Welcome new Faculty members >>> her alma mater with its 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. In 2009, she received the Flame of Excellence Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Sole continues to lend her expertise as a legislative-appointed member of the Florida Biomedical Research Advisory Council. Dr. Diane Wink, a UCF nursing professor, was inducted into the prestigious American Association of Nurse Practitioners as a 2010 Fellow. The FAANP program was established in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through nurse practitioner clinical practice, research, education, or policy. A limited number of nurse practitioners are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year. She is the first member of the UCF College of Nursing to be selected for this great honor. •
With the consistent growth of our college, we are pleased to have welcomed several new members to our dynamic nursing faculty in 2010 and 2011. Debra J. DiChiara, MSN, RN
Susan K. Chase, Ed.D., ARNP, FNP-BC, FNAP
Instructor, Daytona
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies; and Professor
Joyce Burr, Msn, RN, AHN-BC
Norma E. Conner, Ph.D., RN
Visiting Instructor, Cocoa
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Community Nursing Coalitions
Jon Decker, Ph.D., ARNP, FNP-bc
Kimberly Dever, MSN, RN-BC
Assistant Professor
Instructor
Angela Ritten, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
Elizabeth Loika, MSN, RN
New Appointments >>> Stephen D. Heglund, MSN, ARNP Instructor, Cocoa; and Coordinator, R.N. to B.S.N. and R.N. to M.S.N.
Victoria lOERZEL, Ph.D., RN, ocn Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Honors in the Major (HIM)
Visiting Instructor
Instructor, Seminole/UCF Concurrent A.S.N. to B.S.N.
Julee Waldrop, DNP, ARNP, PNP-BC, FNP-BC
Patricia Weinstein, Ph.D., ARNP Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
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