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Pyper Vaughn continues her family's nursing legacy

Pyper Vaughn continues her family's nursing legacy

Pyper Vaughn made USF her home to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse, a profession that has been part of her family for generations. She is now a senior, a pathway program that leads to on track to graduate in 2023. Her goal is to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist and work with helicopter teams to perform what she calls, “little surgeries in the sky.”

June 6, 2022Student Success

The USF Health College of Nursing, in collaboration with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, will soon launch a program to address the critical workforce shortage due to nurses leaving the profession in record numbers.

October 27, 2021COVID-19, USF Health, University News

The legacy of a nursing trailblazer

The legacy of a nursing trailblazer

Geraldine McKinnon Twine, a retired nurse practitioner and USF alumna, broke barriers in nursing during a segregated era, becoming the first black nurse to integrate Tampa General Hospital. Her dedication to education and service inspired her children to achieve academic success, with one establishing an endowed scholarship at USF in her honor.

September 16, 2021Student Success, USF Health

The USF College of Nursing has partnered with Port Tampa Bay to create the first-of-its-kind on-site nurse-managed clinical outreach to provide direct care for the thousands of seafarers whose global maritime routes bring them to Port Tampa Bay each year.

June 17, 2021USF Health

Pain Fellows get hands on experience during cadaver course

USF College of Nursing works to battle opioid crisis

The College of Nursing is combatting the opioid crisis in rural America by equipping advanced pain specialists with integrative pain management techniques.

April 12, 2021USF Health

Dr. Menon brings a wealth of nursing leadership experience and academic achievement to her new role.

November 24, 2020USF Health

When Susan M. Perry, PhD, CRNA, ARNP, FAAN, served as an infection control officer in the U.S. Air Force in the 1990s, she never predicted that the skills she was honing three decades ago would one day save her husband and herself during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

March 31, 2020COVID-19, USF Health

Bulls too sick or injured to get to the campus health clinic now have an easy solution: call the new student-staffed Medical Response Unit.

February 13, 2020Campus Life

Veterans Day, Honoring all who served

Celebrating USF’s Student Veterans: Transforming Military Experiences into Academic Success

There are nearly two-thousand student veterans thriving within the ’s veteran-centered programs. The Office of Veteran Success fosters a strong sense of community, keeping USF at the top of the list of the Military Times annual “Best for Vets” ranking.

November 8, 2019Campus Life

Fresh off a nasty weather weekend that saw Tropical Storm Nestor-spawned tornadoes hit neighborhoods in Tampa Bay, students from USF Health faced a similar, yet simulated threat in classrooms.

October 21, 2019USF Health

The ’s College of Nursing launched a new community outreach initiative this summer that pairs pediatric nursing students with at-risk youth in neighborhood community centers.

July 17, 2019USF Health, University News

USF nursing student and United States Air Force veteran Grete Lenz

Pat Tillman Foundation Awards Scholarship to Student Veteran

nursing student and United States Air Force veteran Grete Lenz is part of an elite group from around the country selected this week as 2019 Tillman Scholars.

June 13, 2019USF Health, University News

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