Look around. Diversity is an issue for UF, but it’s a problem HSC leaders are trying to solve. The grandmother, a black woman in her 70s, seemed surprised when Donna Parker, M.D., walked into the room at the Alachua County Health Department. It was 14 years ago, but Parker still remembers the woman’s exact words: [...]

Gloria McWhirter, M.S.N., R.N., a clinical assistant professor of nursing, was recently elected to the National Black Nurses Association board of directors. McWhirter teaches nursing courses to undergraduate students and also coordinates academic student services in the college. She developed and implements a preparation program for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. McWhirter [...]

University of Florida College of Nursing administrator Andrea Gregg, D.S.N., R.N., has been elected president of the Florida Nurses Association. Gregg, an associate professor, is director of the College of Nursing’s Jacksonville campus. The Florida Nurses Association is a constituent of the American Nurses Association and the only organization representing more than 200,000 nurses in [...]

The University of Florida College of Nursing has expanded its class size and will add faculty members through a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs designed to address the nation’s severe nursing shortage. UF was one of four universities the VA recently selected to form the VA Nursing Academy, a five-year, $40-million [...]

University of Florida College of Nursing assistant professor Jeanne Marie Stacciarini, Ph.D., R.N., has received a $202,113 supplementary grant from the National Institutes of Health to study depression in Latinas and promote diversity in health-related research. The supplement was awarded under the NIH study associate professor Shawn Kneipp, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., is conducting to determine ways [...]

University of Florida College of Nursing associate professor Meredeth Rowe, Ph.D., R.N., has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. The academy awards fellowships to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to effective nursing through practice, research, creative development, scholarly work, the influence of public policy or a combination of these. Fellows [...]

Shawn Kneipp, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., an associate professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing, has been invited to join the editorial board of the journal Nursing Research. Nursing Research, the official journal of the Eastern Nursing Research Society and the Western Institute of Nursing, is one of the most highly ranked journals in nursing. [...]

A University of Florida College of Nursing faculty member has been named one of Northeast Florida’s 2007 Great 100 Nurses. Jane Gannon, M.S.N., C.N.M., a clinical assistant professor on the UF Health Science Center’s Jacksonville campus, was honored at a ceremony held during National Nurses Week. The Great 100 Nurses of Northeast Florida Inc. is [...]

Six lives, six graduates Hundreds of students will graduate this year from the Health Science Center’s six colleges. Meet a few members of the Class of 2007 who have inspired us already Don Quixote in a white coat By April Frawley Birdwell Dean Chapman looks like a doctor. Not just any doctor either. With his [...]

Women who undergo breast enlargement often see a sizable boost in self-esteem and positive feelings about their sexuality, a University of Florida nurse researcher reports. Although plastic surgery should not be seen as a panacea for feelings of low self-worth or sexual attractiveness, it is important for health-care practitioners to understand the psychological benefits of [...]