The University of Florida College of Nursing is recognizing efforts from student nurses, faculty and alumni who serve rural communities. Through hands-on patient-care experiences such as those offered at UF Health Archer Family Health Care, the college’s nurse-led practice, these rural health care heroes are poised to transform health for…
At the UF College of Nursing, the celebration of UF International Education Week started early. On Oct. 17, the college’s latest international visitors were greeted with a warm, welcoming “Bem-vindo” after a nearly 15-hour trip from South America. Thanks to a collaboration 10 years in the making, 10 nursing faculty…
For 2022 NP Week, AANP has set the following theme: NPs: Rising to meet the needs of patients. For more than half a century, NPs have been leading the charge to reduce health disparities and ensure that high-quality, person-centered health care is readily accessible to people in communities nationwide. NPs…
From the time she was a little girl growing up in Titusville, Florida, UF College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice student, Akia Davis, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, knew she would dedicate her life in service of others. After seeing success as a college basketball player, Davis graduated from the College…
For UF official updates, please visit: UF Weather Alerts UF College of Nursing Jacksonville Campus: The University of Florida campus will close and classes will be canceled beginning at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and continuing through Wednesday, Aug. 30. All academic and student-related activities, including…
Current Alumni Council President, Ashley-Marie Mendez (ABSN 2014) shared her Gator Nursing story with students. Ashley-Marie has practiced at UF Health in a variety of roles, including trauma and lung transplant medical-surgical nurse and lung transplant nurse coordinator. She currently practices with with UF Health Shands HomeCare as a home…
Dear faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends: I write to you to share my intention to step down as dean of the UF College of Nursing on June 30, 2023. This will mark the completion of my 10th year as dean. Serving the students, faculty, administration and citizens of the…
Anna McDaniel (left) and Irene Alexaitis pose with the New Era for Academic Nursing Award. In recognition of their exceptional academic nursing partnership, the UF College of Nursing and UF Health Nursing have been selected to receive the New Era for Academic Nursing Award by the American Association of Colleges…
For the first time since 2019, UF Health recognized 33 newly endowed professors and chairs in the six health science colleges during the Oct. 13 ceremony, Celebrating Distinction. Hosted by David R. Nelson, MD, senior vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida and president of UF Health,…
Oct. 17 marked the start of Research Week, the start of a week-long celebration of nursing research and innovation at the UF College of Nursing! Our faculty set the standard for excellence when it comes to scholarship that aims to improve nursing education, patient care and health outcomes. Learn how…
