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Jones Awarded Highly Competitive Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship
Recent RN-to-BSN graduate and incoming PhD student Christina Jones was selected to receive the 2017-2018 Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship. She will receive a $16,500 scholarship and additional funding in the amount of $1,500 to cover her expenses for attending AACN’s Faculty Development Conference…
Postdoctoral Associate Scarton to Participate in NIH Leaders Conference
College of Nursing Postdoctoral associate Lisa Scarton was selected by the National Institutes of Health Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity to participate in the NIH Future Research Leaders Conference (FRLC) on September 12-14, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland. “The applicant pool was very strong with over 170 applications from early-career…
Hays Selected to Serve in Emerging Leaders Program
Clinical Assistant Professor Stacia Hays, DNP, ARNP has been selected to participate in the Florida Center for Nursing/Florida Action Coalition Board Service Initiative for Emerging Nurse Leaders. The purpose of the three-month training, supported by the Florida Blue Foundation, is to prepare nurse leaders to speak for the health…
Welcome to the Summer 2017 ONLINE Issue of Gator Nurse
The summer 2017 issue of The Gator Nurse features Archer Family Health Care and encapsulates the impact of private funding on or faculty and students.
UF’s DNP Program Officially Reaccredited for Full 10 Years
The UF College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program was given official reaccreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)  for a full 10 years. The CCNE accreditation “serves the public interest by assessing and identifying programs that engage in effective educational practices. As a voluntary,…
Postdoctoral Associate Receives Numerous Honors
Ragnhildur “Raga” Bjarnadottir, postdoctoral associate in the UF College of Nursing and the UF Informatics Institute, has received numerous honors recently. At AcademyHealth’s national meeting, she received the the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues’ 2017 New Investigator of the Year award. The Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues…
PhD Student Receives National Scholarship
PhD student, Cassandre Jean-Antoine, was selected as the recipient of the LYNNE EDWARDS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP. The scholarship is sponsored by Dr. Linda Burnes-Bolton, past President of the National Black Nurses Association.  The scholarship is based on scholastic achievement and leadership for those pursuing a PhD in Nursing. Cassandre’s research interest…
Faculty Members Promoted
Sandra Citty, Ph.D., R.N., ARNP-BC, was promoted to clinical associate professor, effective July 1, 2017. Citty, who spends much of her time instructing undergraduate nursing students and mentoring graduate students in the DNP program, has focused her research on finding ways to improve electronic medical records, specifically regarding how nutritional…
Duckworth Receives UF Health Award for Study Exploring Nurse Turnover and Retention
College of Nursing Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research Laurie Duckworth, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., received the 2017 “UF Health Shands Rose Rivers Chrysalis Award for Evolving Nursing Research” for a research study titled, Exploring Registered Nurse Turnover in the Operating Room and Opportunities to Improve Nurse Retention. This project…
