Message from the regional coordinator 01

Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean: communicating what characterizes us

It is with deep joy and satisfaction that I greet you and share with you our second newsletter from the Latin American and Caribbean Region, an exercise in communicating who we are, what we do, and what we dream of. For several years now, the idea of having a regional newsletter in which nursing leaders in practice, academia, science, and politics could communicate the developments of nursing leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean has been considered. . Today, when our second issue is consolidated, I highlight the importance of assuming with passion, but also with a lot of discipline, the challenges that are being imposed on our path.

The exercise of communicating in writing what we do requires a great emotional and intellectual effort; on an emotional level, it is necessary to be sure that what we are going to tell is important not only for us but also for those who are going to read it, it is necessary to trust ourselves, in our knowledge, in the importance of what we do and in the importance of our role for those around us. Taking advantage of emotion as a resource helps us find meaning and enjoyment in what we communicate, and it is precisely what you will be able to perceive when you read the warm description of Jamaica that our colleagues from the Omega Kappa Chapter offer us and the devotion with which the Chilean colleagues and Colombians tell us about the history and progress of their nursing programs Without a doubt, the construction of disciplinary knowledge, nursing leadership in scientific knowledge networks, and nursing innovation in climatic health care fill us with joy, because without a