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 [...]

A University of Florida College of Nursing assistant professor has received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a speech-generating device for patients who cannot speak. Carmen Rodriguez, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., received funding from the National Institutes of Health Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research program to support the development of [...]

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. [...]

A University of Florida College of Nursing doctoral student is one of a select group of predoctoral students nationwide chosen to receive a $100,000 scholarship supporting the work of nursing scholars in gerontology. Toni Glover, M.S.N., A.R.N.P., was awarded the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholarship to support her full-time doctoral [...]

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 [...]

He wriggles a ruddy hand and squirms. She beams. He opens his eyes. She kisses his forehead, careful of the tubes taped to his face. He sleeps. She gazes, cradling his 4-pound, 14-ounce body in her arms. Stephanie Barron collects these moments as she sits an arm’s length from a plastic incubator in the neonatal [...]

Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H., dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, graduated from the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, held June 18-July 2 at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. The Summer Institute, a 35-year partnership between Bryn Mawr College and Higher Education Resource Services, HERS, is a residential professional development program dedicated [...]