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VA-UF Nursing Center of Excellence
VA Nursing Academy – UF Partnership
To include RN to MSN (CNL)
Pilot Program to begin Summer 2008
The VA Nursing Academy – UF Partnership has numerous components designed to increase student enrollment, nurse recruitment and retention, and to improve the quality of care to the nation’s veterans. One part of this program is the year long residency for graduate nurses. Another aspect of this program is the RN-MSN (CNL) option for newly hired associate degree graduate nurses.
A pilot program of 10 will be accepted into the VA RN to MSN (CNL) option of the nurse residency beginning Summer 2008. For more details about this program contact Julia Tortorice, Program Director for RN Residency Program at 352-374-1611, Ext. 7578 Julia.Tortorice@va.gov or Dr. Maxine Hinze, VA-UF Nursing Academy Program Director at 352-273-6431 or hinzemm@ufl.edu.