Speakers

Staci Sue Reynolds, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN
Editor-in Chief, Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Associate Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, Duke University

Dr. Staci Sue Reynolds is an Associate Clinical Professor at Duke University School of Nursing in the USA. Dr. Staci Reynolds joined Duke in January 2016, with a joint position between Duke University School of Nursing and Duke University Hospital (DUH). At DUSON, Dr. Reynolds teaches in the ABSN Program (evidence-based practice) and DNP program (healthcare quality improvement methods). Clinically, she served as a neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for the inpatient neuro units at DUH for 3 years. In March 2019, she transitioned to being a CNS for the DUH Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology department. Additionally, Dr. Reynolds coordinates the Duke Advancement of Nursing, Center of Excellence (DANCE) academic-practice partnership. She is also the faculty lead for the post-DNP Quality Implementation Scholars Program that began in May 2019. Before coming to DUSON, she was a neurocritical care nurse and a neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital. Dr. Reynolds received a baccalaureate degree in nursing science from Indiana University (IU) in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned a Master’s degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at IU in 2011 and completed her PhD at IU in May 2016. Dr. Reynolds’ dissertation focused on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines, and her current research interests include evidence-based practice implementation and quality improvement.

Veronica Rankin, DNP, RN-BC, NP-C, CNL, NE-BC
Magnet Program Director Central Division
Clinical Nurse Leader Program Administrator
Carolinas Medical Center - Central Division Atrium Health

Dr. Veronica Rankin serves as a Director of Nursing Services in the role of Magnet Program Director for Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center Central Division, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. She also serves as the Administrator of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Program at this magnet-designated Level 1 Trauma Center. Dr. Rankin has been a nurse for more than 17 years and a certified CNL for more than 9 years. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree as well as her Postmasters certification as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner from East Carolina University. She earned her master’s as a CNL from Queens University of Charlotte in 2011. She serves as adjunct faculty for Queen’s University’s graduate nursing program and teaches CNL exam certification review sessions with CNL students regularly. As a published author and member of various professional organizations including Sigma International where she serves as treasurer of the Mu Psi Chapter, Dr. Rankin’s primary career goal is to promote and advance the profession of nursing.

Angie Hatley, DNP, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CNL
Associate Professor
Presbyterian School of Nursing, Blair College of Health

Dr. Angie Hatley is an Associate Professor at the Presbyterian School of Nursing, Blair College of Health, teaching in the graduate and undergraduate programs. She has over eight years in higher education and has taught across programs, including general education. Dr. Hatley has served as the Chair of Graduate Studies in Nursing and is currently the MSN Track Coordinator for the MSN program. Dr. Hatley is a 2014 Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate from Regis University. Her doctoral studies focused on transitions in nursing practice and completed her scholarly project on Nurse Preceptor Development and the Impact on the Self-Efficacy of Newly Hired Nurses. She has practiced as a clinical nurse, educator, and/or administrator since 2001, following graduation from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing degree and a Graduate Certificate in Health Care Education from Regis University in 2008. Following licensure as a Registered Nurse, Dr. Hatley served in various clinical and nursing leadership roles for more than 15 years with Atrium Health in Charlotte.

Speakers

Andra Davis, PhD, MN, RN
Associate Professor
University of Portland
School of Nursing and Health Innovation

Dr. Andra Davis (she/her) is an Associate Professor with palliative care expertise (educational and instrument development). She is a co-investigator with the End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) and leads a national effort to advance palliative care education in schools of nursing. With her colleague Dr. Lippe, she has developed instruments to evaluate student learning related to palliative care education. In addition to this work, she has participated in revision of national palliative care competency statements intended for use in schools of nursing. Dr. Davis has worked with an international team of researchers to explore provider experiences in caring for persons at the end of life in Thailand. Other work includes nurse-led symptom support for persons receiving cancer treatment and development of national family caregiver competencies within a national consortium of nurse educators.

Megan Lippe, PhD, MSN, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Texas Health San Antonio
School of Nursing

Dr. Megan Lippe is an Associate Professor with tenure and a palliative care expert. She is a national leader for palliative nursing care education with published works in areas related to palliative care education, simulation, interprofessional education, and social justice. She is a co-investigator of the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) focused on advancing palliative care education in schools of nursing throughout the country. Dr. Lippe is the lead author for AACN-endorsed national palliative care competence statement revisions for undergraduate and graduate education (CARES and G-CARES, respectively) and the ELNEC Undergraduate/New Graduate curriculum.

Speaker

Steve Rudolph
Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications
University of Minnesota

Steve Rudolph is the Director of Strategic Communications at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, where his goal is to connect the school and its stakeholders through authentic storytelling and compelling communications. He joined the School of Nursing from the Carlson School of Management where he led the creation of the business school’s external communications and ground-breaking digital and video content. Prior to higher education, he was a public relations executive known for providing sound and strategic counsel to clients, building, and protecting brands, and staging successful events and programs.

Speakers

Dr. Nia Adimu-Ceja Josiah, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Columbia University School of Nursing
Jonas Scholar (2021-2023)

Dr. Nia Adimu-Ceja Josiah is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Columbia University Medical Center and Columbia University School of Nursing. Dr. Josiah is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) graduate from Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) and a licensed Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry. Dr. Josiah is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA MFP/ANA Doctoral Fellow, Jonas Scholar, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) scholar and CUSON Pathways to Leadership and Advancement in Nursing (PLAN) scholar.

Dr. Josiah serves as a nursing leader gaining over 10 years of professional, clinical experience in psychology and psychiatry combined, ranging from nursing research, teaching, serving in acute care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, mentally disabled communities, respite-care, and palliative care. Dr. Josiah has gained professional and leadership experience in the medical field climbing the nursing ladder from a home health aide, certified nursing assistant, gerontologic assistant, medicine technician, mastered degree nurse, to now a DNP, PMHNP. Dr. Josiah’s doctoral training consisted of interning as a PMHNP, DNP conducting individual psychotherapy at Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in Bronx, New York, intern at Four Winds Hospital in Katonah, New York conducting medication management and an outpatient intern for Dr. Fatima Ramos-Marcuse in Mamaroneck, New York conducting both medication management and psychotherapy.

Dr. Josiah has two years of experience in conducting simulation-based learning. She has honed the necessary skills in planning, preparation and execution of simulation-based healthcare training, education and execution. Dr. Josiah has led and assisted in researching technology and simulation best-practice training for CUSON faculty across disciplines. She completed the Essentials in Clinical Simulation Across the Health Professions course and received a certificate authorized by George Washington University.

Dr. Josiah has had the pleasure to teach nationally and internationally at Columbia University School of Nursing, and remote at GEC Academy in Shanghai, China. She has taught science of psychiatric/mental health nurse practice, evidence-based practice, scholarly writing and dissemination, health promotion and disease prevention, and general simulation lab to masters and doctoral degree students.

Dr. Josiah has expertise in forming, leading, and managing research teams as well as co-authored with over 20 PhD’s and DNP’s. Dr. Josiah’s research interests focus on addressing systemic drivers of racial health iniquities among marginalized patient populations. Dr. Josiah’s publications consist of peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed articles, systematic reviews, discursive papers, editorials, op-eds, nursing blogs, and poster presentations. Dr. Josiah uses her social justice advocacy to lobby nursing initiatives impacting marginalized populations at national and international workshops and on leadership panels.

Dr. Josiah currently serves as a Columbia University School of Nursing Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Board Member, a Jonas Alumni Council Board Member, and an inducted member of Sigma Theta Tau International Society Nu Beta at Large chapter. Dr. Josiah serves on local, national, and international committees including: CUSON's anti-racism retention committee and BIPOC Deans’ Advisory Group as 2023 graduating class representative, co-founded sub-committee Umoja, ANA, SIGMA Nu Beta Chapter at-Large (Governance), International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) committee and AACN Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA committee member).

Currently, Dr. Josiah works in the outpatient setting in Mount Vernon, New York, operates her own private practice and volunteers at local homeless shelters.

Speakers

Dr. Nia Adimu-Ceja Josiah, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Columbia University School of Nursing
Jonas Scholar (2021-2023)

Dr. Nia Adimu-Ceja Josiah is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Columbia University Medical Center and Columbia University School of Nursing. Dr. Josiah is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) graduate from Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) and a licensed Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry. Dr. Josiah is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA MFP/ANA Doctoral Fellow, Jonas Scholar, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) scholar and CUSON Pathways to Leadership and Advancement in Nursing (PLAN) scholar.

Dr. Josiah serves as a nursing leader gaining over 10 years of professional, clinical experience in psychology and psychiatry combined, ranging from nursing research, teaching, serving in acute care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, mentally disabled communities, respite-care, and palliative care. Dr. Josiah has gained professional and leadership experience in the medical field climbing the nursing ladder from a home health aide, certified nursing assistant, gerontologic assistant, medicine technician, mastered degree nurse, to now a DNP, PMHNP. Dr. Josiah’s doctoral training consisted of interning as a PMHNP, DNP conducting individual psychotherapy at Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in Bronx, New York, intern at Four Winds Hospital in Katonah, New York conducting medication management and an outpatient intern for Dr. Fatima Ramos-Marcuse in Mamaroneck, New York conducting both medication management and psychotherapy.

Dr. Josiah has two years of experience in conducting simulation-based learning. She has honed the necessary skills in planning, preparation and execution of simulation-based healthcare training, education and execution. Dr. Josiah has led and assisted in researching technology and simulation best-practice training for CUSON faculty across disciplines. She completed the Essentials in Clinical Simulation Across the Health Professions course and received a certificate authorized by George Washington University.

Dr. Josiah has had the pleasure to teach nationally and internationally at Columbia University School of Nursing, and remote at GEC Academy in Shanghai, China. She has taught science of psychiatric/mental health nurse practice, evidence-based practice, scholarly writing and dissemination, health promotion and disease prevention, and general simulation lab to masters and doctoral degree students.

Dr. Josiah has expertise in forming, leading, and managing research teams as well as co-authored with over 20 PhD’s and DNP’s. Dr. Josiah’s research interests focus on addressing systemic drivers of racial health iniquities among marginalized patient populations. Dr. Josiah’s publications consist of peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed articles, systematic reviews, discursive papers, editorials, op-eds, nursing blogs, and poster presentations. Dr. Josiah uses her social justice advocacy to lobby nursing initiatives impacting marginalized populations at national and international workshops and on leadership panels.

Dr. Josiah currently serves as a Columbia University School of Nursing Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Board Member, a Jonas Alumni Council Board Member, and an inducted member of Sigma Theta Tau International Society Nu Beta at Large chapter. Dr. Josiah serves on local, national, and international committees including: CUSON's anti-racism retention committee and BIPOC Deans’ Advisory Group as 2023 graduating class representative, co-founded sub-committee Umoja, ANA, SIGMA Nu Beta Chapter at-Large (Governance), International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) committee and AACN Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA committee member).

Currently, Dr. Josiah works in the outpatient setting in Mount Vernon, New York, operates her own private practice and volunteers at local homeless shelters.