Coronavirus Updates | University of South Florida
The University of South Florida continues to closely monitor the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our students, faculty and staff is our highest priority as university leaders work closely with local, state and...
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Coronavirus Q & A: Tiffany Gwartney, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, we asked USF College of Nursing's Tiffany Gwartney, interim assistant dean of Undergraduate and Global Programs and a neonatal nurse...
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USF Nurse Educator Helps Husband Survive COVID-19
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...
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USF Health Teams Up to Produce 3D Printed Nasal Swabs
TAMPA, FL, March 28, 2020 - The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York's largest healthcare provider, today announced they have...
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USF Medical Engineers to Mass Produce Face Shields
The USF Mini-Circuits Design for X Laboratory has developed an assembly line to create face shields. Michael Celestin and his team are producing one per minute and hope over the next month to manufacture 10,000 face shields to be donated to Tampa ...
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Florida's Nursing Students Ready to Be on Front Lines
They're the future of medicine: young soon-to-be doctors and nurses poised to graduate in May. These students are about to enter the biggest battles of their lives against the coronavirus. As 8 On Your Side reports, they're having mixed emotions.
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Graduate Nursing Programs Among Top 50 in Nation
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For the second year in a row,
U.S. News & World Repor
t has ranked the College of Nursing's master's and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs among the top 50 in the nation.
In the 2021 Best Graduate Schools list, the master's program is ranked #47 and the DNP program is ranked #48.
See
USF
and
USF Health's
rankings.
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USF Prepares Online Student Toolkit
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Classes at USF will be delivered via remote instruction through the end of the spring 2020 semester. The university has prepared a site to help students navigate all the academic and wellness services online.
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Counseling Center Offers Telehealth
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Mental health services will continue to be available to USF students throughout the semester via telehealth. The
Counseling Center is now limiting its services to videoconferencing through Zoom.
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Shimberg Library Open Online
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USF Health libraries may be closed, but nursing students can still access its vast resources online.
The
Shimberg Health Sciences Library and the
Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange are offering librarian assistance and virtual check out from the online catalog.
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Bookstore Offering Online Options
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The
University of South Florida’s Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota campus bookstores are offering several options to help improve and supplement the remote learning experience.
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USF Food Pantries on All Three Campuses Open for Students
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The food pantries on each of USF's three campuses are open to serve students during this challenging time. For details on each site's hours of operation, visit
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USF Libraries Launch Tracking Hub
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USF Libraries is offering a resource guide to GIS data, mapping tools, news and related information concerning Florida's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Students Flock to Pen Pal Program
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As universities around the world move to hold classes online due to the COVID-19 outbreak, University of South Florida students are turning to a time-honored concept to stay connected: the pen pal.
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Bulls Create Student Relief Funds
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COVID-19 has disrupted all of our lives. In response to the needs of USF students, USF President
Steven Currall
is encouraging our community to support the
USF United Support Fund
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Managing Time and Stress During Remote Learning
As the coronavirus outbreak has meant a transition to remote learning for students, it is understandable that you may be finding it difficult to manage your time and stress. Learning from home can bring with it many distractions, altering your...
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Tips on Working Remotely
Are you finding yourself now at home working remotely? Is it something new for you? Are you finding it a little cumbersome? Here are some tips from Triparna de Vreede, associate chair of the...
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Nursing Advisor Puts Sewing Skills to Work Against COVID-19
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USF College of Nursing student advisor
Ashley Ros has been busy sewing masks to donate to local health care providers in an effort to tackle the shortage in personal protective equipment.
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College of Nursing Donates PPE Supply to USF Health
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The
USF College of Nursing gave its supply of personal protective equipment to USF Health doctors and nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
The college donated more than 350 isolation gowns, 1,300 surgical masks, and 20 N95 masks.
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International Year of the Nurse and Midwife Celebration Begins
The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the
Year of the Nurse and Midwife
, marking 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale.
On March 6, the college held a kick off celebration, giving faculty and staff a chance to reflect on choosing the nursing profession.
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Coverdell Fellow Brings Peace Corps Experience to Wimauma
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83 Degrees Media recently published a story featuring USF College of Nursing student
Logan Marx. Marx is one of the college's
Coverdell Fellows, a program for returning Peace Corps volunteers seeking a bachelor's degree in nursing.
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Students Visit Sligh Middle
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USF College of Nursing students visited classes at
Sligh Middle Magnet School on March 10. These future Bull nurses shared insights on the nursing profession and about college life.
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Cole Scholars Awarded $10K Each Toward Doctoral Degree
Three USF College of Nursing doctoral students have been named Cole Scholars, and each will receive $10,000 toward completing their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. Megan Kahle, Kailah Costello, and Catherine Hernandez were recently...
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Florida Governor Signs Scope of Practice Bills into Law
Qualified nurse practitioners will be able to independently operate primary care practices without an attending doctor's supervision under a bill passed by the Legislature and signed hours later by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Advanced nurse practitioners...
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Food for Thought: Resume Tips
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The USF College of Nursing's
Doctoral Nursing Student Organization organized a Lunch & Learn on March 3 and 4 for graduate nursing students.
The sessions featured a speaker from Career Services who shared tips on preparing cover letters, resumes, and CVs for clinical and academic positions after graduation.
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Pre-Nursing Bulls Dance for Kids
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Students in the USF
Pre-Nursing/Public Health Living Learning Community raised $1,300 in the
Bulls for Kids Dance Marathon held Feb. 29 at the Marshall Student Center.
The group won an award for being the event's top fundraising student organization. The money raised will benefit Shriners Healthcare for Children
— Florida.
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2019 USF Outstanding Staff Award Winners
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Congratulations to the College of Nursing's 2019
USF Outstanding Staff Award winners. The award recognizes exceptional employees who demonstrate a commitment to excellence and a level of performance that exceeds the values and standards of the university.
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Xavier Ramos
Admissions Recruiter Advisor
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Ashley Ros
Admissions Recruiter Advisor
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Alan Todd
Assistant Dean
Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation
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Karla Maldonado
Assistant Director
Nurse Anesthesia Program
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Eleanor Rawson
Simulation Coordinator
Nurse Anesthesia Program
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Jillian Coury
Senior Research Support Specialist
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Jessica Diaz
Assistant Director of Health Care
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Tabassum Tasnim
Academic Services Administrator
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Brittnay Glover
Administrative Specialist for Research
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Lisa Velesko
Academic Services Administrator
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Virtual Undergraduate Orientation
Orientation for undergraduate nursing students in the Summer 2020 Accelerated Second Degree and Fall 2020 Upper Division nursing cohorts on the Tampa campus will take place online.
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Doctoral Student Graduate Celebration
3 p.m. online via YouTube link
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Spring 2020 Baccalaureate Pinning Ceremony
10:30 a.m. online via YouTube link
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Publications
Remo, E.
&
Hay, B.
(2020). College Health. In Buttaro, T. M., Polgar-Bailey, P,. & Sandberg-Cook, J., Trybulski, J. (Eds.),
Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
(6
th
ed., pp.167-173). St. Louis. MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Efre, A.
&
Remo, E.
(2020). Valvular heart disease and cardiac murmurs. In Buttaro, T. M., Polgar-Bailey, P,. & Sandberg-Cook, J., Trybulski, J. (Eds.),
Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
(6
th
ed., pp.629-646). St. Louis. MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Efre, A.
(2020). Cardiac arrhythmias. In Buttaro, T. M., Polgar-Bailey, P,. & Sandberg-Cook, J., Trybulski, J. (Eds.),
Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
(6
th
ed., pp.538-552). St. Louis. MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Taucher, C., Barnett, E. D., Cramer, J. P., Eder-Lingelbach, S., Jelinek, T., Kadlecek, V., Kiermayr, S., Mills, D.,
Pandis, D
., Reiner, D., Dubischar, K., Antibody persistence in naïve pediatric travelers following vaccination with IXIARO® Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine.
Journal: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Pandis, D
., (2020) Adnexal Disease. Infection and Infestation. Pigmentation Changes. In Buttaro, T. M., Polgar-Bailey, P., Sandberg-Cook, J. Trybulski, J. (Eds.)
Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
(6th ed., Ch. 39, 47, 50) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Levoy, K.,
Buck, H. G
., Behar-Zusman, V., (In Press) The Impact of Varying Levels of Advance Care Planning Engagement on Perceptions of the End-of-Life Experience among Caregivers of Deceased Cancer Patients.
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Athilingam, P.
Clinical Value of Audio Signal Processing and Machine Learning to Detect Cough Patterns: An Opinion Review.
Science Forecast Internal Medicine
. 2020; 1(1): 1001.
Mason, T. M.
, Tofthagen, C. S., &
Buck, H. G.
(2020) Complicated Grief: Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Interventions.
Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
. DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2020.1745726.
Presentations
Invited faculty, paper presentation, “The Burden of Multiple Co-morbidities in Cardiovascular Disease” in session titled,
Life is Messy: Complex Cardiovascular Comorbidities Across the Lifespan.
Buck, H. G.
at the
AHA Scientific Session, Dallas, Texas. November 14-16. 2020.
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For questions and requests on the monthly newsletter, contact Liz Brown at [email protected].
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