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The Gator Nurse Summer 2019

The summer issue of The Gator Nurse magazine is now online! Read the cover story on the nursing shortage, meet our new faculty, find out how two Florida alumni have partnered to help African organizations. Read online now: http://gatornurse.nursing.ufl.edu…

DNP program moves up in national rankings

The UF College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program remained the top-ranked DNP program in Florida and moved up to #24 nationally in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings, up from #28 last year. “As the top D.N.P. program in the state and…

Spring Break Study Abroad: Grenada 2019

A group of six University of Florida College of Nursing BSN students will spend their spring break in the Caribbean. Led by Dr. Paula Delpech, the Gator Nurses hit the road for the island of Grenada March 1 for the nine-day educational service trip. Delpech, a native…

Giving Day

Thank you to all who gave during the inaugural Gator Nation Giving Day Feb. 26! Official numbers are still being tallied, but Gator Nurses certainly answered the call to "Stand Up and Holler!" Because of your generosity, College of Nursing students have access to the best resources and faculty who Care, Lead and Inspire.Thank you!

Celebrating Black History Month

To commemorate Black History Month, every week the College of Nursing will highlight a pioneering, accomplished Black Gator Nurse. Feb. 11 Rose Rivers, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FNAP, (BSN 1988, MSN 1999, PhD 1995). Dr. Rivers is the founder, principal and primary consultant for Restoring Joy to Leadership, a spiritually…

DNP Residency Reflection

"My experience in the DNP residency with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Washington, D.C., taught me that my responsibility goes beyond the provider’s office." -- Ulyana Arzamasova, UF College of Nursing DNP student

The Gator Nurse Fall 2018

The fall issue of The Gator Nurse magazine is now online! Read about our plans to renovate the college’s Pettengill Nursing Resource Center to create a state-of-the-art Innovation and Learning Lab (and how you can help!). Also meet our new faculty, learn about faculty and student accomplishments and find out…

Gator Nurses Give Thanks

Whether it’s scholarship support, the brightest students, professors who truly care, or the many opportunities available at the UF College of Nursing, Gator Nursing students and faculty share what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Schentrup Receives NP State Award

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Denise Schentrup, DNP, APRN, BC, is the recipient of the 2019 Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. This annual award recognizes an individual nurse practitioner in each state who has demonstrated excellence in practice. Schentrup serves as clinical…

Veterans and Gator Nurse alumni establish MSC Patriot Award

McFarlane (right) with MSC Patriot Award recipient Terry Tokash. This Veterans’ Day, the UF College of Nursing salutes the three veterans and Gator Nurse alumni who established the MSC Patriot Award, which provides scholarship assistance to nursing students…