Tue Aug 24
An educator from a low-income immigrant family. A private pilot. An NCAA soccer standout. These are some of this year’s Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are now called to care for others. Thanks to the generosity of the Helene Fuld Health Trust, these scholars are able to focus fully on their studies. It is an exclusive…
Wed Jul 21
Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the new chair for the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in the UCF College of Nursing. As department chair, Shattell will oversee and manage undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs that prepare students for leadership roles in healthcare.…
Fri Jul 2
The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing has inducted Elizabeth (Lisa) Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC into its inaugural class of scholars. Scholars were recognized during a virtual ceremony of the academy on June 26, 2021. Kinchen was honored as a Scholar of the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing for her outstanding contributions to holistic nursing practice, education and…
Tue Jun 29
Leading healthcare simulation expert Desiree A. Díaz, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, has been honored with the inaugural Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity Excellence Award from the International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL). Awards were presented during the 2021 INACSL Annual Conference last week. The award recognizes an exemplary role model dedicated to diversity,…
Sun May 9
Morgan Ruggiero started off the year 2020 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and injured meniscus. The damage was severe enough that even though the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, doctors urged her to move forward with surgery in May 2020. As she mentally prepared herself, she expected to at least have the…
Fri May 7
The spring Class of 2021 has truly exemplified the UCF calling to “Charge On!” – having completed the last year of their degree during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our students have grown during this unique time in history and demonstrated that they are ready to show the world what it means to be a Knight nurse.”…
Thu Apr 15
Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center in the College of Nursing, is among the first to receive the advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Spears was in the first cohort of 25 professionals from four countries to earn the international…
Thu Apr 15
Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center in the College of Nursing, has been awarded the first advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Spears was in the first cohort of 25 professionals from four countries to earn the international credentials. The…
Mon Mar 29
Nursing Assistant Professor Ladda Thiamwong works with elderly patients and tackles one of the most pressing issues facing this population: the mental and physical instability surrounding life-threatening falls. With the help of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, Thiamwong has developed a treatment regiment for aging patients, which assesses not only their physical abilities but their…
Mon Mar 22
“Iam passionate about education and I hold myself to high standards,” says Sadie Richards, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and 2021 recipient of the Order of Pegasus award. “As a first-generation college student, I consider it a privilege to have the opportunity of a college education, so I don’t take it…
Mon Mar 22
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted Veronica Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP, assistant professor in the UCF College of Nursing, in the Class of 2021 Distinguished Fellows (FNAP). Fellows were recognized in a virtual induction ceremony during the NAP Annual Meeting & Forum on Friday, March 19, 2021. Decker was honored as a…
Thu Mar 18
Professor Mindi Anderson, inaugural director of UCF’s Healthcare Simulation graduate program in the College of Nursing, today was named 2020 Educator of the Year by the International Society for Simulation in Healthcare. An educator for more than two decades, Anderson was an early pioneer in adopting healthcare simulation in academic settings and today is one of the…
Wed Mar 10
Once again U.S. News & World Report has ranked UCF among the best online programs in the nation for both undergraduate and graduate nursing degrees. In the 2021 Best Online Programs rankings, UCF is ranked No. 8 for Best Online Nursing Education Master’s programs, No. 14 for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs, and No. 27 (tie) for Best Online Master’s…
Fri Feb 12
Delainey Dietz was happy and relaxed as she sat under a large white tent, one of dozens set up in what was once a long-term parking lot near the Orlando International Airport now converted into a mass vaccination site for the community. “I’m not nervous,” she says, her eyes smiling above her face covering. “I’ve…
Thu Feb 4
The one-day, live and interactive online course will be led by UCF’s healthcare simulation experts and will prepare healthcare professionals to become a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE). The CHSE Blueprint Review Course will be held on Friday, March 5, 2021. Attendees will be awarded 7 CEUs and discounts are available for UCF faculty, staff and students.…
Wed Jan 6
Next week, when the Spring 2021 semester begins, senior nursing student Josée Etienne will return to UCF to complete her clinicals, coursework and honors thesis. But for Etienne and several other nursing students, the semester almost didn’t happen. Last year, at the beginning of March, halfway through the second semester of her junior year, things…
Tue Dec 8
Falls in older adults are the leading cause of fatal injury, and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admission according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a global issue that aging expert Ladda Thiamwong has been focused on for 20 years. After seeing older adults die from a fall in her native…
Mon Dec 7
The U.S. population is becoming more diverse and therefore, so are the patients seeking healthcare. But for these growing number of patients, their healthcare outcomes are often vastly different compared to white patients. Among the most staggering statistic is the fact that Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native women are two to three times more…
Mon Nov 23
Every day I wake up wondering, “Is today the day?” Is today the day I am going to have to care for someone infected with the virus that has the whole world quarantined? While most of the world is practicing social distancing and avoiding contact to protect themselves and their families, there are a handful…
Thu Nov 5
Of our nation’s nearly 20 million veterans, 5.1 million live in rural America. Assisting rural ex-military who have served us, one of UCF’s veterans has a key role by sitting on the national Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee that advises the U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary. Angeline Bushy, a UCF College of Nursing professor and the…