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UF nurses-in-training get a high-tech boost with a gift from the Kirbo Charitable Foundation.

It’s never too late to pursue your passion. For Betty Alcover, 47, making the transition from the financial side to the medical side of healthcare was a keen goal of hers. Starting out in insurance billing at a top hospital in Tampa, FL, Betty longed for patient care. To achieve…

Congratulations to Robert Lucero, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, associate professor, and his colleague, Dr. Patricia Dykes at Harvard Medical School, on receiving a Notice of Award for a two-year $1 million AHRQ project titled: Shareable, Interoperable Clinical decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered…

Versie Johnson-Mallard, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, associate dean for student affairs, has been appointed to the Board on Gulf Education and Engagement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Her term officially…

Staja “Star” Booker, PhD, RN, assistant professor, was elected to the Board of Directors for the US Association for the Study of Pain, USASP as of July. In her new role, Star will represent the vested…

Dean McDaniel was featured on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Gallery of Leadership, which spotlights insights from member deans whose faculty and students are leading efforts to confront the pandemic in their communities. Here Dean McDaniel touches on how the UF College of Nursing has demonstrated leadership in addressing…

July 07, 2020 Dear UF International Students, As you may be aware, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program office (SEVP) announced new guidelines yesterday concerning the number of online courses that international students may take to remain in status in the Fall 2020 semester. These guidelines affect all universities across…

We are pleased to share that Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FAAN, will join the Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Study Section (NRCS) standing panel and will serve a four-year term as of July 2020! Her membership on the standing panel involves a commitment to attend three in-person review meetings during her term. The…

Gator Nurse Shayna Rabess (RN-BSN 2010) learned last week that her project – “Implementation of a Transitional Care Model (TCM) in the Heart Failure Population” – has been selected to take part in the 2020 Florida Blue Health Innovation Challenge.  Over $25 billion is spent on preventable complications…

The year 2020 has appropriately been deemed the “Year of the Nurse”, honoring the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, and recognizing nursing’s commitment to improving the health and wellness of patients all over the world. As we continue to acknowledge the leadership, excellence, and innovations in nursing, UF Health…