‘Nurses’ Voices from
the Western Hemisphere’
Session Two of the worldwide 'Nurses' Voices Speaker Series'
Session One Recording available here >>> Session Three Recording available here >>> Session Four Recording available here >>>
Session Five Recording available here >>> Session Six Recording available here >>> & Session Seven Recording available here >>>
Session Five Recording available here >>> Session Six Recording available here >>> & Session Seven Recording available here >>>
This Session Two is featured from our Nurses’ Voices Speaker Series—an innovative global multi-media outreach of eight Sessions to be broadcasted from across the world. Noting that INFLUENCE is the watchword of Dr. Pam Cipriano—the 2021-2025 President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)—this Series aims is to prepare and engage nurses—including students and retirees—to become inspired and informative thought-leaders across the global public space—to influence the listening ears of everyone!
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Session Two of this Series was broadcasted virtually on November 28th, 2023 and co-hosted by the United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR), UNITAR's CIFAL York Centre for training at York University in Toronto, Canada, and the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH)--featuring leading voices from Brazil, the Bahamas, Canada, Meso-America and the United States. It shares the width and depth of nursing cultures across a hemisphere.
Presenters’ Bios
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CO-MODERATORS
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, PhD, RN Speaking at minutes 1:15 and 1:58;12
Dr. van Daalen-Smith is the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada and serves on the Council of Advisors for the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH). She started her career as an acute care pediatric nurse and soon saw the necessity of ensuring the voice of the child was heard. To this end, she became the first nurse on the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and founded the Ontario and Canadian Association of Pediatric Nurses — fostering connections and promoting standards of practice that embraced children as citizens in their own rights. She has worked as a Public Health Nurse involving working with children, youth, and women on a 1:1 basis, as well as enacting principles of community development in order to collaboratively work towards the social determinants of health for all. Now an academic at York University, she is teaching nursing students in Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral Programs about the values and approaches of community health nursing—where social justice, upstream thinking, and broad conceptions of quality of life build toward future nurses’ understanding their role as global health advocates. She spends her ‘spare’ time caring for a menagerie of cast-away farm animals and fostering critical nursing scholarship through the peer-reviewed journal Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse.
Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, DTM, HSGAHN Speaking at minute 1:00 and introducing Panelists throughout
Dr. Beck is a Canadian American nurse, global citizen, and award-winning Nightingale scholar. For 20 years, she has served as a volunteer International Co-Director for the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health--leading workshops, keynotes, webinars, feature articles, multi-media, UN briefings, and to achieve NIGH’s UN ECOSOC ‘Special Consultative Status.’ After a 30-year clinical career in Critical Care & Women's Health settings, she received her doctorate in 2002, from the Union Institute for her ground- breaking research to articulate Florence Nightingale’s relevance to today’s international health, development, education, and media. She has since authored and co-authored articles for numerous peer-reviewed journals and textbook chapters. Meanwhile, Dr. Beck has also recently achieved the highest-level education Award from Toastmasters International—as a Distinguished Toast Master ‘DTM’. She now aims to use this ‘credential’ to develop innovative ways to encourage and engage nurses and concerned citizens to share their voices and tell their stories in the global public arena.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Donna A. Nickitas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN Speaking at minute 9:22
Dr. Nickitas is an exceptional administrator, a noted health policy scholar, and an energetic visionary regarding the future of health care and nursing education in America. She serves as Dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden. Her long history of advocacy for equitable health care, expertise in academic nursing education, and proven ability to foster a culture of cross-sector engagement has ideally positioned her to lead the dynamic growth of the School of Nursing–Camden and build on the school’s tradition of leadership, scholarship, and service. She believes wholeheartedly that nurses serve society and do public good by advancing health, driving public policy, and promoting access to quality, patient-centered care. She has also enjoyed a distinguished career at the City University of New York’s Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and Graduate Center, where she played a critical role in growing enrollment and enhancing the national profile of this distinguished and historic School of Nursing. Awarded many honors and fellowships, she is author, co-author, or co-editor of many peer-reviewed books and journals related to the nursing profession and, since 2008, has served as the editor of Nursing Economic$, a journal dedicated to advancing nursing leadership and innovation. Her writings inspire, enlighten, and motivate nurses to produce positive change on issues and trends affecting nursing and health care.
PANELISTS
Caroline E. Ortiz, PhD, MPH, RN, NC-BC Speaking at minutes 1;15 and 1:16:52
Dr. Ortiz is an Associate professor at the Pacific College of Health & Science’s Holistic Nursing Programs and a Board-Certified Nurse Coach, representing the International Nurse Coach Association (INCA) for this Speaker Series. She has developed related programs for healthcare providers and general audiences, participated in clinical research of integrative medicine, and created a Spanish-language guided meditation library for “Health Journeys”—a provider of Guided Imagery and Meditation audios offering simple but powerful ways to alleviate distress, reduce anxiety, promote restful sleep, and provide a sense of mastery and confidence. She earned her PhD in Nursing Education from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and is active with the New York Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses New York, also serving within the Integrative Health Project’s work in Guatemala. She is also deeply committed to her work as a Curandera (Traditional Healer) apprentice and a Curanderismo (Traditional Medicine of Mesoamerican Roots) researcher.
Rosemarie L. Josie, MSc, MPA, CNS, RN Speaking at minute 29:11
Ms. Josie currently serves as Vice President of the Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation, a federation of national nursing and midwifery associations in 53 Commonwealth countries. She also serves as Nursing Officer at the Public Hospitals’ Authority (PHA) in the Bahamas. A Registered Nurse for 40 years, she is a graduate of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Leadership for Change Programme (LFC) and a certified Trainer and National Coordinator for the ICN LFC Programme for the Bahamas. In addition, she is a graduate of the ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI). She holds certificates as a Human Resource Manager 1 & 2 from the College of The Bahamas and is also a graduate of Public Hospital’s Authority Master Mentorship programme, certified by the Royal College of Nursing. Her Master of Science (MSc), was as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at University of the West Indies, Mona. Her Master of Public Health Administration (MPA) in Business Administration & Management is from Mc Hari University in Nassau.
Jose Castillo, III, PhD, CRNA, RN Speaking at minute 36:46
Dr. Castillo is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and a tenured remote Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Health Professions. He has a demonstrated history of working in the hospital, academic institutions, and the health care industry. He achieved his PhD focused in Instructional Design & Technology from Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a passionate advocate for the nursing profession at the local, state, national and global levels, he currently serves as Chair of the Florida Board of Nursing and as an Area Director for the American National Council of State Boards of Nursing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he networked within the Florida Department of Emergency Management to organize over 3,200 registered nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners to distribute vaccines to the 67 Florida counties at 103 vaccine sites.
Sharon Taylor, MA, BScN, RN Speaking at minute 45:57
Ms. Taylor is a retired Nurse Manager from the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. She has been a highly motivated healthcare professional with over 30 years of experience in positions ranging from leadership, clinical, project management and change management. She is noted for collaborations with a team of project managers mandated to support the transition of clinicians and non-clinical staff to McGill’s new Mega Health Centre. Her responsibilities included overall project coordination of the Pediatric Mission within this transition. She has been nurse manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and an proactive participant of the activities of the Montreal Fondation du Children / Children’s Foundation. She has also been awarded the 2018 ‘Montreal Canadiens Hero of the Game’ for serving “some of the sickest babies in Quebec” — premature babies born at 23 weeks, newborns in need of heart or brain surgery, and children born with complex and chronic conditions. Sharon’s team of nurses have stated that they have been continuously inspired by her dedication, hard work, positivity, and upbeat personality. She earned her Master of Arts in Human Systems Intervention from Concordia University and her Bachelor of Nursing Science from the University of Ottawa.
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, PhD, RN Speaking at minute 1:07:04
Dr. Costa Mendes is Emerita Professor at the University of São Paulo-Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing and serves as Coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of Nursing Editors working in Portuguese, Spanish and English. From 1994-1998 and 2002-2007, she served as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research development and was thus elected for two terms as Secretary General of Global Network of World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres for Nursing & Midwifery. She has also served as Nursing Representative at the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. Beyond, Brazil, she serves as a Member of the General Board at the University of Coimbra School of Nursing in Portugal. She is the founder of the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) in Brazil, the first chapter to be constituted in that nation and in Latin America and served as a Member of STTI’s International Advisory Council — GAPFON, 2013-2017. She is also the Co-Founder, Co-Editor and collaborator of Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, the top scientific nursing journal in Latin America. She is an Editorial Board Member of Nursing Ethics and Member of the International Centre for Nursing Ethics and a Member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Telenursing Network Advisory Group. Since 2010, she has served as member of NIGH’s Council of Advisors, collaborating with NIGH’s Core Team to create Portuguese sub-titles for the video 'Nurses & Midwives: Now More Than Ever for A Healthy World,’ a 2008 co-production of NIGH and the World Health Organization to celebrate WHO’s 60th Anniversary. In 2020, she also provided the Portuguese version of the ‘Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World’ to celebrate the WHO International Year of the Nurse & Midwife during the bicentennial of Florence Nightingale’s birth.
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, PhD, RN Speaking at minutes 1:15 and 1:58;12
Dr. van Daalen-Smith is the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada and serves on the Council of Advisors for the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH). She started her career as an acute care pediatric nurse and soon saw the necessity of ensuring the voice of the child was heard. To this end, she became the first nurse on the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and founded the Ontario and Canadian Association of Pediatric Nurses — fostering connections and promoting standards of practice that embraced children as citizens in their own rights. She has worked as a Public Health Nurse involving working with children, youth, and women on a 1:1 basis, as well as enacting principles of community development in order to collaboratively work towards the social determinants of health for all. Now an academic at York University, she is teaching nursing students in Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral Programs about the values and approaches of community health nursing—where social justice, upstream thinking, and broad conceptions of quality of life build toward future nurses’ understanding their role as global health advocates. She spends her ‘spare’ time caring for a menagerie of cast-away farm animals and fostering critical nursing scholarship through the peer-reviewed journal Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse.
Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, DTM, HSGAHN Speaking at minute 1:00 and introducing Panelists throughout
Dr. Beck is a Canadian American nurse, global citizen, and award-winning Nightingale scholar. For 20 years, she has served as a volunteer International Co-Director for the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health--leading workshops, keynotes, webinars, feature articles, multi-media, UN briefings, and to achieve NIGH’s UN ECOSOC ‘Special Consultative Status.’ After a 30-year clinical career in Critical Care & Women's Health settings, she received her doctorate in 2002, from the Union Institute for her ground- breaking research to articulate Florence Nightingale’s relevance to today’s international health, development, education, and media. She has since authored and co-authored articles for numerous peer-reviewed journals and textbook chapters. Meanwhile, Dr. Beck has also recently achieved the highest-level education Award from Toastmasters International—as a Distinguished Toast Master ‘DTM’. She now aims to use this ‘credential’ to develop innovative ways to encourage and engage nurses and concerned citizens to share their voices and tell their stories in the global public arena.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Donna A. Nickitas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN Speaking at minute 9:22
Dr. Nickitas is an exceptional administrator, a noted health policy scholar, and an energetic visionary regarding the future of health care and nursing education in America. She serves as Dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden. Her long history of advocacy for equitable health care, expertise in academic nursing education, and proven ability to foster a culture of cross-sector engagement has ideally positioned her to lead the dynamic growth of the School of Nursing–Camden and build on the school’s tradition of leadership, scholarship, and service. She believes wholeheartedly that nurses serve society and do public good by advancing health, driving public policy, and promoting access to quality, patient-centered care. She has also enjoyed a distinguished career at the City University of New York’s Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and Graduate Center, where she played a critical role in growing enrollment and enhancing the national profile of this distinguished and historic School of Nursing. Awarded many honors and fellowships, she is author, co-author, or co-editor of many peer-reviewed books and journals related to the nursing profession and, since 2008, has served as the editor of Nursing Economic$, a journal dedicated to advancing nursing leadership and innovation. Her writings inspire, enlighten, and motivate nurses to produce positive change on issues and trends affecting nursing and health care.
PANELISTS
Caroline E. Ortiz, PhD, MPH, RN, NC-BC Speaking at minutes 1;15 and 1:16:52
Dr. Ortiz is an Associate professor at the Pacific College of Health & Science’s Holistic Nursing Programs and a Board-Certified Nurse Coach, representing the International Nurse Coach Association (INCA) for this Speaker Series. She has developed related programs for healthcare providers and general audiences, participated in clinical research of integrative medicine, and created a Spanish-language guided meditation library for “Health Journeys”—a provider of Guided Imagery and Meditation audios offering simple but powerful ways to alleviate distress, reduce anxiety, promote restful sleep, and provide a sense of mastery and confidence. She earned her PhD in Nursing Education from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and is active with the New York Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses New York, also serving within the Integrative Health Project’s work in Guatemala. She is also deeply committed to her work as a Curandera (Traditional Healer) apprentice and a Curanderismo (Traditional Medicine of Mesoamerican Roots) researcher.
Rosemarie L. Josie, MSc, MPA, CNS, RN Speaking at minute 29:11
Ms. Josie currently serves as Vice President of the Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation, a federation of national nursing and midwifery associations in 53 Commonwealth countries. She also serves as Nursing Officer at the Public Hospitals’ Authority (PHA) in the Bahamas. A Registered Nurse for 40 years, she is a graduate of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Leadership for Change Programme (LFC) and a certified Trainer and National Coordinator for the ICN LFC Programme for the Bahamas. In addition, she is a graduate of the ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI). She holds certificates as a Human Resource Manager 1 & 2 from the College of The Bahamas and is also a graduate of Public Hospital’s Authority Master Mentorship programme, certified by the Royal College of Nursing. Her Master of Science (MSc), was as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at University of the West Indies, Mona. Her Master of Public Health Administration (MPA) in Business Administration & Management is from Mc Hari University in Nassau.
Jose Castillo, III, PhD, CRNA, RN Speaking at minute 36:46
Dr. Castillo is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and a tenured remote Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Health Professions. He has a demonstrated history of working in the hospital, academic institutions, and the health care industry. He achieved his PhD focused in Instructional Design & Technology from Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a passionate advocate for the nursing profession at the local, state, national and global levels, he currently serves as Chair of the Florida Board of Nursing and as an Area Director for the American National Council of State Boards of Nursing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he networked within the Florida Department of Emergency Management to organize over 3,200 registered nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners to distribute vaccines to the 67 Florida counties at 103 vaccine sites.
Sharon Taylor, MA, BScN, RN Speaking at minute 45:57
Ms. Taylor is a retired Nurse Manager from the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. She has been a highly motivated healthcare professional with over 30 years of experience in positions ranging from leadership, clinical, project management and change management. She is noted for collaborations with a team of project managers mandated to support the transition of clinicians and non-clinical staff to McGill’s new Mega Health Centre. Her responsibilities included overall project coordination of the Pediatric Mission within this transition. She has been nurse manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and an proactive participant of the activities of the Montreal Fondation du Children / Children’s Foundation. She has also been awarded the 2018 ‘Montreal Canadiens Hero of the Game’ for serving “some of the sickest babies in Quebec” — premature babies born at 23 weeks, newborns in need of heart or brain surgery, and children born with complex and chronic conditions. Sharon’s team of nurses have stated that they have been continuously inspired by her dedication, hard work, positivity, and upbeat personality. She earned her Master of Arts in Human Systems Intervention from Concordia University and her Bachelor of Nursing Science from the University of Ottawa.
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, PhD, RN Speaking at minute 1:07:04
Dr. Costa Mendes is Emerita Professor at the University of São Paulo-Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing and serves as Coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of Nursing Editors working in Portuguese, Spanish and English. From 1994-1998 and 2002-2007, she served as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research development and was thus elected for two terms as Secretary General of Global Network of World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres for Nursing & Midwifery. She has also served as Nursing Representative at the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. Beyond, Brazil, she serves as a Member of the General Board at the University of Coimbra School of Nursing in Portugal. She is the founder of the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) in Brazil, the first chapter to be constituted in that nation and in Latin America and served as a Member of STTI’s International Advisory Council — GAPFON, 2013-2017. She is also the Co-Founder, Co-Editor and collaborator of Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, the top scientific nursing journal in Latin America. She is an Editorial Board Member of Nursing Ethics and Member of the International Centre for Nursing Ethics and a Member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Telenursing Network Advisory Group. Since 2010, she has served as member of NIGH’s Council of Advisors, collaborating with NIGH’s Core Team to create Portuguese sub-titles for the video 'Nurses & Midwives: Now More Than Ever for A Healthy World,’ a 2008 co-production of NIGH and the World Health Organization to celebrate WHO’s 60th Anniversary. In 2020, she also provided the Portuguese version of the ‘Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World’ to celebrate the WHO International Year of the Nurse & Midwife during the bicentennial of Florence Nightingale’s birth.
