Laly Joseph, DVM, DNP, CNE, RN, MSN, ARNP, ANP-BC, FNAP
Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
My philosophy of teaching is “To prepare health care professionals to thrive and succeed locally and globally in today’s highly technological, multicultural, and complex health care environment” My philosophy as a leader in nursing is “As an educator and a nurse practitioner, the value of patient centered interprofessional education, research, and practice to enhance collaboration, build teams, and improve patient outcomes is foundational for all health disciplines”
Biography
Dr. Joseph’s academic and healthcare career spans more than 30 years, with previous positions as Interim Dean, Vice Dean & Senior Associate Dean at Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing in NY, Assistant Professor of Clinical at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies and Associate Director, Clinical Assistant Professor and RN-BSN-MSN Program Director at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She has also held various leadership roles as Administrative Nursing Supervisor, Director of Education, Sigma Epsilon Rho and Beta Tau Chapter Leader and President, United Nations Delegate, and currently as International Nursing Consultant with universities in India and Malaysia. She is a staunch advocate for global research and academic collaborations with universities in Belgium, Nepal, Taiwan, India, and Malaysia.
Dr. Joseph is a board certified adult nurse practitioner, clinically active and trained in palliative and end-of-life care by the End of Life Nursing Consortium. She is also a certified nurse educator by the National League for Nursing. Her specialty areas include management, oncology, mobile technology, virtual simulation, gerontology, palliative, and hospice nursing. Dr. Joseph is an Advisory Editor to the Editorial Board of the Malaysian Journal for Qualitative Research (MJQR). She is an Editorial Reviewer for the National Kidney Foundation Board, Advisory Board member for the National Indian Nurse Practitioners Association of America and has participated in the publication of several nursing textbooks. Dr. Joseph has presented and published nationally and internationally on topics such as yoga, ayurvedic medicine, mobile technology to reduce medication errors, academic-practice partnerships, virtual simulation & electronic documentation, and palliative and end-of-life care integration in the undergraduate nursing curriculum.
Dr. Joseph earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Bombay Veterinary College in Mumbai in 1985. She was a practicing veterinarian before making a career change to the nursing field. She then earned her BSN degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) in 1993, her MSN, APRN, and ANP-BC in 2002, and her DNP in 2009, also from FDU.
Dr. Joseph is a Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner of the Academy of Nursing of the National Academies of Practice, AACN Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Network member, AACN HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Grant Project Director, and an Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy Scholar with Sigma.
Education
Bombay Veterinary College, MumbaiDVM, Veterinary Medicine 1980 - 1985
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Clinical Nursing Track 2007 - 2009
Fairleigh Dickinson University
MSN, APRN, B.C., Nursing, Adult Nurse Practitioner 1999 - 2002
Fairleigh Dickinson University
BSN, NURSING 1992 - 1993
Interests
Reading, Yoga, Knitting and Gardening Volunteer at church activitiesPublications
Everett-Thomas, R., Joseph, L., & Trujillo, G. (2022). Evaluating undergraduate nursing students’ assessment skills using simulation in a “round robin” pedagogical strategy. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare Journal, 6, 50-56.Everett-Thomas, R., Joseph, L., et al. (2022). Creating an Academic-Practice Partnership is Key during a Pandemic. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare Journal, 6, 10-13.
Everett-Thomas, R., Joseph, L., & Trujillo, G. (2021) Using virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills. Nursing Education Today 99.
Joseph, L (Aug 2020). Virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10755/21180
Joseph, L (Aug 2020). End-of-Life Course Integration in the Undergraduate Curriculum to Measure Impact on Student Nurses' Knowledge. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10755/20962
Joseph, L (March 2020). Impact on Nursing Students’ Knowledge Through Integration of an End-of-Life Course in the Undergraduate Curriculum STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10755/20092
Huston, Carol L.; Meaux, Julie B.; Joseph, Laly; Rea, Abigail S.; Cox, Catherine Wilson; Stark, Debra M.; Kipnis, Gayle J.; Lewis, Lisa S.; Dino, Michael Joseph; Kelly, MIchelle M. (Nov 2019). Academic Leadership Development: The Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (ENFLA) Cohort III Outcomes. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10755/19039
Joseph, L (Oct 2019). Academic-Practice Collaboration: A Framework for Promoting Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Academic and Clinical Settings. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository; http://hdl.handle.net/10755/18804
Joseph, L (2018). Ayurvedic Medicine: Implications for Nursing. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare. Aug (2): 6-9.
Joseph, L, & Thomas, R. (2018). Integration of an End-of-Life care course in the undergraduate curriculum and its impact on nursing students’ knowledge towards end-of-life care. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare. Aug (2): 35-37.
Joseph, L. (2018). Strengthening Nursing Education Through Mobile Technology Integration Thus Promoting
Technological Competency and Medication Error Reduction. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10755/623964
Everett-Thomas, R., Brito, Y., & Joseph, L. (2018). Nurses are Vital to Improving Clinical Integrity and Clinical Documentation in Hospitals. J Nurs Healthcare Manag 1: 105
Joseph, L (2017). Use of Mobile Technology to Reduce Medication Errors at the Point of Care. NAINA Journal of Nursing. Oct (2): 16-18.
Joseph, L (2017). Integration of Palliative and End-Of-Life Care Content to Strengthen the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum: A Literature Review. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare. Aug (1): 22- 25.
Owusu, B., Dubuisson, M., & Joseph, L. (2017). Nurse Practitioner Facilitated Hypertension Medication Adherence Improvement for African Americans: A Literature Review. International Forum for Nursing and Healthcare. Aug (1): 18-21.
Williams, J., Gonzalez-Guarda, R., Halstead, V., Martinez, J., & Joseph, L. (2017). Disclosing Gender-Based Violence during Health Care Visits: A Patient Centered Approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. July 1-22.
Joseph, L. (2017). Mobile Technology Integration in Baccalaureate Nursing Education to Promote Technological Competency and Reduce Medication Errors. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10755/623098
Albuja, L., Cianelli, R., Anglade, D., D., Owusu, B., Joseph, L., Salisman, S., & Ferrer, L. (2017). Women’s and Healthcare Workers’ Beliefs and Experiences Surrounding Abortions: The Case of Haiti. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(2), 170-176.
Joseph, L. (2017). Theory and Practice of Nursing: Integrated Approach to Caring. International Conference Journal. College of Nursing, Pune, India.
Joseph, L. (2016). Medication error reduction using PDA technology by nursing students at the point of care. STTI, Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10755/620391
Salani, D, Zdanowicz, M & Joseph, L (2016). Heroin Use. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. 54(6), 30-37.
Owusu, B., & Joseph, L. (2015). LB-AAW: A Lifestyle Intervention Diabetes Prevention Program for African American Women delivered in Primary Care Settings by Nurse Practitioners. The UPNAAI Nursing Journal, 13(1), 33-35.
Leconte, G., Joseph, L., & Guttman, M. (2014). Exploring the boundaries of palliative & hospice nursing. The UPNAAI Nursing Journal, 11(1), 45-46.
Hatch, J., Joseph, L., & Guttman, M. (2014). Yoga & its benefits on chronic lower back pain. The UPNAAI Nursing Journal, 9(1), 35-39.
Joseph, L., & Guttman, M. (2011). Use of handheld technology & reduction in medication errors. The UPNAAI Nursing Journal, 7 (1), 42-45.
Joseph, L. (2011, June). Nursing’s Next Generation: A look at nursing programs in Bergen County colleges. (201) Health Magazine.
Joseph, L. (2007). Caring behaviors of nurses. Nurse.com, Jan 2007.
Joseph, L. (2002). Restraint Policy. Barnert Newsletter.
Oral Presentations:
“Using Simulation in a “Round Robin” Pedagogical Strategy to Evaluate Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Assessment Skills” – accepted to present.
• 8th World Congress on Nursing and Healthcare”, August 07-08, 2023, London, UK.
“Academic-Practice Partnership: A Framework for Promoting Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Academic and Clinical Settings” – accepted to present.
• Global Summit on Nursing Education, Nursing Trends 2023, Rome, Italy, April 10, 2023.
“Evaluating undergraduate nursing students’ assessment skills using simulation in a “round robin” pedagogical strategy.”
• Sigma’s 33rd International Nursing Research Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 24, 2022
“Use of virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills”
• The Fourth Annual Tristate Regional Simulation Symposium, Mount Sinai, NY, Sept 25, 2020
“Virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills.”
• Sigma’s Virtual 31st International Nursing Research Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Aug 31, 2020
“End-of-Life course integration in the undergraduate curriculum to measure impact on student nurses’ knowledge.”
• NLN Nursing Education Research Conference, Washington, D.C, March 28, 2020.
“Impact on Nursing Students’ Knowledge through Integration of an End-of-Life Course in the Undergraduate Curriculum”
• Global Congress on Nursing and Healthcare, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 15-16, 2019
“Using virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills.”
• 29th International Nursing Research Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July 26th, 2018
“Mobile technology Integration in Baccalaureate Nursing Education to promote Technological Competency and Reduce Medication Errors.”
• 28th International Nursing Research Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July 26th, 2017
“Strengthening Nursing Education Through Mobile Technology Integration Thus Promoting
Technological Competency and Medication Error Reduction”
• Nursing Education Research Conference, Washington, D.C. April 2018
“Theory and Practice of Nursing: Integrated Approach to Caring”
• Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Nursing, Pune, India, International Conference: Enrich, Empower & Embrace Nursing, Feb 8-10th, 2017.
“The Long-Term Care Dilemma: Which way to go?”
• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, UM, Coral Gables, Dec 8, 2016
“Palliative care and its implications in today’s health care system”
• 43rd Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Las Vegas, Nov 15, 2015.
• University of Miami, Coral gables, FL, July 6th, 2014
“Reduction in Medication Error with the Use of PDA Technology”
• Sigma Theta Tau’s 25th International Nursing Research Congress, Hong Kong, China, July 25, 2014.
“Nursing student’s use of mobile technology to reduce medication errors at the point of care.”
• Leadership Connection Conference 2016, STTI, Indianapolis, Sept 19th, 2016
• North American Indian Nurses Association, Chicago, Oct 21st, 2016
“Reduction in Medication Error with the Use of PDA Technology”
• 42nd Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Indianapolis, Nov 18, 2013.
• National Indian American Nurses Association, Texas, Oct 28, 2010.
• Indian American Nurses Association, North & Central NJ Chapter, NJ, May 8, 2010.
“Use of Handheld Technology (PDA) and Reduction in Medication Errors”
• International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (IATED), Spain, April 26, 2011.
“Using Handheld Devices in the Clinical and Classroom Setting”
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Collaborative Learning, Community, New Brunswick, NJ, April 16, 2010.
“Restraint Policy”, Barnert Hospital, Paterson, New Jersey, April 2002.
Poster Presentations:
“End-of-Life course integration in the undergraduate curriculum to measure impact of student nurses’ knowledge.”
• Sigma’s Virtual 31st International Nursing Research Congress, Aug 31, 2020
“Academic-Practice Collaboration: A Framework for Promoting Palliative and End-of-life Care in Clinical and Academic Settings.”
• 45th Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Washington, DC, Nov 17, 2019
“Undergraduate nursing students’ assessment skills were evaluated using simulation in a “Round Robin” pedagogy strategy.”
• IMSH, San Antonio, Texas, Jan 2019
“Using virtual simulation and electronic medical records to assess student nurses’ clinical documentation and critical thinking skills”
• IMSH, San Antonio, Texas, Jan 2019
“Mobile technology Integration in Baccalaureate Nursing Education to promote Technological Competency and Reduce Medication Errors”
• 44th Biennial Convention, STTI, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct 30th, 2017
“Use of Handheld (PDA) Technology & Reduction in Medication Errors”
. Nursing Consortium of South Florida, Davie, FL, Sept 25, 2015
• St. Elizabeth College of Nursing, New Jersey, Oct 16, 2013.
• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, Oct 28, 2009.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, April 2, 2009.
“A Holistic Approach in Identifying Nursing Diagnosis”
• St. Elizabeth College of Nursing, NJ, Oct 16, 2013.
• 39th National Conference, Villanova University, Oct 26, 2012.
• APN Conference, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, Oct. 27, 2012.
• Research Day- Sigma Theta Tau–Epsilon Rho, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ, March 3, 2012.
Projects
Project Director - HRSA’s Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) 2.5 million Program Grant - Workforce Inclusion in Nursing (WIN) Program, 2019- 2023
Integration of a Palliative and End-of-Life care course in the undergraduate curriculum and its impact on nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards end-of-life care, 2018
Using a simulated electronic medical record system to evaluate clinical documentation among student nurses and other healthcare providers, 2018
Co- Investigator, Minority Older Women Living with HIV 1 million Grant, 2017
Incorporation of handheld technology in the undergraduate nursing curriculum, 2014
Exploring the boundaries of palliative & hospice care, 2014
Yoga & its benefits on chronic lower back pain, 2013
A Holistic approach in identifying nursing diagnosis, 2012
Use of handheld technology (PDA) and reduction in medication errors, 2009
Provost Seed Grant, Doctoral Dissertation, 2008
Caring behaviors of nurses, 2002