USF Health College of Nursing
Preparing the Nurses of Tomorrow
Welcome to the University of South Florida's premier nursing program, the USF Health College of Nursing.
In all that we do every day, our goal is to prepare 21st-century nurses to address the health care needs of local and global communities through excellence in research, education, and clinical care. Our faculty and staff promote interdisciplinary research collaborations, and we are ranked first in NIH funding among all universities in the state. [READ MORE]
Happening Now
5/7/2018
Inspiration can be found in the most unlikely places. For College of Nursing associate professor Dr. Ponrathi Athilingam, PhD, ACNP, MCH, FAANP, FHFSA, that inspiration came from a leper living under a banyan tree outside a remote Indian village. She encountered this neighbor every day on her walk to and from school. This is how [read more]
College of Nursing News
6/27/2018
USF College of Nursing students trekked to Panama to learn first-hand how community health is administered across the globe. Fourteen nursing students spent about two weeks in the Central American country in April. The community health experience allowed students to study abroad and practice interna …
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6/27/2018
Three USF College of Nursing students recently defended their PhD dissertations and are on the road to earning their doctoral degrees in July. Suzan Abduljawad, RN, MSN, defended her dissertation “Fatigue-Related Symptom Clusters and Their Relationship with Functional Status in Older Adult Hospice P …
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6/25/2018
Kaeleigh Hill, ARNP-BC, graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 2012. She began working as a labor and delivery nurse, but decided to change directions when she was offered a position working in occupational health for the Hillsborough County Sheriff …
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6/14/2018
Sixteen College of Nursing students spent two weeks in Scotland this past April on a trip that became an immersion in global health and cultural exchange. The group arrived in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, on April 14 and stayed at the University of West Scotland’s Paisley campus. The globa …
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