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Leslie Parker Named College of Nursing Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship

Leslie Parker, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, FAAN, was recently named the College of Nursing’s associate dean for research and scholarship. Dr. Parker has served in an interim capacity since last summer. She is now poised to lead the college into an exciting new chapter of collaboration and innovation. Working closely with…

College of Nursing Faculty Members Receive Southern Nursing Research Society Awards

Angela Starkweather, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, and Lisa Scarton, PHD, RN, recently received awards at the Southern Nursing Research Society’s conference held in Charlotte, NC. Starkweather received the Distinguished Researcher Award, which recognizes a nurse whose program of research has enhanced the science and practice of nursing in the Southern region. Scarton received…

UF-led Study Shows Dignity Therapy Comforts Whether Guided by Nurse or Chaplain

Dignity therapy provides significant spiritual and existential comfort to older, palliative care cancer patients, whether offered by a nurse or a chaplain, according to a study led by the University of Florida College of Nursing’s Diana Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Northwestern University’s Linda Emanuel, PhD, MD. Dignity therapy includes…

AI technology: A promising aid in nursing education and beyond

Nurses would probably be more satisfied, experience less burnout and stay in the profession longer if they had broad access to AI, according to Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MS, RN, FAMIA, associate professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing.  “Many nurses leave the profession because of all the heavy…

UF Nursing Faculty Expand Campus Health Care Access

UF College of Nursing students may have noticed few familiar faces at the Student Health Care Center on campus this semester. Thanks to a collaboration between UF College of Nursing faculty and the UF SHCC, nursing faculty now serve as providers at the clinic during the busy fall and spring…

Staja “Star” Booker awarded prestigious science communication fellowship

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Staja “Star” Booker, PhD, RN, for being named a Mayday Pain and Society Fellow! This competitive science communication fellowship supports the next generation of pain experts who develop evidence-based information about pain care and treatment, as well as promising research emerging in the field. Booker will…

UF Nursing faculty advance nursing informatics research

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tamara Macieira, PhD, RN, R. Murray And Annabel Davis Jenks Endowed Professor, Gail Keenan, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Research Associate Professor Yingwei Yao, PhD, for receiving funding for the R33 phase of their study, “Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care…

In the News: UF Nursing Faculty Discover Ways to Improve Nurse Retention

Clinical Assistant Professor Bryce Catarelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-C recently appeared in a segment hosted by WPLG 10 to speak about her work with Clinical Assistant Professor Patrick Nobles, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNL and Clinical Lecturer Michael Aull, MSN, BSN, to research strategies that can be used to improve retention rates…