IMPACT REPORT HONORING THE PAST, TRAILBLAZING THE FUTURE
2022-2023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING BY THE NUMBERS PROGRAMS
1,831 Total number of students enrolled as of fall 2022 Master of Science in Nursing Program Specialties
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Tracks
Graduate Programs MSN: 509 Nurse Anesthesiology: 149 DNP: 220 PhD: 18
Undergraduate Programs Freshman Entry: 275 RN-BSN: 186 Accelerated Second Degree: 250 Upper Division: 203 Veteran to BSN (V-CARE): 21
Total: 896
Total: 935
Clinical Partners (Clinical Partner Sites)
1,300+ Locations 1,366 Clinical Partner Locations 34 States 1,246 in the State of Florida 5 International Sites
50 YEARS IN THE MAKING bit.ly/USFNursingJubilee
1973 Five mobile classrooms, 4,000 square feet, comprise the college
1975 In June 1975, 41 students earned their bachelor’s degree in nursing. Students completed clinical hours at Tampa General Hospital, Hillsborough County Hospital, Tampa Veterans Hospital, or with one clinical affiliate. In this class, 8 percent were male, and 5 percent reported ethnic diversity.
1990
2000
Office of Nursing Research established
10-year accreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
1997 Doctoral program implemented with admission of seven students to charter class
2003 Groundbreaking for new College of Nursing building
2020 Usha Menon named dean and senior associate vice president for USF Health
TRAILBLAZING GROWTH AAU membership to bring extraordinary benefits to USF, Tampa Bay and state of Florida USF’s historic invitation to join the Association of American Universities takes what many in Tampa Bay once considered a “best-kept secret” to an unprecedented new level. Joining the AAU is a tremendous milestone as it formalizes USF’s position as a leading research university. Founded in 1956, the university has rapidly evolved into a global powerhouse that transforms lives through education, research, and innovation. USF, with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, is the first public university in Florida to be invited to join the AAU in nearly 40 years and is now one of only two institutions from the State University System of Florida to serve as an AAU member.
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NRC Makes USF College of Nursing Home
USF Expansion Welcomes FCN
The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education has a new home at the USF College of Nursing. Under the direction of Kristine Gauthier, PhD, MPH, PNP-BCPC, the center continues to enhance and maintain the health and safety performance standards compiled in Caring for Our Children Program (CFOC). In addition to her leadership of the NRC, Gauthier is an associate professor and primary care pediatric nurse practitioner concentration director for the USF College of Nursing.
The Florida Center for Nursing (FCN) will now be housed at USF College of Nursing, under the direction of Executive Director Rayna Letourneau, PhD, RN and in partnership with the Florida Nurses Association. The FCN will enable Florida to monitor supply and demand in the nursing workforce, a critical element of understanding and dealing with the nursing shortage.
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COLLEGE RANKINGS U.S. News & World Report
Master’s (MSN)
#1
#1
MSN
#2
DNP
18
1
UGRD
Scholarships
31
185 scholarships were awarded to nursing students
No. 1 Among Public Florida (SUS) Institutions No. 18 Among Public Institutions No. 31 Among All Institutions
24
1
Doctor of Nursing Practice
33
Over 16,700 Alumni
No. 1 Among Public Florida (SUS) Institutions No. 24 Among Public Institutions No. 33 Among All Institutions
Undergraduate
2
37
51
238 abstracts, posters, presentations (conferences), books, and book chapters
No. 2 Among Public Florida (SUS) Institutions No. 37 Among Public Institutions No. 51 Among All Institutions
$4,620,853 Grant funding awarded wherein our faculty were PI, Co-PI or Co-I
27 active
grant-funded projects
153 journal
articles published
NURSING EXPANSION Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approved $33 million in the FY 2022-23 budget for the USF College of Nursing to expand its infrastructure on USF’s Tampa campus with enhanced simulation training space. In addition, Gov. DeSantis approved $6.9 million in recurring funding for the college to hire faculty and staff.
Learn more about our expansion health.usf.edu/nursing/nursing-expansion
By 2028, the USF College of Nursing will graduate over 750 undergraduate nursing students each year, a roughly 200% increase over the five-year period. Through extensive partnerships with local and regional hospitals and health care systems, the college can provide practice-based training and confidently route new graduates to employment, fulfilling the critical need for nurses in Florida.
TRAILBLAZING PARTNERSHIPS The Florida Board of Governors approved two Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) proposals to enhance collaboration between the USF College of Nursing and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation and Moffitt Cancer Center.
Johns Hopkins All Children’s
Moffitt Cancer Center
The USF College of Nursing will provide nursing students on the St. Petersburg campus with access to high-fidelity simulation training. This is the first time in the history of the college that this simulation training will be provided in St. Petersburg. Nursing students will practice in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s state-of-the-art simulation center.
USF College of Nursing will increase access to new, high-quality simulation activities for students learning to care for oncology patients by bringing modern high-fidelity equipment into the simulation laboratory for students across all three campuses. This immersive and dynamic teaching-learning environment replicates clinical scenarios in the lab and allows for a seamless transition to practice opportunities for USF students and Moffitt nurse residents through shared space and experiential activities.
GLOBAL REACH New Sicilian Partnerships
Barranquilla, Colombia
In the fall of 2022, the college signed general agreements of understanding (GAUs) with nursing programs at the Kore University of Enna and the University of Catania, providing greater opportunities for global exchanges for faculty and students for training, internships, research endeavors, and professional development.
Eighteen USF nursing students spent 10 days in Barranquilla for a Global Public Health Nursing Clinical through a partnership with Uninorte: Universidad del Norte Colombia. Together, USF and Uninorte faculty designed and planned specific curriculum focusing on addressing global health issues across the two countries and languages. Students provided nursing care to reduce the risk of disease and injury while promoting health and wellness across diverse populations.
MO-BULL NURSE MEDICAL CLINIC Addressing Access to Health Services Many people in the United States are unable to receive needed health care because it is not accessible or available nearby. Mobile health clinics can improve health by providing health care to people where they live and where they work. These clinics can also play a key role in preparing future nurses and health care providers by providing expanded clinical learning
The College of Nursing Going “Mo-Bull” for Clinicals Through a four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (award number UK1HP46068), the USF College of Nursing launched the Mo-Bull Nurse Medical Clinic. Complete with two exam rooms, a bathroom, a freezer, and a pop-up awning, the clinic is staffed with two advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), a patient care coordinator, faculty preceptors, and serves as a clinical training site for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Starting in year two, rotation opportunities will be available to interprofessional teams of students at USF Health. The project will be guided by a Community Advisory Board that will meet twice a year.
Learn more about the Mo-Bull Nurse Medical Clinic Visit the clinic’s webpage at http://bit.ly/mobull
opportunities such as high-quality culturally sensitive care in community-engaged settings, identifying and understanding Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in local communities and integrating SDOH into the plan of care, and facilitating a collaborative inter-professional team approach to care.
health.usf.edu/nursing