Knight Nurses Start Here.
Welcome to UCF’s College of Nursing.
Fueled by excellence, innovation and partnerships, UCF is leading the charge in educating Knight nurses to meet the healthcare challenges of today – and tomorrow.
Be empowered with renowned experts, supportive staff, and a culture embedded in evidence-based practice.
Together we’ll ensure a healthier future for all.
Degrees and Certificates
Answer the call for more nurses, leaders, educators and scientists. Choose from accredited, nationally ranked degree programs with on-campus, online or distance learning options.
We will lead the charge in transforming global health
through innovative education, research, and practice.
Located on UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona, in Orlando, Florida, a hub for healthcare innovation.
Student Success
UCF has prepared me to not only succeed in the classroom and beyond with clinical skills, but to connect and advocate for patients – how to be the kind of nurse that always puts the patient first.
Meet Jenna ’25BSN, Order of Pegasus Awardee
I chose UCF because it’s relatively local, it has an on-campus skills lab and is not solely online, it has professors who are active clinicians and nurse practitioners, and its graduates have a high pass rate on the board certification exams.
Renowned Expertise
At UCF College of Nursing, our faculty are thought leaders, national fellows and world-renowned experts in their respective fields — from aging and cancer to healthcare simulation and technology, and so much more.
Leveraging the strength of one of the nation’s most innovative universities, our researchers are working together across disciplines to solve our world’s most pressing healthcare challenges and to ensure a brighter, healthier future.
Preventing Falls and Enhancing Healthy Aging for the Elderly
Ladda Thiamwong, Florida Blue Endowed Professor for Healthy Communities, focuses her research on an issue that affects 14 million older adults each year.
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Shining bright while gaining valuable skills. Recently 30 nursing students from @ucf.edu`s Lake Nona and Daytona campuses attended the 2025 @flstudentnurses convention. The event provides networking, educational, leadership, policy and advocacy opportunities as well as recognizes excellence.
Senior Madeline presented a resolution to bring awareness to prenatal depression and suicide that passed unanimously, Instructor Sotos Djiovanis and several students received accolades, and @snaucforlando earned the Diamond Chapter Award for the 5th year in a row.
Congratulations to all! Read more via 🔗 in bio
"I have always loved being able to provide care for my patients - spending time with them, really getting to know them, and approaching their health from a holistic perspective to manage more than just their disease," says Jonathan Decker ’10PhD, a board certified APRN and family nurse practitioner (FNP) and director of @ucf.edu`s FNP graduate program.
He has been a nurse practitioner for 25 years, caring for students at @ucf.shs and residents in rural Alaskan communities, and an educator for 15 years at UCF.
"Research has shown that care by nurse practitioners is comparable to physician-led care in respect to quality and patient outcomes. Nurse practitioners can also help alleviate primary care shortages especially in rural and underserved communities.
Being an educator is my way of giving back to my profession and to the community. I know what I want from a provider taking care of me and my family, and that is what I expect from our graduates. I know that if I see our graduate walk into a patient room, that patient is in good hands.
I believe it all starts with our faculty who are experienced practitioners and committed to excellence. We`re creating excellent clinicians, critical thinkers, and leaders for the future of healthcare."
Thank you Clinical Assistant Professor Decker, and thank you to all of our @ucfalumni nurse practitioners 💛
Happy #NPWeek #ChargeOn ⚡
“Not all universities allow and encourage undergraduate students to pursue independent research. This program is an amazing opportunity,” says Kayleigh (📸 on left) , a BSN student and Honors Undergraduate Thesis (HUT) scholarship recipient.
“Participating in the Honors Undergraduate Thesis program has allowed me to explore curiosity through research and to contribute to something that could truly make a difference in patient outcomes,” says Allyson (📸 on right), a BSN student and HUT scholar. Meet Kayleigh and Allyson via 🔗 in bio.
Kayleigh and Allyson are among 20 @ucf.edu nursing undergraduate students across 3 Central Florida campuses conducting independent research with the @ucfbhc HUT program.
Student scholars recently had an opportunity to meet in-person to share research projects and lessons learned, receive advice from faculty advisors, and learn about interdisciplinary research in the Healthy Aging Lab with Professor Ladda Thiamwong.
Networking and learning as a Central Florida nursing community. This week we welcomed more than 130 nurses, including many #KnightNurse @ucfalumni, for the 15th Annual Orlando Health Nursing Lecture. Thank you to Pegasus Partner @orlandohealth for your continued support.
Preparing future Knight nurses with hands-on learning outside of the classroom thanks to our community partners 🤝 @ovahcs, @orlandohealth, @adventhealthcfl, the Mayflower at Winter Park and more.
Major milestone achieved on the journey to #KnightNurse. Congratulations to our newest cohorts who were officially welcomed into the healthcare profession in last week’s #WhiteCoatCeremony. 🥼#ChargeOn
First week of classes, labs and clinicals from #LakeNona to the coast. #ChargeOn future Knight nurses. ⚔️🩺
