{"id":143119,"date":"2024-09-23T13:18:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=143119"},"modified":"2024-11-15T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:25:34","slug":"nemours-childrens-health-to-invest-5m-in-ucf-nursing-interdisciplinary-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nemours-childrens-health-to-invest-5m-in-ucf-nursing-interdisciplinary-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Nemours Children\u2019s Health to Invest $5M in UCF Nursing, Interdisciplinary Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
As UCF\u2019s first pediatric health-focused Pegasus Partner, Nemours Children\u2019s Health is helping to address a pediatric workforce shortage and improve the health of children in Central Florida and beyond.<\/p>\n
Nemours Children\u2019s Health, one of the nation\u2019s largest multistate pediatric health systems, will invest $2.5 million in pediatric nursing education, training, innovation and research at UCF\u2019s Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cStrengthening and solidifying the pediatric nursing workforce into the future starts with leading-edge education, training and development of emerging clinicians and nurse scientists today,\u201d says Matthew Davis, enterprise physician-in-chief and chief scientific officer for Nemours Children\u2019s Health. \u201cThis Pegasus Partnership emphasizes our institutions\u2019 shared commitment to education, research and innovation, and also furthers our ability to provide high-quality pediatric care and ultimately meet the needs of the patients and families we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n Building upon UCF\u2019s global expertise in healthcare simulation education and Nemours Children\u2019s clinical excellence, the new Nemours Children\u2019s Health Nursery and Pediatric Unit will be a hub of training, research and innovation. It will be designed to resemble a real-life pediatric hospital unit, featuring specialized pediatric equipment, neonatal, pediatric and expectant mother mannequins, as well as augmented reality simulations. Simulation scenarios will give UCF nursing students hands-on, clinical experiences to help them provide high-quality, compassionate care for pediatric patients and their families.<\/p>\n Nursing faculty members will collaborate with colleagues across UCF\u2019s healthcare disciplines on research to innovate pediatric education and improve the health of children.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thankful for Nemours Children\u2019s continued partnership and support of pediatric nursing excellence at UCF.\u201d \u2014 Mary Lou Sole, College of Nursing dean<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cWe are thankful for Nemours Children\u2019s continued partnership and support of pediatric nursing excellence at UCF,\u201d says UCF College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole. \u201cBy leveraging our collective strengths, together we will grow a pediatric nursing workforce of Knight nurses to care for children in our community, innovate pediatric clinical practices and positively impact children\u2019s health for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion is under construction on UCF\u2019s Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona, a hub of healthcare activity and innovation including UCF\u2019s College of Medicine and Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital, Florida.<\/p>\n The nursery and pediatric unit will be located within the Helene Fuld Health Trust STIM Center<\/a> on the second floor \u2014 a high-tech centerpiece in the new building featuring three times the current simulation space.<\/p>\n Nemours Children\u2019s investment also will support the 2,100-square-foot Nemours Children\u2019s Health Learning Studio, one of three high-tech classrooms located off the Collaboration Concourse. The studio will feature an innovative active learning design to facilitate collaboration and small-group work.<\/p>\n