Career Solutions Directory for Nurses

The College has received national and international recognition for its commitment to innovative caring-based nursing education; to the integration of teaching, research and service as an approach to education and practice; to understanding and respecting the uniqueness of those we are privileged to nurse; and to remaining visionary and on the cutting edge of nursing education. Caring is the essential concept that grounds our College. Caring guides the process of how nursing is studied as well as how we live life day-to-day. Our students and accomplished faculty examine what it means to live caring in everyday life. Understanding the substantive nature of caring not only influences daily living but it also informs and directs nursing practice.

The College of Nursing enrolls students on three campuses approximately 850 upper division undergraduate baccalaureate students; 285 masters students; and 26 doctoral students. We are proud of the student diversity. Approximately 30% of students hold baccalaureate degrees in another discipline; 34% are classified as minority (American Black, American Indian, Haitian, Asian, or Caribbean Islander); and they represent several different countries. Students maintain excellent grades despite their challenging life situations. Many students attend school full time, work, and care for families. Most of the students complete at least graduate-level study in nursing.

The School of Nursing's undergraduate nursing program offers a BSN program option designed to prepare students to become beginning professional nurses, and a RN to BSN program option designed for diploma and associate degree RN's. Our MSN program positions graduates to assume leadership roles in nursing administration, nursing education, and as nurse practitioners. The Ph.D. program prepares students to be nurse scientists who, upon graduation, will assume leadership positions in research, education, and health care systems.

Our programs aim to fulfill the University mission of quality education, community service, a caring environment, and a religious dimension. Barry's thriving campus is culturally diverse and international in focus. Nursing students are encouraged to participate in campus life, make new friends, pursue new interests, and become an integral part of the University community. 

The University of Florida College of Nursing aspires to be a model of excellence, recognized nationally for innovative education, dynamic programs of research and creative approaches to nursing practice. The College is committed to preparing nurses as practitioners and scientists who reflect and care for a diverse society, and to fostering interdisciplinary approaches to address the complexity of health-care needs.

As part of the University of Florida , the College of Nursing has all the resources of the state's flagship university at their fingertips, including a top-notch interdisciplinary Health Science Center and centers and institutes like the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of UF , the UF Genetics Institute, the UF Shands Cancer Center, and the UF Institute on Aging.

Pioneering nursing education programs offered at UF address gaps in the health care system, as do the College's innovations in technological resources and initiatives linking students to diverse and international populations. The College of Nursing has a history of pioneering leadership in nursing education, having offered Florida 's first nurse practitioner programs, and first PhD in Nursing Science program.

The School of Nursing at Florida A&M University was the first baccalaureate-degree nursing program in the state, and is the oldest HBCU program in the United States . The School of Nursing is dedicated to prepare well educated are highly skilled nurses at the baccalaureate and masters level. The faculty of the School of Nursing at Florida A&M are committed to student success and cultivates nurse leaders through the BSN program that prepares individuals for entry into professional nursing practice. The MSN program prepares individuals for advanced nursing practice as Adult/ Gerontology Nurse Practitioners or Women's Health Nurse Practitioners.

Our faculty are committed to excellence, and excel in scholarship. Faculty scholarly activities include faculty practice that is designed to improve access to health care for our community, and research that addresses health care disparities. I welcome the opportunity to share more information about our School of Nursing , and encourage you to take a moment to browse our website.

The mission of the College is to teach, conduct research, and serve the community. Our goals are:

• To prepare qualified men and women for leadership roles in basic and advanced professional nursing practice in a rapidly changing, multicultural, multiethnic, and global environment.

• To promote, expand, and validate the scientific base of nursing knowledge and practice through discovery, organization, and transmission of research-based knowledge, skills, and values.

• To collaborate with local, national, and international health care agencies in promoting excellence through cost-effective, accessible, equitable, and humanistic health care delivery systems for diverse individuals, families, and communities.

In this dynamic, urban community, the faculty and I recognize the challenge of providing high-quality health care and work hard to ensure that there will be bright, competent, and compassionate nurses and nurse practitioners who will care for you now and in the future.