{"id":129557,"date":"2022-07-12T15:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//?p=129557"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:35:24","slug":"new-college-of-nursing-building-at-lake-nona-receives-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//new-college-of-nursing-building-at-lake-nona-receives-approval/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557//","title":{"rendered":"New College of Nursing Building at Lake Nona Receives Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"
UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019s College of Nursing would be able to graduate more nurses and nursing faculty, helping to combat the nation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019s critical nursing shortage while fostering more innovation and collaboration with a new building at Lake Nona, Florida./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n The Board of Trustees this week approved the use of state allocated funds to begin the planning and design phase for the projected 90,000-square-foot College of Nursing building at the UCF Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona. With state allocated funding estimated to pay for less than half of the new building, the college will launch a strategic fundraising campaign to secure private support for the project./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201cUCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019s College of Nursing leverages the innovation and collaboration our university is known for to educate the nurse caregivers, researchers and educators of tomorrow,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201d says President Alexander N. Cartwright. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201cWe are incredibly excited to have our nursing students join our Academic Health Sciences Center in Lake Nona, and we look forward to increasing the excellence of our programs and our impact in our community through the partnerships and opportunities that this move will enable./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201cUCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019s College of Nursing leverages the innovation and collaboration our university is known for to educate the nurse caregivers, researchers and educators of tomorrow./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2014 Alexander N. Cartwright, 女仆AV president/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201cThis is an incredible milestone for UCF, and we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019re laser focused on moving from vision to reality,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201d says Mary Lou Sole, dean of the College of Nursing. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201cThis is a transformational project that has wide-reaching impact for our region, and we will need the support of our entire community to help us reach our goal of educating more Knight nurses to positively impact more patient lives, and guide 21st century healthcare./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n The new home of the College of Nursing will sit on the 50-acre property already home to the UCF College of Medicine and the UCF Lake Nona Hospital. Preliminary plans include classrooms as well as state-of-the-art learning labs for health assessment, essential skills and virtual reality located in an expanded space for the College of Nursing/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2019s accredited Simulation, Technology, Innovation & Modeling Center, an international leader in providing high-quality simulation experiences to prepare students for clinical practice./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n The design also calls for new research space /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2014 to include wet and dry labs /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/u2014 along with a host of student study spaces. When the new building is complete, the College of Nursing will relocate from its current location in Research Park and will have almost double its current square footage./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n The location at the UCF Academic Health Sciences Campus will offer students and faculty new opportunities for collaboration and enhanced learning and research experiences./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129557/n