Barbara Dossey

Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the holistic nursing movement. She is International Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH); Co-Director, Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP), Huntington, New York; and Director of Holistic Nursing Consultants (HNC), Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has received many awards and has authored or co-authored 23 books including Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer (2010, Commemorative Edition); Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice (5th ed., 2008); Florence Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action (2005); Compassionate Care of the Dying: Manual and Standards for Practice (2007); and AHNA Core Curriculum for Holistic Nursing (Editor) (1997). A major focus of her work currently includes integral and holistic nursing, global nursing, and integrative nurse coaching. She is also exploring the impact of Florence Nightingale’s life and work on contemporary nursing and humankind. For more information see web sites: www.dosseydossey.com, www.nightingaledeclaration.net, www.integrativenursecoach.com.