Transcultural Nursing Society

Transcultural Nursing Society

Mission: The mission of TCNS is to enhance the quality of culturally congruent, competent,
and equitable care that results in improved health and well being for people worldwide.

Vision: The TCNS seeks to provide nurses and other health care professionals with the
knowledge base necessary to ensure cultural competence in practice, education, research,
and administration.

Philosophy/Values: TCN is a theory based humanistic discipline, designed to serve
individuals, organizations, communities, and societies. Human care/caring is defined within
the context of culture. Culturally competent care can only occur when culture care values are
known and serve as the foundation for meaningful care. *Scholarship is the foundation of the
discipline of TCN. Advanced educational preparation in TCN enhances the practice of
culturally competent care. Certification documents evidence of the ability to provide culturally
competent care. To achieve our vision, the TCNS requires a stable financial base.

Goals of TCNS

To advance cultural competence for nurses worldwide
To advance the scholarship (substantive knowledge) of the discipline
To develop strategies for advocating social change for cultural competent care
To promote a sound financial non-profit corporation

*Scholarship in nursing can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the
teaching, research, and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that 1) is significant to the
profession, 2) is creative, 3) can be documented, 4) can be replicated or elaborated, and 5)
can be peer-reviewed through various methods.
http://www.aacn.nche .edu/Publications/positions/scholar.htm

That the culture care needs
of people in the world will be
met by nurses prepared in
Transcultural Nursing.

Madeleine Leininger
Founder
Transcultural Nursing Society

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