Kelly University of Florida College of Nursing Assistant Professor Debra Lynch Kelly, Ph.D., R.N. O.C.N., and her interdisciplinary team received a $419,375 award over two years from the National Institute of Nursing Research to fund the R21 study titled “Developing the Biobehavioral Foundation for Self-Management of Psychoneurological…
Dr. Gee Su Yang For the first time in its history, a University of Florida College of Nursing postdoctoral associate is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. Gee Su Yang, Ph.D,…
Thousands of lives were changed on Sept. 11, 2001. For one young girl, the events of this day would shape her family, career path and future in nursing.
Janet Lopez For the seventh year, the UF College of Nursing has been awarded a Jonas Nurse Scholar grant to help fund the doctoral studies of one student for two years. Janet Lopez, who is in her third year of the Ph.D. program at the…
Although students in the Traditional BSN program technically have the summer off from classes, Gator Nurses always take advantage of any opportunity to learn and grow. These incoming seniors share their experiences from this summer — participating in study abroad programs, volunteering in health clinics and learning valuable nursing skills in…
The summer issue of The Gator Nurse is available to read online! Check out how the College of Nursing transformed the BSN curriculum to graduate the ideal nurse and read all about our faculty, student and alumni accomplishments!…
This summer, the College of Nursing celebrated 102 Accelerated B.S.N. graduates, 64 R.N.-B.S.N. graduates, six D.N.P. graduates and four Ph.D. graduates during commencement ceremonies on the UF campus. The doctoral ceremony took place Friday, August 10, at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center along with the college’s annual Pinning Ceremony at the…
Founding Dean Dorothy Smith coined the phrase “knowledge-based clinical excellence,” a concept that is now being used in the new undergraduate curriculum. The landscape and…
Leslie Parker, Clinical Associate Professor, UF College of Nursing University of Florida Associate Professor Leslie Parker, Ph.D., ARNP, NNP-BC, was notified August 3 by the National Institute of Nursing Research that her research grant proposal, Optimal Feeding Tube Dwell…
The 2018 Class of Fellows will be inducted in November in Washington, D.C.
