Who We Are

Donita Ross, Associate Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President of Health Carousel International, brings over 29 years of acute hospital experience to the team. As a former manager of perioperative, medical surgical, and oncology services at Tri-Health Hospital System, a 320-bed acute care facility, Donita intimately knows the innerworkings of a hospital setting.  
 
She significantly impacted Health Carousel International clients by leveraging her wide-ranging and robust clinical experience, establishing herself as a trusted advisor while bringing invaluable clinical insights that help improve nurses' success while on assignment. 
 
Donita has also led presentations on US work opportunities for foreign nurses. She is a certified Global Nurse Consultant (2021), and she keenly understands the global nursing industry and its unique challenges and advantages. 
 
During her time with Health Carousel, Donita has won the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Health Care Hero Award (2020), and the American Staffing Association’s Women in Leadership Scholarship (2021). In 2023, she was admitted into the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy Coldiron Senior Nurse Executive Fellowship Program. 

Earl Dalton, Chief Nursing Officer at Health Carousel, brings over 28 years of acute hospital experience to the team. Earl provides guidance and best practices from his vast experience to help create the best nursing experience possible. In a new era of health care where nothing is more important than the patient experience, Health Carousel gains the knowledge and expertise of a patient experience expert.

As a testament to his leadership, Earl was invited to speak to a national audience at the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses on “innovative transformational leadership” in October of 2012, and has spoken internationally at such notable events such as the Philippines Nurse association annual conference and International DAISY day. Additionally, he was published in Customer Care News for innovation in customer experience in 2015.  In 2016, Earl was voted "most distinguished" nurse leader in Cincinnati. Currently Earl is appointed to the Joint Commission staffing advisory panel, The Joint Commission technical advisory committee and is an elected board member of the National Association of Travel Healthcare organizations (NATHO).

Prior to joining Health Carousel in 2016, Earl worked for Tri-Health Systems, a 320-bed acute care facility, as the Director of Emergency Services, where he helped lead a team that won the Lantern Award for exceptional practice and innovation in an emergency department setting. In 2023, Earl completed the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy Coldiron Senior Nurse Executive Fellowship Program.