UF students awarded scholarships from national nursing organization

Two University of Florida College of Nursing students have been awarded scholarships from the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses Foundation for the 2005-06 academic year. They were among 100 students nationwide chosen from more than 340 applicants.

Doctoral student Amanda Floetke Elliott, part of the college's accelerated B.S.N. to Ph.D. program, was one of the 44 graduate student awardees, and Jennifer Stelling, a senior B.S.N. student, was one of 56 undergraduate student awardees.

Elliott has been an active member of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, sitting on a national task force and attending the organization's meeting last year. Stelling showed a strong interest and commitment to perioperative nursing and hopes to pursue a career in operating room nursing.