UF Nursing research to study milk production to mark National Breastfeeding Month

For this year’s National Breastfeeding Month, a University of Florida College of Nursing researcher has pledged to study how to give the tiniest patients the…

UF nursing researcher helps create global interventions for sickle cell disease

Angela Howard was not expected to live past childhood. Diagnosed with sickle cell disease at age 2, her doctors and nurses predicted the painful disease would…

Shakira Henderson named UF College of Nursing dean

Shakira Henderson, Ph.D., D.N.P., M.S., M.P.H., EMBA, has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing — the sixth in the college’s 67-year…

UF Health research powers university’s record research spending

The six colleges within the University of Florida Health helped power a record $1.25 billion in university research expenditures in fiscal 2023, delivering…

UF Nursing researchers explore tactics to combat first-year nurse burnout

Just weeks after graduation, new nurses immediately become the latest additions to the frontlines of patient care. Stress caused by long work hours, staff…

UF Health mentorship program inspires next generation of Gator nurses

The homegrown nurse leaders of tomorrow may soon sprout from Gainesville’s own backyard, thanks to a new UF-led community outreach and mentorship effort.…

New partnership allows historically Black university students a pathway to earn UF nursing degree

Students from a historically Black university in Florida will soon have a dedicated pathway to earn a bachelor of science in nursing, or B.S.N., degree from…

UF College of Nursing, UF Health Shands Nursing, launch new program to fund nursing research and innovation

From developing new ways to communicate with patients to testing treatment protocols or running research trials in the hospital, nurses are known for coming up…

UF College of Nursing receives $3.6 million to address nurse shortage

T he COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health care has made it more important than ever for nursing schools to educate the next generation of front-line providers.…

UF nursing researcher gets to the ‘heart’ of cardiac health disparities

When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the…

UF colleges of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing among nation’s elite in graduate school rankings

The University of Florida College of Medicine retained its spot as the state’s top-ranked medical school and remains among the nation’s premier institutions,…

A solution to shortages: UF nursing program aids retention, recruitment

Since spring 2020, nurses across the globe have carried the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic on their tired shoulders, facing unimaginably challenging work…