2018 October 17-20 – Transcultural Nursing Society 44th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX

Transcultural Nursing Society

36600 Schoolcraft Rd.
Livonia, MI 48150-1176
Mailing Address:
37637 Five Mile Rd. #319
Livonia, MI 48154-1543

Purposes of the 2018 Conference:

Explore the connectedness of Transcultural Nursing Education, Practice, Research and Administration.
Examine population health through meaningful use of transcultural theories and evidence-based best practices.
Identify new and innovative transcultural nursing strategies to promote delivery of evidence-based care.
Synthesize ecological, global, and social determinants of health to develop culturally relevant programs and services for individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Conference Location:
Embassy Suites on the Riverwalk!
125 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

Contact Information:
Email STAFF@TCNS.ORG
Phone (888)432-5470

Report of the 44^th Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society

November 20, 2018 from Gayle Russell

The 44^th Annual Transcultural Nursing Society Conference was held October 17-20, 2018 at the Embassy Suites on the Riverwalk Hotel located a short walk from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. The international conference included over 260 participants from 48 cultures and more than 14 countries, as well as 24 US states and Puerto Rico. Speakers and attendees included a diverse and global array of transcultural nursing (TCN) and healthcare experts. Attendees had the opportunity to engage directly with theorists and providers from administrative, educational, practice, and research settings in a variety of panel discussions, breakout sessions, poster sessions, and breaks.

Keynote speaker Dr. DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, Carolina Trustee Professor and Emily Myrtle Smith Endowed Chair at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing, presented Approaching Every Nursing Encounter with a Transcultural Lens. She discussed how increased cultural diversity has created a need for every nurse to provide care for every patient through a transcultural lens. She included strategies and opportunities that nurses in practice, education, and research can employ to ensure that transcultural nursing perspectives are applied in every patient encounter.

Transcultural Nursing Scholars Presentations on Transcultural Approaches to Advance Health Care Representing Individual, Organizational, and Community Views were delivered by Drs. Josepha Campinha-Bacote and Dr. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and Dr. Sandy Lovering. An Intersectionality Approach to Cultural Competemility was presented by Dr. Campinha-Bacote and Dr. Fitzgerald and Transformational Leadership: Bridging Cultures through Shared Values was presented by Dr. Lovering.