{"id":29710,"date":"2022-04-29T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/?page_id=29710"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:43:12","slug":"nursing-degrees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/nursing-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-capitalize\">Secure your future with an Online nursing Degree<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4 mb-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"my-3 my-lg-0 align-self-lg-center col-lg-4 push-lg-8 col-xl-3 push-xl-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"text-center\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2026\/01\/UCF-US-News-World-Report-NursingPrograms-badge-360.png\" alt=\"U.S. News and World Report Best BSN Nursing\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"U.S. News and World Report Best BSN Nursing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2026\/01\/UCF-US-News-World-Report-NursingPrograms-badge-360.png\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-lg-8 pull-lg-4 col-xl-9 pull-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>As the healthcare industry faces a transitionary period and the demand for highly skilled nursing professionals continues to increase, there\u2019s never been a better time to pursue a degree in nursing. UCF Online offers fully online nursing programs from the bachelor\u2019s to the doctoral level to help train and develop the next generation of healthcare leaders.  <\/p>\n<p>Our online nursing degrees will expose you to the latest trends and technology available within the healthcare sector and provide you with the skills and expertise needed to become a leader in patient care. Designed with working nursing professionals in mind, our fully online programs offer the same rigorous, high-quality instruction as our on-campus nursing degrees with the convenience and flexibility of an online modality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-2 mb-4 text-center  col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 id=\"degrees\" class=\"font-condensed\">Explore UCF Online Nursing Degrees<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-4 offset-lg-2 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"h4 mb-3 text-uppercase text-center\">Online Bachelor&#8217;s Degree<\/h3>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"ucf-post-list ucf-post-list-thumbnail\" id=\"post-list-549716\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-deck\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/degree\/nursing-practice-d-n-p\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-title\">Nursing Practice, DNP, Advanced Track<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-block media-background-container h-100 hidden-sm-down\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2015\/07\/doc-certs-tmb-nursing-practice.jpg\" class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-image media-background object-fit-cover\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-image media-background object-fit-cover lazyload\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2015\/07\/doc-certs-tmb-nursing-practice.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucf-post-list-thumbnail-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a 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I was able to complete the course work and clinicals as a full time student and full time Director of Nursing at my hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\"><strong class=\"d-block mb-1\">Kimberly Canarie-Baken, MSN<\/strong><span class=\"d-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/degree\/nursing-m-s-n\/\" class=\"text-inverse\">UCF\u2019s Nursing MSN Leadership program<\/a><\/span><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-primary mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container mb-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"my-3 my-lg-0 align-self-lg-center hidden-sm-down col-lg-5 push-lg-7 col-xl-5 push-xl-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"text-center\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2015\/07\/nmn-circle.png\" alt=\"U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges badge - Most Innovative 2020\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges badge - Most Innovative 2020\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2015\/07\/nmn-circle.png\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-7 pull-md-5 pull-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mt-lg-3 mb-4\">Why earn your nursing degree online at UCF<\/h2>\n<p>The online nursing degrees offered through UCF Online are designed to the same caliber as our on-campus programs. All of our fully online nursing programs are designed to incorporate the latest trends and technology into the curriculum, including the latest in healthcare simulation, safety and quality assurance, health data and more. Students who successfully complete any of our nursing degrees will be ready to take their place in the healthcare industry upon graduation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Ranked among the best in the nation by <em>U.S. News &#038; World Report<\/em> for our fully online graduate nursing programs, as well as being among <em>Fortune&#8217;s<\/em> best online master in nursing programs, our nursing degrees are set apart by high-quality instruction and industry-leading faculty. UCF\u2019s online nursing programs give students the opportunity to pursue a career in nursing at all levels \u2014 from BSN to DNP \u2014 in a convenient and flexible modality.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-center col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<a class=\"btn btn-inverse mt-3 landing-cta\">Download Brochure<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container mt-4 mt-sm-5\" id=\"faculty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 pb-lg-2\" id=\"facultys\">Nursing Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<\/p><div class=\"ucf-post-list ucfwp-post-list-people\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled row ucf-post-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-6 col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-xl-2 mt-3 mb-2 ucf-post-list-item\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"person-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/online\/healthcare\/person\/diane-r-andrews-ph-d-rn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-background-container person-photo mx-auto \">\n\t\t\t<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2017\/12\/Facutly-AndrewsD-450x450.jpg\" alt class=\"media-background object-fit-cover\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt class=\"media-background object-fit-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/19\/files\/2017\/12\/Facutly-AndrewsD-450x450.jpg\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"my-2 d-block person-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane R. 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