| Rose Eva Bana Constantino Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wife, Parent, Friend, Nurse Educator, Researcher, Lawyer and Community Leader Email: rco100@pitt.edu Web site: roseconstantino.com |
Teach me the art of taking minute vacations — of slowing down to
look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to answer a child’
s question, to read a few lines from a good book ... The race is not
always to the swift— there is more to life than increasing its speed.
—- Kenneth Grooms
Stress seems to be the mark of our time. So many things can
cause stress and the inability to cope with the stressful situation,
such as the loss of a loved one, can be fatal. Now more than ever,
death due to a broken heart is drawing the attention of analysts
and researchers.
Rose Eva Bana Constantino is one analyst and researcher who
has delved into the psychosocial intricacies of grief, bereavement
and suicidal tendency. Basically a registered nurse by profession,
Rose pursued a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh
from 1969 to 1980. She studied Law soon after at the Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1984, passed
to become a member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar
Association and was admitted to the US Supreme Court.
look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to answer a child’
s question, to read a few lines from a good book ... The race is not
always to the swift— there is more to life than increasing its speed.
—- Kenneth Grooms
Stress seems to be the mark of our time. So many things can
cause stress and the inability to cope with the stressful situation,
such as the loss of a loved one, can be fatal. Now more than ever,
death due to a broken heart is drawing the attention of analysts
and researchers.
Rose Eva Bana Constantino is one analyst and researcher who
has delved into the psychosocial intricacies of grief, bereavement
and suicidal tendency. Basically a registered nurse by profession,
Rose pursued a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh
from 1969 to 1980. She studied Law soon after at the Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1984, passed
to become a member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar
Association and was admitted to the US Supreme Court.
She loves the academe and has preferred to teach and impart to fellow nurses the theories and concepts of
psychiatric mental health nursing while undertaking research studies mainly in bereavement crisis
intervention and suicidal behavior. Rose has actively participated in international, national, Asian and
European conventions, conferences and symposiums presenting therein the results of her research studies,
abstracts and other substantive works. These dissertations found publication in scientific and professional
journals and books or monographs, i.e. Philippine Journal of Nursing; Monduzzi Editore (Italy); Educational
Resources Information Center; Schizophrenia Research; Issues in Mental Health Nursing; Psychiatric Mental
Health Nursing; Biological research for Nursing— just to name a few. This is clearly a validation of the lofty
niche that Rose has attained in the nursing field. She is still doing more research studies while many of her
completed in line for presentation, grant approval or ready for publication. Presently, Rose is a member of the
Graduate Faculty of the University of Pittsburgh and currently an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
also in the University of Pittsburgh.
Herself a prolific technical writer, Rose is an active member of the editorial boards of numerous scientific
journals as consulting reviewer, manuscript reviewer or as collateral reviewer for research grants and
scientific papers from 1986 to date. Her current research focus is on caring for survivors of violence especially
survivors of SARA (Sexual Assault, Rape and Abuse). She has developed a program called HELP (Health,
Educational and Legal Program) a Web based program for coping with violence especially the sequelae of
SARA: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety and lower helper T-cells. She continues to teach
forensic nursing, legal nurse consulting and leadership.
With all that she has accomplished and attained, Rose has an almost infinite list of honors. She was a
member of the Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Chapter, National Honor Society for Nurses; listed among the Who’s
Who in American Law Students (1983); Who’s Who in American Nursing (1984 & 1988); Who’s Who in the
East (1986 & 1989); Who’s Who in America (1990); Who’s Who in the World (1992); was listed also in the
International Biography and International Youth in Achievement (Cambridge, England); was given the
Research Excellence Award by the Pennsylvania Nurses’ Association; the University Senate Community
Service Award; and so many more to mention in a limited space.
As a lawyer, Rose is an active member of the Health Care and Hospital Law Committee as well as of the
Arbitration and Meditation Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is also a member of the
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Among the numerous activities that fill her busy schedule,
Rose has been providing pro bono work for the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Legal Services since 1992 to the
present as an Attorney for indigent clients seeking protection from abuse. Rose is a board of member of the
American Nurses Foundation, the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR), and the Sexual Assault Response
Team of Allegheny County (SARTAC).
Rose gives the same passion to community activities as she gives to her scholarly endeavors. For five years,
from 1977 to 1982, she served in the Consultation Education Subcommittees for Allegheny East; provided
mental health consultation to divorces in interracial marriages from 1980 to 1991; traveled to present various
topics pertaining to members of THEOS (They Help Each Other Spiritually) on various topics pertaining to
coping with grief in widowhood from 1984 to 1991; volunteered as nursing staff for the Pittsburgh Marathon
from 1991 to 1994; and served as referral site for the Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland Counties’ survivors
of suicide through Postvention Research Program for Suicide Survivors. Rose has given more than her share
of pride and honor to the Filipino-American community through her accomplishments and volunteer work.
She has been working unselfishly to show that Filipinos can compete in the mainstream and continues to
give the best that she can give to her profession— the fruit of her wisdom, the quest for knowledge and the
passion to share that knowledge.
Rose Eva Bana-Constantino is the wife of Dr. Abraham A. Constantino. They have three children— Charles (a
lawyer, 30 years old; Kenneth, 29; and Abraham III, 27. #
psychiatric mental health nursing while undertaking research studies mainly in bereavement crisis
intervention and suicidal behavior. Rose has actively participated in international, national, Asian and
European conventions, conferences and symposiums presenting therein the results of her research studies,
abstracts and other substantive works. These dissertations found publication in scientific and professional
journals and books or monographs, i.e. Philippine Journal of Nursing; Monduzzi Editore (Italy); Educational
Resources Information Center; Schizophrenia Research; Issues in Mental Health Nursing; Psychiatric Mental
Health Nursing; Biological research for Nursing— just to name a few. This is clearly a validation of the lofty
niche that Rose has attained in the nursing field. She is still doing more research studies while many of her
completed in line for presentation, grant approval or ready for publication. Presently, Rose is a member of the
Graduate Faculty of the University of Pittsburgh and currently an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
also in the University of Pittsburgh.
Herself a prolific technical writer, Rose is an active member of the editorial boards of numerous scientific
journals as consulting reviewer, manuscript reviewer or as collateral reviewer for research grants and
scientific papers from 1986 to date. Her current research focus is on caring for survivors of violence especially
survivors of SARA (Sexual Assault, Rape and Abuse). She has developed a program called HELP (Health,
Educational and Legal Program) a Web based program for coping with violence especially the sequelae of
SARA: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety and lower helper T-cells. She continues to teach
forensic nursing, legal nurse consulting and leadership.
With all that she has accomplished and attained, Rose has an almost infinite list of honors. She was a
member of the Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Chapter, National Honor Society for Nurses; listed among the Who’s
Who in American Law Students (1983); Who’s Who in American Nursing (1984 & 1988); Who’s Who in the
East (1986 & 1989); Who’s Who in America (1990); Who’s Who in the World (1992); was listed also in the
International Biography and International Youth in Achievement (Cambridge, England); was given the
Research Excellence Award by the Pennsylvania Nurses’ Association; the University Senate Community
Service Award; and so many more to mention in a limited space.
As a lawyer, Rose is an active member of the Health Care and Hospital Law Committee as well as of the
Arbitration and Meditation Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is also a member of the
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Among the numerous activities that fill her busy schedule,
Rose has been providing pro bono work for the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Legal Services since 1992 to the
present as an Attorney for indigent clients seeking protection from abuse. Rose is a board of member of the
American Nurses Foundation, the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR), and the Sexual Assault Response
Team of Allegheny County (SARTAC).
Rose gives the same passion to community activities as she gives to her scholarly endeavors. For five years,
from 1977 to 1982, she served in the Consultation Education Subcommittees for Allegheny East; provided
mental health consultation to divorces in interracial marriages from 1980 to 1991; traveled to present various
topics pertaining to members of THEOS (They Help Each Other Spiritually) on various topics pertaining to
coping with grief in widowhood from 1984 to 1991; volunteered as nursing staff for the Pittsburgh Marathon
from 1991 to 1994; and served as referral site for the Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland Counties’ survivors
of suicide through Postvention Research Program for Suicide Survivors. Rose has given more than her share
of pride and honor to the Filipino-American community through her accomplishments and volunteer work.
She has been working unselfishly to show that Filipinos can compete in the mainstream and continues to
give the best that she can give to her profession— the fruit of her wisdom, the quest for knowledge and the
passion to share that knowledge.
Rose Eva Bana-Constantino is the wife of Dr. Abraham A. Constantino. They have three children— Charles (a
lawyer, 30 years old; Kenneth, 29; and Abraham III, 27. #
Washington D.C. Since 1987
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