USF College of Nursing

Florida’s NCLEX pass rates have been below the national average for years, but in 2024, grads from nursing programs in the State University System posted impressive results.

The USF College of Nursing Port of Tampa Seafarers Center Clinic opened last month to serve maritime workers, including international workers aboard cargo and cruise ships.

The "Mo-Bull" Nurse Medical Clinic will rotate through Port Tampa, Tampa Heights, Sulphur Springs, South St. Petersburg, and Wimauma.

After losing two patients, one after another, Alicia Sgroi wrote an essay about the experience in the American Journal of Nursing. Her essay is titled "What a Time to Become a Nurse."

The program will train existing nurses to overcome burnout caused by COVID-19 while developing a pipeline for new nurses to join the hospital.

USF faculty will also work with the center to do research that will analyze data on the nursing field and come up with methods to keep nurses in Florida.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused nurses to leave the profession or retire and federal officials estimate there will be a need for 1.1 million new nurses by 2022.

A new training program at the University of South Florida is designed to help nurses deal with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lori Stanton’s 89-year-old mother, Elli, has a neurological disorder where fluid builds up in the brain. In many cases, including Elli’s, it’s accompanied