Nightingale Scholar and Activist
Dr. DEVA-MARIE BECK — a nurse, health educator, author, scholar, researcher and multi-media specialist — serves as International Co-Director of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health — NIGH World. In 2004, she joined several Nightingale scholars and related activists to co-found NIGH — from Florence Nightingale’s legacy — to raise public awareness for health by empowering and engaging women — especially nurses and midwives — to advocate for the pressing global health needs of our time. She is co-author of the American Nurses Association’s book Florence Nightingale Today: Her Vision for A Healthy Future.
