center, thanks to a Florida Blue Foundation 4-year, $395,000 grant.

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Caring for more than 21,000 runners.

SNA members from UCF Cocoa volunteered at the Walt Disney World Princess Marathon, working alongside nurses in critical care, ambulance bay, triage, and self-treatment area.

Braving the freezing cold and rain with the G.I.V.E.S. program at Daytona International Speedway. SNA members at UCF Daytona Beach assisted as ushers, admission ticket aides and attendants for the Daytona 500 Kick-off events.

Walking to fight heart disease. SNA members from UCF Cocoa participated in the 2019 Brevard County Heart Walk for the American Heart Association.

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Empowering those in poverty. Faculty staff, students, alumni and their families gave their time and energy to help United Against Poverty Orlando.

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Clean up crew. SNA members from UCF Cocoa participated in a postspring break beach clean-up event at Lori Wilson Park.

Dancing for a good cause. SNA members at UCF Orlando raised more than $7,000 for the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, during the 20-hour dance marathon Knight-Thon.

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OPERATIONS STIM Center Assistant Director Syretta Spears received the “Frontline Simulation Champion” Excellence Award from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to the dayto-day implementation of simulation and to excellence in the delivery of simulation-based learning.

“The advancement and desire to expound on the science of simulation drives her,” said Assistant Professor Desiree Díaz. “Syretta is the one individual we have come to trust to ensure our simulation-based learning experiences

Syretta Spears was honored with the international “Frontline Simulation Champion” Excellence Award

meet the highest standards,” adds Simulation Director Laura Gonzalez, clinical associate professor.

Spears’ innovations and contributions include the development of an “Escape Rescue Room” (see below) and the creation of the Simsations 4 LIFE interdisciplinary club (see p. 22).

One of the first graduates from the college’s healthcare simulation graduate certificate program and one of the first worldwide to earn the Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) designation, Spears now mentors other simulationists by presenting in the graduate program and conducting webinars.

CLUES, COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION Escape Rescue Room brings adventure and fun to simulation learning

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t’s a scene similar to the popular escape room adventures found throughout cities nationwide. A team of nursing students are working together, and against the clock, to solve hidden clues and escape. Only in this “Escape Rescue Room,” another ‘person’ is also counting on their escape – the patient (a simulated mannequin) they’re trying to rescue.

“The activity was created to engage students with one another, allow for friendly competition, and have fun to relieve midsemester stress all while strengthening critical thinking and communication skills,” said STIM Center Assistant Director Syretta Spears who created the activity with Assistant Professor Desiree Díaz for last year’s Healthcare Simulation Week.

Teams are given clues to address the patient’s signs and symptoms.

Students use communication and collaboration skills to recall correct infectious disease processes as well as national policy and standards in order to correctly address the symptoms and receive the code to unlock a box for a new clue. Each clue moves the group closer to escaping their space and rescuing their patient. The team that successfully completes the process in the shortest time wins.

With the great success of this innovative and informative activity, more Escape Rescue Rooms are planned in the future.

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Simulation

SHARING BEST PRACTICES IN SIMULATION UCF HOSTS NATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE Special Thanks ­ to Our Sponsors PLATINUM­ Gaumard SILVER­ CAE Healthcare Medline ProjectConcert BRONZE­ B-Line Medical ATI Laerdal Shadow Health

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n March, approximately 120 healthcare simulation professionals headed to Orlando for the National League for Nursing (NLN) Healthcare Simulation Conference presented by UCF. It was UCF College of Nursing’s first time hosting the event, and the first time the event was interprofessional in nature. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

Attendees from a variety of academic and healthcare backgrounds learned how simulation in education can improve education quality and outcomes, the latest advances in simulation and technology in education, effective teaching strategies in simulation education, and how to integrate simulation and technology into education and training to enhance learning experiences. Among the national experts presenting at the conference was Dr. KT Waxman, the newly elected president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

“I feel the NLN and UCF provided an exceptional conference that spoke to nurses and academia for integrating and sustaining simulation as well as future strategies related to simulation. Networking and seeing the future of simulation innovation was amazing,” said one attendee.

In addition to the two-day conference, the college’s three Certified Healthcare Simulation Educators - Advanced (CHSE-A®) faculty – Mindi Anderson, Desiree Díaz and Laura Gonzalez – led one of the pre-conference workshops called “Simulation from Beginning to End.” One attendee commented, “I felt they could have made an entire day of just this portion.

Their styles definitely held my attention. Well worth the investment.”

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COLLABORATION IN HEALTHCARE SIMULATION. UCF’s experts Drs. Desiree Díaz, Laura Gonzalez and Mindi Anderson with conference keynote speaker Dr. Michelle Aebersold (second from L)

New Interdisciplinary

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s more hospitals are including simulation experiences during their orientation weeks, every bit of confidence in the labs for students could prove beneficial in the future.

“Simsations 4 LIFE gave me confidence in my clinical skills, ­ and reduced the anxiety I felt ­ on simulation days,” says Chantelle Garcia, a senior BSN student and president of Simsations 4 LIFE at UCF. Launched in summer 2018, the unique, interdisciplinary club provides students with an 22 | FALL 2019 | nursing.ucf.edu

entertaining way to study, an opportunity to become more comfortable in simulation labs, and a chance to build relationships with faculty mentors and other students in nursing and other health sciences as the club is open is anyone interested in simulation. “I wanted to create an organization that allowed student nurses and other health professional students to learn and understand the science of healthcare simulation in an environment that’s not intimidating and stressful as students believe simulation to be,” said club creator and STIM Center Assistant Director Syretta Spears.

Simulation activities are brought to life with undergraduate and graduate students as well as volunteers from LIFE@UCF (Learning Institute for Elders) who participate as embedded patients.

One volunteer is Orion Kline, who spent most of his career with IBM in the simulation industry. “I think the presence of an embedded participant significantly increases the realism of the training session. It requires the students to directly interact with someone real, making them think more interactively and aids in their communication skills,” he said.

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Research Stanford, UCF Study Finds­

Virtual Human Presence Can Persist in the Real World

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t appears that some social behaviors associated with virtual humans in an augmented reality (AR) experience can carry over into the real world. In particular it appears that people will exhibit regard for virtual humans and their personal space, even when those virtual humans are no longer visible. That’s one of the findings in a new study that Stanford and UCF published in the journal PLOS ONE. The results of three experiments included in the study indicate that AR experiences can affect real-world behavior, which is important as AR is being used more and more to train nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

“Part of the goal of trying to create virtual humans for healthcare education is that they produce reactions from the healthcare provider or elicit behaviors corresponding to a real person,” says Endowed Chair Greg Welch, a co-author of the study. “You want the students to act in the learning environment as if it was real. So, for example, students should connect to a virtual patient as they would a real patient.”

Healthcare training often relies on medical training mannequins or patients portrayed by skilled actors.

These simulated patients allow students to learn in a safe environment, where mistakes don’t actually harm a real patient.

Welch and others believe that AR, which superimposes dynamic three-dimensional digital imagery on realworld environments, can add richness and realism to the experiences. For example, AR could be used to show a student a three-dimensional diagram of a mannequin patient’s organs or to simulate a patient’s parents so that students can practice breaking bad news to loved ones.

The emerging understanding about social behaviors in AR supports the idea that real people tend to treat AR people as if they were really present, supporting the idea that AR patients or AR family members of patients could be effective additions to healthcare education.

“Showing that AR technology is effective in such circumstances is a step toward people having confidence in its usefulness for healthcare education and training,” Welch said.

STUDY:

Many Florida Men Having Unprotected Sex Despite Disclosing HIV Status The findings suggest changes may be needed in how counseling of HIV patients is done.

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espite telling their partners they are HIV positive, many men with the virus in Florida are still having unprotected sex, according to a new study coauthored by Associate Professor Christa Cook.

Men who disclosed to partners they were HIV positive were three times more likely to have sex without a condom, the study reported.

“It’s not what you’d expect,” says Cook.

“You’d expect that, if people disclosed that they have HIV, there would be condom use because there would be a risk involved.”

It is especially important to study HIV disclosure in Florida because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the state has the secondhighest rate of new HIV infection diagnoses in the nation.

The study, which appeared recently in the journal PLOS ONE and was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, also found that 45 percent of the men surveyed either inconsistently disclosed or did not disclose their HIV status to their partners. They also found that counseling patients about preventing the spread of HIV did not seem to be related

to disclosing HIV status to their partners.

The findings suggest changes may be needed in how counseling of HIV patients is done.

“As a nurse, we are supposed to do prevention counseling with our clients and tell them ways that they can protect themselves, either through condom use or preexposure prophylaxis,” Cook says.

“We found out that prevention counseling was not a predictor.

Prevention counseling wasn’t associated with the rates of disclosure or condomless sex.”

The research team, which also included researchers from the University of Florida, performed the study by analyzing data provided by the Florida Department of Health HIV Surveillance Program. The program is a partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which surveys and monitors respondents who are living with HIV/AIDS and are receiving care.

Cook says more research is needed to understand how to increase the rate of disclosure and why men who disclose are more likely to have sex without a condom.

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Research

Curiosity:

a strong desire to know or learn something.

It has fueled the world’s biggest discoveries. We ask some of our newest nursing faculty how curiosity has impacted their work and what it means for the future. earned a PhD in public health, worked with Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness, and published numerous articles on fetal infant mortality, workplace health, nursing education and nursing practice.

JASCINTH LINDO, ­ PhD, MPH, RN, Associate Professor While working as a registered nurse in her native Jamaica, Lindo realized the importance of taking a public health approach to nursing. “The patients had a number of social and economic problems that affected their care, and I felt that I could affect the lives of more people with a more holistic population-based approach,” Lindo says. She has since

Spark of Curiosity­ “My interest in learning was kindled in high school when I realized that I enjoyed the sciences beyond the career opportunities that they offered. In particular, I was fascinated with how the body worked and how it failed. I found myself reading college texts on anatomy and physiology.”

Inspiration­ “My experience teaching research methods to graduate students in Jamaica afforded me an opportunity to address practical issues in the community by mentoring nursing students in the field of research. This fueled my desire to build research capacity among nurses in the

“How could I not pursue this career with years of those conversations echoing in my mind?” The family nurse practitioner and Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar has now earned her PhD to better the health of our nation’s veterans.

JEAN DAVIS, ­ ’19PhD, DNP, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC, PHCNS-BC, Assistant Professor Becoming a community health clinical nurse specialist has been Davis’ destiny from a young age. “My aunt, a visiting nurse for people in low-income urban housing, and my mother, who is also a nurse, would use the time preparing family meals to solve patient and community health problems,” she says.

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Spark of Curiosity­ “When I first learned to read, I was so curious that I read the encyclopedia before I started school. Discovering new knowledge is like opening a treasure chest, and its key is research. Who wouldn’t want to open a treasure chest?”

Inspiration­ “Before becoming a family nurse practitioner, I worked in cancer nursing and intensive care. I wanted to learn how to prevent the health problems and suffering those patients experienced. It inspired my work to decrease the risks of chronic diseases, cancer, cognitive impairment and early death.”

Caribbean, addressing issues related to nursing education and practice issues such as nursing documentation.”

Role of Curiosity in Nursing­ “Curiosity is constantly questioning how we practice nursing, regardless of specialization. It’s being aware of current evidence, applying knowledge to practice and understanding how policies directly affect patients.”

Importance of Intellectual Adventures­ “Both intellectual and physical adventures are rewarding because of the pleasure of discovery. Intellectual adventures open new pathways with rewards and new challenges. These are often refreshing and renewing and are essential for intellectual growth and discourse, but we need both.”

Role of Curiosity in Nursing­ “Curiosity is essential and part of our social contract to provide the best possible care. It allows us to envision a healthier future for all and conduct the research to learn how to help move toward that future.”

Importance of Intellectual Adventures­ “Intellectual adventures help broaden our knowledge and perspective, so we can become more compassionate and caring.

The more you learn, the more you realize what you have in common with others.

Those commonalities lead to a better world through the realization that we are all more alike than different.”

LEARN WHAT DRIVES ­ OTHER UCF RESEARCHERS.

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CDC Health Economist Joins Disability, Aging and Technology Cluster

DAWN ECKHOFF, ­ ’18PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, ­ Assistant Professor

VALERIE MARTINEZ, ­ DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, ­ Clinical Assistant Professor

“As a teenager, I babysat because I loved taking care of children,” says Eckhoff.

Among the families were two nurses.

“The way they spoke about taking care of patients and the patients’ families was not only fun to listen to, but sparked my interest in the nursing field.” After spending more than 25 years in clinical practice in pediatric nursing, initially as an RN and later as a nurse practitioner, she’s now helping even more children through her research.

As a lifelong athlete, Martinez initially wanted to be an athletic trainer but quickly realized she preferred participating in the game rather than sitting on the sidelines. During a clinical rotation, she realized she was meant to be a nurse and planned to specialize in labor and delivery. After discovering she loved caring for the littlest patients the most, she moved to pediatric nursing. Still not one to sit on the sidelines, she sought to provide better, more advanced care for children by becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner and earning her doctorate in nursing practice.

Spark of Curiosity­ “At my first nursing job, I helped open a pediatric oncology floor. The care, compassion and dedication to helping children through their cancer battle sparked a drive in me to become a nurse practitioner and use research to help all children. Learning the process – from the idea to collecting data to giving results – energized me.”

Inspiration­ “I have always been a ‘tech geek.’ The use of telehealth within my own practice began with secure text messaging, and I believe the technology with secure video can meet unmet needs. It can help children who would have a ‘hard time’ coming in for a visit, such as those who are medically fragile or autistic, and help children who are in desperate need of mental health support.”

Role of Curiosity in Nursing­ “Nurses are inherently curious about their patients and how to fix what is broken.

Because of that, nurses have the ability to solve problems both quickly during an emergency situation and in the long-term with valuable research. A nurse’s curiosity is a patient’s strongest ally.”

Importance of Intellectual Adventures­ “Intellectual adventures are like taking a really hard hike to get to a beautiful summit. Work hard, learn, reap the reward and do it again. It is a time when you learn and have fun at the same time.”

Spark of Curiosity­ “Science has always been one of the most fascinating subjects to me. It explains the world around us. Research can help us identify gaps in knowledge and try to close those gaps. My goal in pursuing research is to make a lasting impact on the nursing profession.”

Inspiration­ “Recently working with adolescents in a school-based health clinic setting made me realize the need for mental health services in this population.”

Role of Curiosity in Nursing­ “Curiosity is essential in nursing, which is both a science and an art. We translate science into the compassionate care and empathy we provide to patients. Without curiosity, we would never be able to improve the care we provide. We need to ask questions as nurses in order to demonstrate the art of nursing.”

Importance of Intellectual Adventures­ “Intellectual adventures are important because they remove you from your comfort zone. They help you see things in ways you hadn’t thought of before, provide answers to questions that not only you may have, and allow you to make a significant impact.”

Boon Peng Ng, PhD, a health economist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and new assistant professor at the College of Nursing, is bringing his expertise in the science of big data and ability to quantify the value of health programs to the UCF Disability, Aging and Technology Faculty Cluster.

Prior to his appointment at UCF, Ng was a prevention effectiveness fellow at the CDC where he leveraged his knowledge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data to assess health services usage, economic burden of diseases, and the health and economic impact of health policies and interventions on various populations.

His area of research is in chronic disease, such as diabetes and hypertension, where he has published several data-based articles. He continues to serve as a guest researcher at the CDC with the Division of Diabetes.

“We are very fortunate to have Dr. Ng join our faculty and cluster team,” said Norma Conner, nursing associate dean for academic excellence and former co-lead of the cluster. “The potential to quantify economic outcomes of nursing interventions and changes in health policy will provide us with a unique advantage for securing funding for our research.”

Disability, Aging and Technology is one of nine interdisciplinary research clusters at UCF, leveraging faculty strengths and collaboration to solve today’s toughest societal and scientific problems.

To learn more, visit ucf.edu/faculty

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Research NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH

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elcome Carmen Giurgescu PhD, RN, FAAN, a national certified women’s health nurse practitioner with nearly two decades of clinical experience and 14 years in research, as the new Associate Dean of Research and Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing.

Her widely published research seeks to ultimately improve birth outcomes for African American women who are 1.5 times more likely to have preterm birth compared to non-Hispanic white women. She is currently working as co-investigator and principal investigator, respectively, on two National Institutes of Health funded research projects totaling $5.6 million.

Giurgescu is a fellow and member of two expert health panels of the American Academy of Nursing. She’s been honored with the “Best Research Article Award” from the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, an Abstract of Distinction recognition from the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, and is a two-time scholar from the National Institutes of Health.

“Researchers at UCF are shaping the future of nursing and healthcare, and the university is leading the charge in multidisciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge technology such as simulation and virtual reality,” said Giurgescu.

“I look forward to collaborating across the college and university, and to increasing funding and visibility for our innovative research.”

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FUNDED RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP 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).

Annette Bourgault, PhD, RN, CNL, Principal Investigator, SAFETY Study: Stop Auscultation of Feeding Tubes, UCF Foundation, Inc. ($500).

Christa Cook, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, Principal Investigator, Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium (SHARC) Administrative and Research Support Core, University of Florida/National Institutes of Health ($50,787).

Christa Cook, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, Principal Investigator, HIV Surveillance – Data Analysis, University of Florida/ Florida Department of Health ($42,928).

Veronica Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, Principal Investigator, Impact of Depression on Veterans Newly Diagnosed with Cancer: Understanding the Links Among Depression, Cancer, Treatment, and Care, UCF Foundation, Inc. ($2,000).

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

Sandra Galura, PhD, RN, CCRP, Principal Investigator, Understanding Managerial Dissonance in Nurse Managers, UCF Foundation, Inc. ($500).

Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, APRN, ANPBC, AGACNP-BC, Principal Investigator, Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, Co-Investigator, Phase I STTR DHA 17B-002 Handoffs for Joint Service Casualty Care (HJSCC), Soar Technology, Inc. ($59,763).

Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, Principal Investigator, Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, CoInvestigator, Intelligent Diagnostic Trauma Algorithms for a Ruggedized Autonomous Combat Casualty Care Capability, Soar Technology, Inc. ($7,500).

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).

Elizabeth Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, Principal Investigator, Exploration of Patient and Practitioner Experiences, Knowledge and Understanding of Shared Decision Making, UCF Office of Research ($7,500) and UCF Foundation, Inc. ($2,000).

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

Jacqueline LaManna, PhD, APRN, ANPBC, BC-ADM, CDE, Principal Investigator, Dawn Eckhoff, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CoInvestigator, Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN CoInvestigator, Educating the Next Generation of Nurse Practitioners in Gerontology Using Telehealth Robots: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study, The Learning Institute for Elders ($3,970).

Jascinth Lindo, PhD, MPH, RN, Principal Investigator, Readiness for Discharge Among Hospitalized Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Diseases in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, UCF Foundation, Inc. ($500).

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).

Victoria Loerzel, PhD, RN, OCN, Principal Investigator, eSSET-CINV Serious Game Development, UCF Foundation, Gurecki Foundation ($42,130).

ACTIVE IN 2018-19 Vicki Montoya, PhD, APRN, 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).

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 ($901,602).

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 ($229,434).

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

Boon Peng Ng, PhD, Principal Investigator, Examine the Characteristics, Health and Economic Burdens of Perceived Fall Risk and Physiological Fall Risk Assessments Among Racial/Ethnic Older U.S. Adults, The Learning Institute for Elders ($3,780).

Brian Peach, PhD, RN, CCRN, Principal Investigator, Organizational Characteristics Associated with High and Low Performance on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Sepsis Core Measure, Sigma: The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter ($1,000).

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, UCF Office of Research & Commercialization ($7,500).

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, FNAP, 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).

Michael Valenti, PhD, RN, Principal Investigator, Using Community Engagement to Develop a Technological Intervention to Improve Chronic Kidney Disease Related Fatigue and the Cluster of Psychological Symptoms, UCF Foundation, Inc. ($3,500).

Michael Valenti, PhD, RN, Principal Investigator, Opioid Education and Awareness 2018-2019, Central Florida Area Health Education Center, Inc. ($1,000).

Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, FAAN, Principal Investigator, Evaluating the Impact of Nurse Manager Job Design and Practice Environment on Achieving the Quadruple Aim, American Organization of Nurse Executives ($50,000).

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

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

Gregory F. Welch, PhD in 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 in Computer Science, Investigator, REU Site: Research Experiences in the Internet of Things (IoT), National Science Foundation ($359,912).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Blended Reality Solution for Live, Virtual, and Constructive Field Training, Phase II, SA Photonics ($107,479).

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

Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Frank Guido-Sanz, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, Co-Investigator, Phase II SBIR A16-076 Combat Casualty Care Augmented Reality Intelligent Training System (C3ARESYS), Soar Technology, Inc. ($130,870) and Florida High Tech Corridor Council ($44,749).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, Principal Investigator, Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Investigator, CHS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Augmented Reality Agents with Pervasive Awareness, Appearance, and Abilities, National Science Foundation ($674,264).

Gregory F. Welch, PhD in Computer Science, Investigator, REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site on Internet of Things (IoT), National Science Foundation ($339,945).

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

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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.

Albanese-O’Neill, A., Schatz, D.A., Thomas, N., Bernhardt, J.M., Cook, C.L., Haller, M.J., Bernier, A.V., Silverstein, J.H., Westen, S.C., & Elder, J.H. (2019). Designing online and mobile diabetes education for fathers of children with Type 1 Diabetes: Mixed methods study. JMIR Diabetes, 4(3), Article e13724.

Algarin, A.B., Zhou, Z., Cook, C.L., Cook, R.L., & Ibañez, G.E. (2019). Age, sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation: Intersectionality of marginalized-group identities and enacted HIV-related stigma among people living with HIV in Florida. AIDS and Behavior.

Advance online publication.

Alhasanat-Khalil, D., Giurgescu, C., Benkert, R., Fry-McComish, J., Misra, D., & Yarandi, H. (2018). Acculturation and postpartum depression among immigrant women of Arabic descent. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Advance online publication.

Alhasanat-Khalil, D., Fry-McComish, J., Dayton, C., Benkert, R., Yarandi, H., & Giurgescu, C. (2018). Acculturative stress and lack of social support predict postpartum depression among U.S. immigrant women of Arabic descent.

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(4), 530-535.

Allred, K., & Sakowicz, K. (2019). Engaging alumni as mentors for nursing students.

Nurse Educator, 44(1), 5-6.

Anderson, M., Campbell, S.H., Nye, C., Díaz, D.A., & Boyd, T. (2019). Simulation in advanced practice education: Let’s dialogue!! Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 26, 81-85.

Badowski, D., Horsley, L., Rossler, K., Mariani, B., & Gonzalez, L. (2018). Electronic charting during simulation: A descriptive study. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 36(9), 430-437.

Blackwell, C.W. (2019). Demonstrating nursing excellence through equality: The relationship between Magnet® status and organizational LGBTQ client services and support. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1-7.

Blackwell, C.W. (2018). Preventing HIV infection in high risk adolescents using preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 29(5), 770-774.

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Blackwell, C.W. (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.W., Diaz-Cruz, A., & Yan, X. (in press). Equality and quality: The relationship between Magnet® status and healthcare organizational commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality. Journal of Social Service Research.

Advance online publication.

Bourgault, A.M., Gonzalez, L., Aguirre, L., & Ibrahim, J. (2019). CORTRAK superuser competency assessment and training recommendations [CE article]. American Journal of Critical Care, 28(1), 30-40.

Bourgault, A.M., Powers, J., & Aguirre, L. (in press). Pneumothoraces averted with use of electromagnetic device for feeding tube placement: An integrative review. American Journal of Critical Care.

Bourgault, A.M., & Upvall, M. (2019). Deimplementation of tradition-based practices in critical care. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 25(2), e1-9.

Daher, S., Hochreiter, J., Schubert, R., Gonzalez, L., Cendan, J., Anderson, M., Díaz, D.A., & Welch, G. (in press). The physical-virtual patient simulator: A physical human form with virtual appearance and behavior. Simulation in Healthcare.

Danesh, V., Neff, D.F., Jones, T., Aroian, K., Unruh, L., Andrews, D., Guerrier, L., Venus, S.J., & Jimenez, E. (2019). Can proactive rapid response team rounding improve surveillance and reduce unplanned escalations in care? A controlled before and after study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 91, 128-133.

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

Advances in Nursing Science (ANS), 41(3), 293-302.

Decker, V., Sikorskii, A., Given, C.W., Given, B.A., Vachon, E., & Krauss, J.C. (2019).

Effects of depressive symptomatology on cancer-related symptoms during oral oncolytic treatment. Psycho-Oncology, 28(1), 99-106.

Bourgault, A., Upvall, M., & Graham, A. (2018). Using Gemba boards to facilitate evidence-based practice in Critical Care, Critical Care Nurse, 38(3), e1-7.

Decker, V., Valenti, M., Montoya, V., Sikorskii, A., Given, C.W., & Given, B.A. (2019). Maximizing new technologies to treat depression. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 40(3), 200-207.

Bumbach, M.D., Harman, J.S., Lucero, R., Cimiotti, J.P., & Neff, D.F. (2019). Gender differences in nurse practitioners: Job satisfaction and patterns of care. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Advance online publication.

Díaz, D.A., Anderson, M., Quelly, S., Clark, K., & Talbert, S. (in press). Early recognition of pediatric sepsis simulation checklist for pre-licensure nursing students – An exploratory study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Caldwell, C.H., Misra, D.P., Rogers, W.B., Young, A., & Giurgescu, C. (2018).

Interpersonal relationships among Black couples and depressive symptoms during pregnancy. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 43(5), 265-270.

Díaz, D.A., Shelton, D., Anderson, M., & Gilbert, G. (2019). The effect of simulationbased education on correctional health teamwork and communication. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 27, 1-11.

Carey, S., Edds-McAfee, C., & Martinez, V. (2019). An examination of factors affecting quality of life for children with asthma and their caregivers in Southeast Georgia.

Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 33(5), 529-536.

Cifuentes, P., Reichard, J., Im, W., Smith, S., Colen, C., Giurgescu, C., Williams, K.P., Gillespie, S., Juarez, P.D., & Hood, D.B. (2019).

Application of the public health exposome framework to estimate phenotypes of resilience in a model Ohio African-American woman’s cohort. Journal of Urban Health, 96(Suppl 1), 57-71.

Cook, C.L., Staras, S.A.S., Zhou, Z., Chichetto, N., & Cook, R.L. (2018). Disclosure of HIV serostatus and condomless sex among men living with HIV/AIDS in Florida. PLOS ONE, 13(12), Article e0207838.

Efendi, F., Kurniati, A., Bushy, A., & Gunawan, J. (2019). Concept analysis of nurse retention. Nursing and Health Science. Advance online publication.

Efendi, F., Rafi, E., Hadisuyatmana, S., Lindayani, L., & Bushy, A. (in press). HIVrelated knowledge level among Indonesian females between 15 years and 49 years of age. African Health Sciences.

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, 5(4), 390-395.

Emery, K.P., & Guido-Sanz, F. (2019).

Oral care practices in non-mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(13-14), 2462-2471.

Fennimore, L., & Warshawsky, N. (2019).

Graduate leadership education for nurse leaders—Needed now more than ever. JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(7-8), 347-349.

Ford, J., Anderson, C., Gillespie, S., Giurgescu, C., Nolan, T., Nowak, A., & Williams, K.P. (2019). Social integration and quality of social relationships as protective factors for inflammation in a nationally representative sample of Black women.

Journal of Urban Health, 96(Suppl 1), 35-43.

Fowler, S., Penoyer, D., & Bourgault, A. (2018). Insertion and removal of PIVCs: Exploring best practices. Nursing2018, 48(7), 65-67.

Hines, R.B., Jiban, M.J.H., Choudhury, K., Loerzel, V., Specogna, A.V., Troy, S.P., & 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, 8(4), Article e022393.

Kim, K., Schubert, R., Hochreiter, J., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2019) Blowing in the wind: Increasing social presence with a virtual human via environmental airflow interaction in mixed reality. Computers & Graphics, 83, 23-32.

Kinchen, E. (2019). Holistic nursing values in nurse practitioner education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), 1-10.

Garfield, L., Holditch-Davis, D., Carter, C.S., McFarlin, B.L., Seng, J.S., Giurgescu, C., & White-Traut, R. (2019). A pilot study of oxytocin in low-income women with a low birth-weight infant: Is oxytocin related to posttraumatic stress? Advances in Neonatal Care, 19(4), e12-e21.

Kinchen, E. (2018). The need for development of theory specific to nurse practitioner practice. Journal of Theory Construction and Testing, 21(1), 25-28.

Giurgescu, C. (2018). The role of the father of the baby on maternal mental health and birth outcomes. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 43(5), 244.

Kinchen, E., & Loerzel, V. (2018). Nursing student beliefs and attitudes towards holistic therapies. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 37(1), 6-17.

Giurgescu, C., Fahmy, L., Slaughter-Acey, J., Nowak, A., Caldwell, C., & Misra, D.P. (2018).

Can support from the father of the baby buffer the adverse effects of depressive symptoms on risk of preterm birth in Black families? AIMS Public Health, 5(1), 89-98.

Kinser, P., Loerzel, V., Matthews, E., & Rice. M. (2019). Call to action to support the success of midcareer nurse scientists. Nursing Outlook, 67(3), 252-258.

Giurgescu, C., & Misra, D.P. (2018).

Psychosocial factors and preterm birth among Black mothers and fathers. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 43(5), 245-251.

Giurgescu, C., Nowak, A.L., Gillespie, S., Nolan, T.S., Anderson, C.M., Ford, J.L., Hood, D.B., & Williams, K.P. (2019). Neighborhood environment and DNA methylation: Implications for cardiovascular disease risk.

Journal of Urban Health, 96(Suppl 1), 23-34.

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., Daher, S., & Welch, G. (in press). Neurological assessment using a Physical-Virtual Patient (PVP).

Journal of Nursing Education.

Guido-Sanz, F., Díaz, D.A., Anderson, M., Gonzalez, L., & Houston, A. (2019). Role transition and communication in graduate education: The process. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 26, 11-17.

Herr, L., & Thiamwong, L. (2019). An integrative literature review of basal-bolus insulin versus sliding-scale insulin for glycemic management in the hospitalized non-critically ill Type 2 Diabetic patient.

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST), 16(12), 909-919.

Kurt, G., Loerzel, V.W., Hines, R.B., Tavasci, K., Galura, S., Ahmad, S., & Holloway, R.W. (2018). Learning needs of women who undergo robotic versus open gynecologic surgery. JOGNN: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 47(4), 490-497.

Lapp, V., & Chase, S.K. (2018). How do youth with cystic fibrosis perceive their readiness to transition to adult healthcare as compared to their caregivers’ views? Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 43, 104-110.

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.

LaManna, J.B., Guido-Sanz, F., Anderson, M., Chase, S.K., Weiss, J.A., & Blackwell, C.W. (2019). Teaching diagnostic reasoning to advanced practice nurses: Positives and negatives. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 26, 24-31.

LaManna, J., Litchman, M.L., Dickinson, J.K., Todd, A., Julius, M.M., Whitehouse, C.R., Hyer, S., & Kavookjian, J. (2019). Diabetes education impact on hypoglycemia outcomes: A systematic review of evidence and gaps in the literature. The Diabetes Educator, 45(4), 349-369.

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

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.

Loftin, G., Andrews, D., Mikitarian, G., LaManna, J. (2019). Zero harm during transition in care from the emergency department to medical/ surgical units. Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

Advance online publication.

Martono, M., Satino, S., Nursalam, N., Efendi, F., & Bushy, A. (2019). Indonesian nurses’ perception of disaster management preparedness. Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 22(1), 41-46.

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.

Miller, M.R., Jun, H., Herrera, F., Yu Villa, J., Welch, G., & Bailenson, J. (2019) Social interaction in augmented reality. PLOS ONE, 14(5), Article e0216290.

Neff, D.F., Yoon, S.H., Steiner, R.L., Bejleri, I., Bumbach, M.D., Everhart, D., & Harman, J.S. (2019). The impact of nurse practitioner regulations on population access to care.

Nursing Outlook, 66(4), 379-385.

Norouzi, N., Bölling, L., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2019). Augmented rotations in virtual reality for users with a reduced range of head movement. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 6, 1-9.

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

Development of an empowerment model for burnout syndrome and quality of nursing work life in Indonesia. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 5(4), 390-395.

Ortiz, J., Hofler, R., Bushy, A., Lin, Y., Khanijahani, A., & Bitney, A. (2018). Impact of nurse practitioner practice regulations on rural population health outcomes.

Healthcare, 6(2), Article 65.

Parchment, J., & Andrews, D. (2019). The incidence of workplace bullying and related environmental factors among nurse managers.

JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(3), 132-137.

Park, C., Wang, G., Ng, B.P., Fang, J., Durthaler, J.M., & Ayala, C. (2019). The uses and expenses of antihypertensive medications among hypertensive adults. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Advance online publication.

Peach, B.C., Li, Y., & Cimiotti, J.P. (in press).

The weekend effect in older adult urosepsis admissions. Medical Care.

Prybil, L., Popa, G., Warshawsky, N., & Sundean, L. (2019). Building the case for including nurse leaders on healthcare organizational boards.

Nursing Economic$, 37(4), 169-177, 197.

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Faculty BOOKS Desmarais, P. (2019). Fast facts workbook for cardiac dysrhythmias and 12-lead EKGs. New York, N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (continued) Quelly, S.B. (2018). Helping with meal preparation and children’s dietary intake: A literature review. Journal of School Nursing, 35(1), 51-60.

Quelly, S.B. (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.

Quelly, S.B., & Díaz, D. (2019). Bonus-in-abox: Supplemental evaluation using sensory perceptions in nursing education. Nurse Educator. Advance online publication.

Roye, J., Anderson, M., Díaz, D.A., & Rogers, M. (in press). Virtual simulation incorporation into an undergraduate nursing curriculum. Nursing Education Perspectives.

Scott, C., Andrews, D., & Loerzel, V.W. (2019). The teach-back method: Impact of nurses’ use during discharge instructions on an adult oncology floor. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 23(3), 288-294.

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

Tracheostomy care practices in a simulated setting: An exploratory study. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 32(4), 182-188.

Sole, M.L., Talbert, S., Bennett, M., Middleton, A., Deaton, L., & Penoyer, D. (2018). Collecting nursing research data 24 hours a day: Challenges, lessons, and recommendations [CE Article]. American Journal of Critical Care, 27(4), 305-311.

Sole, M.L., Talbert, S., Yan, X., Penoyer, D., Mehta, D., Bennett, M., Emery, K.P., Middleton, A., Deaton, L., Abomoelak, B., & Deb, C. (2019). Impact of deep oropharyngeal suctioning on microaspiration, ventilator events, and clinical outcomes: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication.

Sole, M.L., Talbert, S., Yan, X., Penoyer, D., Mehta, D., Bennett, M., Middleton, A., & Emery, K.P. (2019). Nursing oral suction intervention to reduce aspiration and ventilator events (NO-ASPIRATE): A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(5), 1108-1118.

Stelfox, H.T., Bourgault, A.M., & Niven, D.J. (2019). De-implementing low value care in critically ill patients: A call for action—Less is more. Intensive Care Medicine, 45(10), 1432-1438.

Stockmann, C., Díaz, D.A., Anderson, M., & Dever, K. (2019). Development of a mental health objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): A pilot study.

Simulation & Gaming, 50(4), 448-460.

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Thiamwong, L., & Pungchompoo, W. (2018).

Embedding palliative care into healthy aging: A narrative case study from Thailand.

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 20(4), 416-420.

Timraz, S., Lewin, L., Giurgescu, C., & Kavanaugh, K. (2019). An exploration of coping with childhood sexual abuse in Arab American women. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 28(3), 360-381.

Unruh, L., Raffenaud, A., Andrews, D., Fottler, M., & Liu, X. (in press). A comparative analysis of work-family conflict among staff, managerial, and executive nurses. Nursing Outlook. Advance online publication.

Upvall, M. (2018). Building transformative global nursing partnerships. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 32(3), 247-254.

Upvall, M., & Bourgault, A.M. (2018).

De-implementation: A concept analysis.

Nursing Forum, 53(3), 376-382.

Upvall, M., Bourgault, A.M., Pigon, C., & Swartzman, C. (in press). Exemplars illustrating de-implementation of tradition- based practices [CE article].

Critical Care Nurse.

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

Warshawsky, N., & Cramer, E. (2019).

Describing nurse manager role development and competency: Findings from a national study. JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(5), 249-255.

Williams, L., Bourgault, A., Valenti, M., Howie, M., & Mathur, S. (2018). Predictors of underrepresented nursing students’ school satisfaction, success, and future education intent. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(3), 142-149.

Woo, J., Giurgescu, C., & Wagner, C. (2019).

Evidence of an association between vitamin D deficiency and preterm birth and preeclampsia: A critical review. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 64(5), 613-629.

Woodmansee, R., Turnage, D., & Loerzel, V. (2018). Nurse practitioner student knowledge and attitudes towards skin cancer assessments. Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association, 10(2), 115-119.

Woodmansee, R., Turnage, D., & Loerzel, V. (2019). NP students’ knowledge and attitudes towards skin cancer assessments.

The Nurse Practitioner, 44(3), 14-18.

Perry, A.G., Potter, P.A., Desmarais, P. (2019).

Mosby’s pocket guide to nursing skills and procedures (9th ed). Maryland Heights, MO: Mosby, Inc.

BOOK CHAPTERS Bushy, A. (2019). Promoting healthy partnerships with rural communities. In J. McFarlane & E. Anderson (Eds.), Community as partner: Theory and practice in nursing (8th ed., pp. 365-376). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters-Kluwer.

Bushy, A. (in press). Ethical considerations with rural aging. In L. Kaye, (Ed). Handbook of rural aging. Routledge.

Bushy, A. (in press). Older veterans in rural areas. In L. Kaye, (Ed). Handbook of rural aging. Routledge.

Bushy, A. (in press). Veterans in rural areas: Health related needs and services. In L. Fergeson, K. Lowrance (Eds.). Rural nursing barriers and benefits: Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications, Inc. Chase, S.K. (2019). Clinical judgment in critical care. In S.R. Hardin & R. Kaplow (Eds.). Cardiac surgery: Essentials for critical care nursing (Chapter 1, 3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Chase, S.K. (2019). Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology. In S.R. Hardin & R. Kaplow (Eds.), Cardiac surgery: Essentials for critical care nursing (Chapter 2, 3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Chase, S.K. (2019). Faith-oriented communities and health ministries in faith communities. In G. Harkness & R. DeMarco (Eds.), Public health nursing: Evidence for practice (3rd ed., pp. 573-589). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Chase, S.K., & Solari-Twadell, P.A. (2019).

Faith community nursing: A professional specialty practice. In P.A. Solari-Twadell, & D. Ziebarth (Eds.), Faith community nursing: An international specialty practice changing the understanding of health (pp. 3-15). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Daher, S., Hochreiter, J., Norouzi, N., Gonzalez, L., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2018, January). Physical-virtual agents for healthcare simulation. In International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp. 99-106). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery.

Daher, S., Hochreiter, J., Norouzi, N., Schubert, R., Bruder, G., Gonzalez, L., Anderson, M., Diaz, D., Cendan, J., & Welch, G. (2019, 23-27 March 2019). Matching vs. non-matching visuals and shape for embodied virtual healthcare agents. In 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) Proceedings (pp. 886887). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY FELLOWS

Academy of Nursing Education Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Desiree Díaz, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF Laura Gonzalez, PhD, APRN, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF

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Erickson, A., Schubert, R., Kim, K., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2019). Is it cold in here or is it just me? Analysis of augmented reality temperature visualization for computermediated thermoception. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).

Norouzi, N., Bruder, G., Belna, B., Mutter, S., Turgut, D., & Welch, G. (2019). A systematic review of the convergence of augmented reality, intelligent virtual agents, and the internet of things. In F. Al-Turjman (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence in IoT (pp. 1-24). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Haesler, S., Kim, K., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2018, October). Seeing is believing: Improving the perceived trust in visually embodied alexa in augmented reality. In 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (pp. 204-205).

Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.

Norouzi, N., Kim, K., Lee, M., Schubert, R., Erickson, A., Bailenson, J., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (in press). Walking your virtual dog: Analysis of awareness and proxemics with simulated support animals in augmented reality. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).

Hochreiter, J., Daher, S., Bruder, G., & Welch, G. (2018). Cognitive and touch performance effects of mismatched 3D physical and visual perceptions. In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2018 (pp. 379-386). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. Kim, K., Boelling, L., Haesler, S., Bailenson, J., Bruder, G., & Welch, G.F. (2018, October).

Does a digital assistant need a body? The influence of visual embodiment and social behavior on the perception of intelligent virtual agents in AR. In 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (pp. 105-114). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. Lee, M., Norouzi, N., Bruder, G., Wisniewski, P. J., & Welch, G.F. (2018). The physicalvirtual table: Exploring the effects of a virtual human’s physical influence on social interaction. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (Article 25). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery.

Loerzel, V.W. (2018). Bleeding. In M. Hickey & S. Newton (Eds.), Telephone triage for oncology nurses (3rd ed., pp. 93-96).

Pittsburg, PA: Oncology Nursing Society Press.

Loerzel, V.W. (2018). Fever with neutropenia.

In M. Hickey & S. Newton (Eds.), Telephone triage for oncology nurses (3rd ed. pp. 161164). Pittsburg, PA: Oncology Nursing Society Press.

Loerzel, V.W. (2018). Fever without neutropenia. In M. Hickey & S. Newton (Eds.), Telephone triage for oncology nurses. (3rd ed., pp. 165-168). Pittsburg, PA: Oncology Nursing Society Press.

American Academy of Nursing Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Karen Aroian, PhD, RN, FAAN (ret.)

Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN Joellen Edwards, PhD, RN, FAAN Carmen Giurgescu, PhD, RN, FAAN Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM Michele Upvall, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, FAAN

Rosa, W., Upvall, M. & Andrus, V. (in press).

Integrative nursing and planetary health. In M.J. Kreitzer & M. Koithan (Eds.), Integrative nursing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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Rosa, W., & Upvall, M. (in press). Integrative nursing and global health. In M.J. Kreitzer & M. Koithan (Eds.), Integrative nursing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Christopher Blackwell, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNE, FAANP

Taylor, G., Deschamps, A., Tanaka, A., Nicholson, D., Bruder, G., Welch, G., & Guido-Sanz, F. (2018). Augmented reality for tactical combat casualty care training.

In International Conference on Augmented Cognition (pp. 227-239). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Taylor, G., Deschamps, A., Tanaka, A., Nicholson, D., Bruder, G. … & Guido-Sanz, F. (2018). Augmented reality for tactical combat casualty care. In D. Schmorrow & C. Fidopiastis (Eds.) Augmented cognition: Users and contexts, AC 2018. Lecture notes in computer science, 10916 (pp. 227-239).

Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Upvall, M., Gullett, D., & Rosa, W. (in press).

The essential nature of caring partnerships: Contextual relevance and cross-cultural ethical considerations. In W. Rosa, S. HortonDeutsch, J. Watson, M. Ray, M. Smith, M. Turkel, & G. Hernandez (Eds.), A handbook for caring science: Expanding the paradigm.

New York, NY: Springer.

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Diane Wink, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP (ret.)

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American College of Critical Care Medicine Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM

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National Academies of Practice Susan Chase, EdD, RN, FNAP Norma Conner, PhD, RN, FNAP Donna Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP

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New York Academy of Medicine Michele Upvall, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN

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Giving

Help Knight Nurses Charge On

40

years ago, there were no nursing scholarships available to help our first cohort of undergraduate students. In fact, the first endowed scholarships weren’t available until a few years later in 1982-83, and our first endowed chair was established over a decade later thanks to The Bert Fish Foundation—whose generous support continues to fund this endowed chair today.

In addition to our first students and faculty, our early philanthropic supporters were also trailblazers.

They saw the potential in the UCF nursing program, providing great opportunity for our students, faculty, programs and research to grow and in turn, gain more support.

Whether you have supported us for decades or a few months, thank you for being a champion for nursing’s future. Your financial support has been critical to our success, but as Dean Sole has mentioned, we still have much more to accomplish. And we need your help to do it.

Continued philanthropic support will further our vision of becoming a leader in 21st century health professions education – transforming nursing practice through innovations in education and research.

Please consider supporting us in our continued journey of excellence.

Katie Korkosz ’04 ’06MS Senior Director for Advancement

To discuss a philanthropic investment in our future nurse leaders or ways to get involved, please contact me at: PHONE: 407.823.1600 EMAIL: katiek@ucf.edu

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Give an Anniversary Gift Throughout this issue, you’ve read about the amazing learning experiences of our nursing students, our cutting-edge innovations in simulation education, and our faculty members’ groundbreaking nursing research.

Help the UCF College of Nursing continue to charge on into the future, and to impact more students, patients and communities, by donating to the 40th Anniversary “Innovating Our Future” fund.

With your gift of $40 or more, one dollar for each year, we will send you a special 40th anniversary commemorative pin to proudly show your support.

MAKE A GIFT TODAY.

Visit nursing.ucf.edu/40

New Scholarships for Graduate Students Ken and Anne Peach recently established The Peach Family Endowed Scholarship to support graduate nursing students. (From L to R: Anne Peach, Dean Sole and Ken Peach)

The Honorable John and Carolyn Lord (not pictured) established The Lord Family Endowed Nursing Scholarship to support graduate students who are currently working in, or have an interest in, case management.

(From L to R: John Lord and Dean Sole)

Knightingale Society Members AdventHealth | North Region AdventHealth | Orlando Mr. Wade S. Alliance Dr. Kelly D. ’07 and Mr. Wayne E. ’87 Allred Dr. Mindi A. and Mr. Tim Anderson Dr. Thomas W. and Dr. Diane R. Andrews ’06 Anonymous ATI Nursing Education B-Line Medical Ms. Allison Baumgartner Mr. Richard and Mrs. Deborah Baumgartner Ms. Kathleen L. Black ’84 ’01 ’02 Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell ’00 ’01 ’05 Gary L. Blackwell Charitable Foundation Ms. Kimberly S. Bogers ’18 Dr. Bruce H. and Dr. Donna A. Breit ’10 Mrs. Roslyn Burttram Dr. Angeline A. and Mr. John R. Bushy Mrs. Sherry Buxton CAE Healthcare, Inc. Mrs. Patricia Celano ’10 Dr. Susan K. Chase Mr. Steve and Mrs. Karen S. Cochran Mr. Christopher M. ’06 and Mrs. Allison L. ’08 Collings Comfort Keepers Dr. Norma E. and Mr. Joe Conner Dr. Joseph L. and Dr. Maureen M. Covelli Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Creedon CVS Health Foundation Mrs. Joyce DeGennaro ’03 ’09 ’13 Ms. Kimberly Dever

Dr. Desiree A. Díaz Mr. Michael V. and Mrs. Bari-Ann DiPietro Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust Dr. Kelly A. Carlson Eberbach ’15 Dr. Joellen B. Edwards Mrs. Kim Elliott Florida Blue Foundation Florida Navy Nurse Corps Association Dr. Sandra Galura ’05 ’12 Dr. MeLisa Gantt ’10 Gaumard Scientific Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Mr. Kenneth Goedeker Mr. Adam and Mrs. Geri Goldstein Dr. Laura N. Gonzalez ’08 Dr. Frank Guido-Sanz Mr. Christian A. ’17 and Mrs. Shannon L. ’16 Harville Mr. William Hauck and Ms. Margaret B. ’13 DeVane HCA Healthcare Health First Heart of Volusia Dr. Steve D. ’02 ’04 ’12 and Mrs. Darlene M. Heglund Dr. Linda Hennig ’96 Estate of Dr. Hazel Hogan Mrs. Judy L. Housel ’98 ’99 Mr. Michael Hsu Dr. Frances E. Iacobellis Jonas Philanthropies Ms. Renee M. Keller Dr. Kate ’79 ’83 and Mr. Joseph F. Kinsley The Honorable Phyllis A. and Dr. David R. Klock Mr. Todd J. ’04 ’05 and Mrs. Katie ’04 ’05 Korkosz

Listing of donors who supported the college with a gift of $1,000 or more from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

Dr. Martin A. Kubiet and Dr. Leslee A. ’13 D’Amato-Kubiet Laerdal Medical Dr. John J. and Dr. Patricia K. Lafferty ’86 ’97 ’14 Dr. Jacqueline ’13 and Mr. Anthony J. ’93 LaManna Dr. Valerie Lapp ’99 ’09 ’16 Ms. Laura Young Lawrence LIFE at UCF Dr. Victoria W. ’07 and Mr. Steven C. ’87 ’92 Loerzel The Honorable John S. and Mrs. Carolyn T. Lord Mrs. Candy McKnight ’93 ’95 Medline Industries Mr. Gerard and Mrs. Debra Michaud ’01 ’03 ’10 Dr. Vicki L. Montoya ’83 ’01 ’13 Glenda G. Morgan Charitable Foundation Dr. Donna F. Neff Nemours Children’s Hospital The Northrop Grumman Foundation Mrs. Rosemary G. Notarantonio ’81 Nurses First Solutions Orlando Health Parrish Medical Center Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Anne Peach Pharmacy Consulting International PNC Foundation Project Concert Raymond James Charitable Siemens Power Generation Sigma, The International Nursing Honor Society, Theta Epsilon Chapter Dr. Susan Quelly ’07 ’12 Dr. Samuel D. Realista ’01 Shadow Health

Dr. Melanie Shatzer The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Mrs. Jan T. Smith Dr. Mary Lou and Mr. Robert Sole Mr. Richard and Mrs. Marianne Strauss Mr. Todd ’92 ’94 and Mrs. Ashley ’94 Funderburke-Swingle Thread Zone Ms. Eliany C. Torrez Pon ’18 and Ms. Nydia Torrez Mr. Barry L. and Mrs. Jane E. Traynor Dr. Dawn Turnage ’11 ’13 ‘15 Dr. Michelle J. Upvall Dr. Michael T. Valenti VNA Foundation Mr. Robin K. Vieira ’93 Mr. Dan W. ‘74 and Mrs. Maria Voss Dr. Zaby and Mr. Suree Vyas Ms. Rosemarie Walsh Dr. Nora Warshawsky Dr. Gregory F. and Mrs. Linda A. Welch Wells Fargo West Orange Healthcare District Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Mr. Bruce Williams Mrs. Jayne Willis The Diane and Lawrence Wink Fund Vivian and Barry Woods Educational Trust

We apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions.

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Alumni STAYING CONNECTED IS AS EASY AS 1-2-3!

MEET YOUR ALUMNI CHAPTER BOARD MEMBERS

Get involved | Hire a Knight | Give a gift Visit nursing.ucf.edu to learn more.

KELLY CARLSON EBERBACH ’15DNP­ Chair KATE DORMINY ’06BSN ’10MSN­ Chair Elect VALERIE LAPP ’99BSN ’09MSN ’16PHD­ Immediate Past Chair AMY PAINTER ’06BSN­ Communications Chair SHANNON HARVILLE ’16BSN­ Philanthropy Chair MICHELE FACKLER ’00BSN ’12MSN­ Philanthropy Committee ELIANY TORREZ PON ’18BSN­ Hospitality Chair NADINE GARCIA ’18MSN­ Recognition Chair ELIZABETH MEDINA ’07BSN ’12MSN­ Mentorship Chair BRANDI BRYAN ’17MSN­ Mentorship Committee CANDACE EDEN ’15DNP­ Mentorship Committee JOSHUA MONTEMAYOR ’09BSN­ Mentorship Committee JUDY HOUSEL ’98BSN ’99MSN­ Mentorship Committee AMANDA SCHULTZ ’17BSN­ Social Media Chair AMY COISNARD ’19BSN­ Social Media Committee KIMBERLY BOGERS ’18BSN­ 40th Anniversary Gala Chair PAM PORES ’83 ’94BSN­ 40th Anniversary Gala Committee AMANDA EVANS ’16MSN­ Member-at-Large ALEXANDRA FOX ’18BSN­ Member-at-Large SHANNON STRAUSS ’19BSN­ Member-at-Large MISTI TUPPENY ’87BSN­ Member-at-Large JOYCE DEGENNARO ’03 ’09BSN ’13MSN­ Faculty Liaison

Dear fellow Knight nurses, I am both proud and humbled to be leading such an extraordinary group of nurses as the new chair of the Alumni Chapter Board.

When I first arrived and began working as a nurse in Central Florida nearly 10 years ago, I experienced first-hand the quality of nurses that UCF produced. In fact, the quality of its graduates, along with the flexibility of an online program, were the determining factors in choosing UCF for my DNP. My experience at UCF was immediately inclusive and supportive, and my cohort became a valued resource. I choose to support the College of Nursing with both time and money because I believe in giving back to organizations that make an impact on my world. It is also a way to impact the next generation of nurses.

Look at how much the college has impacted the profession and our community in the last four decades. Our 40th anniversary illustrates not only four decades of nursing education, but four decades of a nursing workforce that has generational strength from UCF. As Knight nurse alumni, we have the ability to help impact the next 40 years and more of UCF nursing. As the chapter board chair, I plan to strengthen current board positions and welcome all new members into a network of alumni. With growth will come new ideas, extra hands and engaged nurses to further the mission of the college.

I look forward to building one of the most engaged alumni chapters at UCF. If we all give back even a little something, whether it’s of your time or funds, it will add up to make a big impact.

Go Knights! Charge On!

SANDY GALURA ’05MSN ’12PHD­ Faculty Liaison JORDYN WATSON­ Student Liaison CHRISTINA GONZALEZ­ Staff Liaison

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Kelly A. Carlson Eberbach ’15DNP, MBA, RN, CPN, CPEN Chair, Alumni Chapter Board

ALL-CLASS

Reunion Outstanding Knight Nurses Congratulations to the six Knight nurses who were honored for their exceptional achievements with an Outstanding Alumni Award.

Community Service Marchina Jones ’10DNP Johns Hopkins Medicine East Region Coordinator, UCF Adjunct Faculty

Education Patricia Geddie ’15PhD Clinical Nursing Specialist, Adult Oncology, Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center

Innovation Laura Gonzalez ’08PhD Director, Collegewide Simulation, Clinical Associate Professor, UCF College of Nursing

Mentorship Kimberly Bogers ’18BSN ER Nurse, Nemours Children’s Hospital

JOIN US!

40th Anniversary Gala May 16, 2020 (see p. 2)

UCF Faculty Victoria Loerzel ’07PhD Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Professor in Oncology Nursing, Associate Professor

Knight Nurse Student Emily Derayunan ’19BSN Vice President, Student Nurses’ Association, Honors in the Major Student, Summa Cum Laude Graduate

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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.

This issue we’re featuring two nursing alumni who are bringing their knowledge as caregivers to the front lines to serve, protect, and help members and visitors of our community at the times when they need it most.

IVAN MUSTAFA: Steadfast hero helping others on their worst day “It may be another day for me, but I’m either showing up to someone’s house on their worst day or they’re coming to me on their worst day. Either way, it’s my job to make that day a little better and there’s no better job.

In both of my roles, I get to do what I love most, care for others. I tried retirement in 2015, but I got bored quickly and came back. On my ‘off days’ from fire and rescue, I work in the emergency department.

You see, I always was interested in things medical-related. The show “Emergency!” about two young firefighter-paramedics inspired me to pursue a career as a paramedic, but I still wanted to do more. So I pursued degrees in nursing – first at Valencia and then at UCF. It was never my intent to leave the fire department, but instead run parallel careers. I’m able to provide an insight for paramedics as to what will happen upon arrival at a hospital, and alternatively, speak with providers in the ER about how paramedics work.

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There is no ‘better’ field as they’re completely different. When I’m doing one, I’m having a great time and when I’m doing the other, I’m still having a great time.

UCF laid a crucial foundation for me in my dual careers, with faculty who treated me like a person and ensured I was prepared to deliver quality patient care. At UCF, you have every opportunity to succeed. It’s hard, but they will give you the map to success if you’re willing to follow it.”

IVAN MUSTAFA

’98BSN ’02 Nurse Educator Certificate ’03MSN Division Chief, Osceola County Fire & Rescue Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Florida Emergency Physicians of TeamHealth

Meet Some of Our Newest

– and Youngest –

Knightingales HOLLY BRYAN: Confidant protecting the community “Whether it’s a medical call or a crisis, if I can help you get to the other side of whatever you’re going through, it’s a big deal.

In my role as a deputy, the most important things I can bring to the table are respect, understanding and empathy.

It’s cliché, but it really is rewarding to help make someone’s bad day a little bit better by how I respond.

While I’ve found fulfillment in public service, I didn’t initially think I’d be here. I always wanted to be a nurse, or something medical. My first job as a teenager was a nurse’s aide. After high school, I was a combat medic in the military and later an EMT. I entered the police academy because I needed a job while in nursing school.

I remember working four 10-hour shifts at the sheriff’s office and then attending classes full-time at UCF. It was an overwhelming, but extremely beneficial educational experience.

“In my role as a deputy, the most important things I can bring to the table are respect, understanding and empathy.

It’s cliché, but it really is rewarding to help make someone’s bad day a little bit better by how I respond.”

That training has helped me throughout my entire law enforcement career and I also still use my nursing background to be a voice for victims as a SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) nurse.

In my two decades as a deputy, I’ve served in many roles. It’s an incredible experience to be part of such an amazing team and to have the opportunity to protect both the residents and the visitors who come here.

I think nursing, law enforcement and my military years have made me a better person all around. I’ve learned to appreciate life, to appreciate people and to appreciate diversity. Those three career choices have given me that.”

These three recent graduates are not only giving back to their community as caregivers, but are choosing to give back to the college as Knightingale Society members to impact students who will follow in their footsteps.

“Education is the most powerful tool with which to change the world, and it is an honor to help positively change our students’ worlds in this way.”

– Shannon Harville, ’16BSN, RN, CEN

LT. HOLLY BRYAN ’99BSN ’05MS Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Community Relations

“Without the education, encouragement, and financial support that I received from the college, I would not have been able to finish school and be a nurse today.

I want to support and inspire current and future students the way that alumni supported and inspired me and my classmates.”

– Kimberly Bogers ’18BSN, RN

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.

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

“I wouldn’t be a nurse if it weren’t for someone’s generous donation to a scholarship that helped me afford my studies. I give because I never want financial issues to come in the way of someone else achieving their dreams.”

– Eliany Torrez Pon ’18BSN, RN

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Class Notes SHARE YOUR NEWS!

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.

’80s

’00s

Judith Nakashima ’88BSN has retired and currently resides in Washington state.

William J. Alt ’04BSN was named assistant chief of quality management for the North Florida/ South Georgia Veteran’s Health System.

’90s Heather (MacCuish) Bland ’96BSN received her post-master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certificate and earned her FNP certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Robyn Cantwell ’93BSN ’12MSN, an APRN in the pediatric ICU and pediatric ICU step-down units at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, is returning to school for a postmaster’s certificate in acute care.

Ken Dion ’91BSN, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the UCF College of Nursing and assistant dean for strategic relations and business development at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has been selected for the 2019 Class of Fellows by the American Academy of Nursing.

Judy Housel ’98BSN ’99MSN retired from nursing at the end of April after nearly 30 years in the field.

Erica (Edgar) Hoyt ’93BSN ’19EdD, associate instructor at the UCF College of Nursing, graduated from UCF with her Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.

Valerie Lapp ’99BSN ’09MSN ’16PhD, magnet coordinator at Arnold Palmer Medical Center, shares that her hospital received magnet recognition in 2018. She also passed the Nurse Executive-Advanced board certification exam and became a grandma.

Emily (Barrett) Marcella ’93BSN, director of the continence center at Nemours Children’s Hospital, was published in the May/June 2019 issue of Urologic Nursing Journal.

Sandy Graham ’92BSN ­ ran into Dean Sole at The National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Orlando.

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Susan Brasher ’03BSN ’07MSN is an assistant professor tenure track at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

Christopher Blackwell ’00BSN ’01MSN ’05PhD, director of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program and associate professor at the UCF College of Nursing, has been selected for the 2019 Class of Fellows by the American Academy of Nursing.

Allison (Gallagher) Collings ’08BSN accepted a position as an emergency room nurse practitioner at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Va. Jason A. Duprat ’09BSN, a Lt. in the U.S. Navy Reserve Nurse Corps, nurse anesthesiologist, and founder and CEO of Ketamine Academy, has launched “The Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy.” The free podcast and online community seeks to inspire, educate, and help healthcare business entrepreneurs thrive and find success.

Michele Fackler ’00BSN ’12MSN was promoted to director of emergency and critical care services at Parrish Medical Center.

Laura Gonzalez ’08PhD, clinical associate professor at the UCF College of Nursing, has been selected for the 2019 Class of Fellows by the Academy of Nursing Education.

Rachel Groves ’05BSN ’10MSN and fellow UCF alumni and former football player Ray Forsythe are launching “YESS” (Young Empowered Stroke Survivors), a non-profit foundation for young stroke survivors. The two alumni are young stroke survivors and using their experiences to help others.

Vicki Loerzel ’07PhD, the Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Professor in Oncology Nursing and associate professor at the UCF College of Nursing, has been selected for the 2019 Class of Fellows by the American Academy of Nursing.

Jacqleen (Jacqui) Marin ’06BSN, who has worked at Baptist Hospital in Miami since graduation, was nominated as the hospital’s labor and delivery unit 2018 Magnet Nurse of the Year.

Amy Painter ’06BSN moved from Atlanta, Ga., to Oviedo, Fla., and is working at AdventHealth PICU. Stacie (Alderman) Rice ’05BSN, a clinical nurse expert in emergency services at Piedmont Healthcare Corp. in Ga., is currently pursuing a post-master’s FNP certificate and DNP degree.

Elizabeth Wren ’07BSN ’12MSN transitioned a transplant PCU into an intermediate care unit taking kidney transplants directly from PACU care at AdventHealth Orlando.

’10s Samantha (Brown) Austin ’11BSN has found her ‘home’ in the specialty of treating rheumatology, enjoying the private practice environment and complexity of treating autoimmune diseases.

After graduation from UCF, she earned an MSN as a FNP with a subspecialty in orthopedics.

Karen Bell ’18MSN was named chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Manchester in Kentucky.

Emma (Kaplan) Breithaupt ’17BSN is now an ambulatory GU oncology nurse with Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, N.C. Stacy Brzezinski ’10MSN, process and quality improvement manager for home healthcare at Orlando Health and adjunct faculty member at the UCF College of Nursing, received the Clinical Advocate of the Year award at the annual Florida Nursing Students Association convention.

Timothy Burns ’16MSN retired in July 2018 from the City of Binghamton Fire Department after 21 years of service. In August 2018, he began a new position as an instructor in the School of Nursing at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Blake Lynch (Nurse Blake) ’14BSN delivered the keynote address at the UCF College of Nursing’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony in October and spoke at the Student Nurses’ Association meeting while on campus.

“I hope you’ll join us in celebrating 40 years by nominating a Noble Knight Nurse and Re-U-Knighting at the Gala!”

Christina Gonzalez Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement To discuss alumni engagement programming or annual giving, please contact me at: PHONE 407.823.2422 EMAIL c.gonzalez@ucf.edu

2019­ EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lilian Canamo ’15BSN was honored by UC San Diego Health with the Clinical Nurse of the Year award.

Congratulations to the following alumni members who were honored by the Theta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma, the international nursing honor society:

Kristen Clark ’17MSN moved to San Francisco, Calif., to pursue her PhD. She was awarded a two-year Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship and after giving birth to her son, is currently taking her qualification exam to advance to candidacy. Her dissertation is on the development of a quality care measure for gender minority patients.

Amy Coisnard ’19BSN accepted a GN position on the Arnold Palmer Care Team.

Renee Donaldson ’15BSN moved to Arizona to start her career as a nursing clinical instructor at Mohave Community College.

Kate Dorminy ’06BSN ’10MSN began a new position as an internship experiences coordinator at the UCF College of Nursing.

Cynthia Dubs ’17MSN has accepted a fulltime tenure track position with Hillsborough Community College in Tampa.

Patricia Geddie ’15PhD, clinical nursing specialist in adult oncology at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center, has had a momentous year.

Geddie was inducted in the inaugural class of fellows of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, was honored with the Advanced Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year award from the Oncology Nursing Society, received a UCF College of Nursing Outstanding Alumni award, and was published in Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Shannon (Hassett) Harville ’16BSN married her UCF Knight in shining armor Christian Harville ’17 on March 9.

Carrie Lewis ’15MSN has accepted a new position as a clinical data analyst at AdventHealth Orlando.

Amanda Leyva ’18BSN, a NICUregistered nurse at Winnie Palmer Hospital, was honored as one of UCF’s 30 Under 30 award recipients of 2019. Leyva serves as philanthropy chair for the Theta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma, the international nursing honor society, and is a reunion committee volunteer. After Hurricane Maria, she was integral in launching the Puerto Rico Disaster Relief Project to collect supplies and donations for the victims.

Nursing Excellence in Leadership Ellen Reising ’00BSN ’09MSN Nursing Excellence in Scholarship Erica Hoyt ’93BSN ’19EdD Amber O’Connor ’14BSN and her husband, Michael O’Connor ’09, welcomed their daughter, Delia Rose, on March 29.

Nursing Excellence in Service Eliany Torrez Pon ’18BSN

Joy Parchment ’15PhD, director of nursing strategy implementation at Orlando Health, was honored with the Mentor Award from the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE).

Amanda Schultz ’17BSN, a clinical nurse in the level 4 NICU at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has taken on several new leadership roles. She is her unit’s advancing practice and education chair, discharge planning chair, and primary preceptor. Additionally, she has received her CCRN certification, achieved PEAK I (Professional Excellence & Advancing Knowledge) status, and teaches critical care orientation monthly. She is also developing a quality improvement project based on an evidence-based project she created during her first year at the hospital.

Karenna Thatcher ’17MSN, manager of experience learning design and patient experience at AdventHealth, received her Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification.

Eliany Torrez Pon ’18BSN finished her first year as a new graduate pediatric emergency room nurse at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando.

In Memoriam Kavika “Sofia” Chugh ’18BSN was tragically killed in a car crash in December 2018. Chugh graduated with honors from UCF and was a member of the Burnett Honors College. She had been working as an RN at Dr. Phillips Hospital in Orlando, a job she loved in a profession that she had great enthusiasm for.

“Kavika had an interest in working with vulnerable patients and her loss is also their loss,” said Associate Instructor Kim Dever who was her honors thesis mentor. “I miss her and the promise of her future.”

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