As part of first lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, the University of Florida College of Nursing and the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System have committed to educating America’s future nurses to care for our nation’s veterans, service members and their families facing posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression and other clinical issues. [...]

University of Florida College of Nursing Assistant Professor Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini, Ph.D., R.N., was selected to receive the Southern Nursing Research Society Research in Minority Health Award. Stacciarini was honored for her research on the mental health of rural Latinos and her mentorship of minority students. The SNRS governing board gives the Research in Minority Health [...]

Barbara Lutz, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor at the UF College of Nursing, has been named a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor. Lutz was one of 33 UF faculty members recognized for having a distinguished record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields. [...]

Nurses in Florida are falling behind national trends in terms of education — a direction that may affect patient safety and quality of care as well as the ability to educate the next generation of nursing professionals. A statewide survey of registered nurses suggests Florida’s nursing work force is more diverse than those of other [...]

The Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education has formally accredited the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s postbaccalaureate nurse residency program — a part of a formalized VA-University of Florida College of Nursing partnership program. This makes it one of only three formally accredited nurse residencies in the country and the first-ever nurse residency accredited at [...]

University of Florida College of Nursing Associate Professor Joyce Stechmiller, Ph.D., R.N., was elected to serve a three-year term on the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel board of directors. Stechmiller is a national expert in wound care and has a long program of research focusing on chronic wound healing, nutrition, immune function and health outcomes [...]

Two nursing leaders from Jacksonville were honored as the 2010 University of Florida College of Nursing Alumni of the Year during the college’s recent spring commencement ceremony. For the first time in the award’s history, the college selected two alumni of the year to be recognized in honor of the College of Nursing’s Jacksonville Campus’ [...]

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Hilliard, Ph.D., C.N.M., a University of Florida professor emeritus who founded the College of Nursing’s nurse midwifery master’s program in 1982 and was one of the early pioneers of nurse midwifery in Florida, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, after an extended illness. She was 85. “Betty Hilliard was one of the most [...]

At almost 4 weeks old, Miracle Cromwell coos and cries like any newborn baby. However, her entrance into the world was anything but ordinary, thanks in part to a quick-thinking University of Florida College of Nursing student. It was a typical fall evening on Thursday, Nov. 19 near the UF campus: heavy traffic, dusk settling [...]

A regular tai chi exercise program can help people better control their diabetes and lower glucose levels, according to a University of Florida study. In a study of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, those who participated in a supervised tai chi exercise program two days a week with three days of home practice for [...]