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research-article2014
TCNXXX10.1177/1043659613504193Journal of Transcultural NursingDouglas
Editorial
Caring People Who Can Change the World: You
Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2014, Vol 25(1) 5 © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1043659613513960 tcn.sagepub.com
Norma Graciela Cuellar, PhD, RN, FAAN1 Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. —Margaret Mead
As I return from the annual Transcultural Nursing Conference in Albuquerque, NM, I am excited to begin my appointment as the editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. During the last 6 months, I have been blessed to have Dr. Marty Douglas and Dan Ruth help me with this transition. I am working diligently to maintain the excellence and integrity of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. I am reminded of how a few caring nurses started to change the world in how we see people of diverse backgrounds and taught us how to provide culturally competent health care to so many people worldwide. I have always believed that this journal had the highest quality of information for health care providers—discussing the sensitive issues that no other journal wanted to publish. The journal has been instrumental in the development of knowledge related to congruent health care. The contributors, from both national and international countries, have been inspiring clinicians, researchers, practitioners, and theorists discussing the intricate relationship between culture and health care in a global society. As a Latina, I am excited to take on the responsibilities of being editor of the journal. I have a strong background working with groups and organizations around diversity issues. I have had the opportunity to work with some great leaders who have moved the issue of diversity forward in the health care agenda. As a member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, I have worked diligently to help improve the perspectives of cultural and ethnic groups in all health care disciplines, as well as improve health care delivery for those that are underserved. At the annual meeting of the Transcultural Nursing Society, I presented “my vision” to the organization with a priority on serving the members and readers of the journal with the most up-to-date information that will affect health care in diverse and underserved populations. I want to invite authors who are excellent in their scholarship who will provide the journal with manuscripts that will affect health outcomes. I want our reviewers to engage in the process of contributing to the high integrity of the journal by providing excellent peer reviews. I want our Associate and Senior Editors to be active in leadership of the journal and participate in major decisions. I value the expertise of our Editorial Board who are representatives of global leaders who can provide us with feedback to improve the journal for all of our readers.
I value your opinion as a member of the Transcultural Nursing Society, as a reader of the journal, and as someone who believes that all persons deserve respect and dignity in receiving health care that is affected by research, education, and practice. I want to hear from you and know what your thoughts are. In a time of rapid change, today’s news is tomorrow’s history! So, how are we meeting your needs to help you stay up-to-date on important issues through the Journal of Transcultural Nursing? Social media is instrumental in this process; therefore, I have developed a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/jtcneditor) and hope you will use it to send your comments. We have made some changes that you may begin to see in this issue of the journal. In addition, we have (a) examined the manuscript review process to get manuscripts back to authors in a timely fashion, (b) reviewed our author submission guidelines, (c) updated our web pages to be consistent across TCN, Sage, and Manuscript Central/Scholar One, (d) recruited over 70 new reviewers, and (e) increased our number of associate editors to help with review process. President Obama is a strong advocate for diversity. He encourages us all to be a part of change. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” With that said, I would like to challenge you to help us continue to “change” health care of persons of all ethnicities and cultures in global settings by staying engaged in these issues. I am asking each of you to be an Ambassador for the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Use our journal to keep diversity issues visible. Share articles with your peers. Make the Journal of Transcultural Nursing visible. Post articles of interest on bulletin boards or send them out by e-mail to your peers. Share stories or articles from the journal through your social media like Facebook or Twitter. Encourage others to cite work from our journal. Be an advocate for the journal as well as someone who wants to improve health care for all. I am humbled and grateful to have been selected to serve as the Editor for the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. I look forward to working with each of you continuing its excellence. You are the “caring people of the world” who will continue to make change to improve health care outcomes. 1
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Corresponding Author: University of Alabama, Box 870358, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358, USA. Email: [email protected]
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research-article2014
TCNXXX10.1177/1043659613504193Journal of Transcultural NursingDouglas
Editorial
Caring People Who Can Change the World: You
Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2014, Vol 25(1) 5 © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1043659613513960 tcn.sagepub.com
Norma Graciela Cuellar, PhD, RN, FAAN1 Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. —Margaret Mead
As I return from the annual Transcultural Nursing Conference in Albuquerque, NM, I am excited to begin my appointment as the editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. During the last 6 months, I have been blessed to have Dr. Marty Douglas and Dan Ruth help me with this transition. I am working diligently to maintain the excellence and integrity of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. I am reminded of how a few caring nurses started to change the world in how we see people of diverse backgrounds and taught us how to provide culturally competent health care to so many people worldwide. I have always believed that this journal had the highest quality of information for health care providers—discussing the sensitive issues that no other journal wanted to publish. The journal has been instrumental in the development of knowledge related to congruent health care. The contributors, from both national and international countries, have been inspiring clinicians, researchers, practitioners, and theorists discussing the intricate relationship between culture and health care in a global society. As a Latina, I am excited to take on the responsibilities of being editor of the journal. I have a strong background working with groups and organizations around diversity issues. I have had the opportunity to work with some great leaders who have moved the issue of diversity forward in the health care agenda. As a member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, I have worked diligently to help improve the perspectives of cultural and ethnic groups in all health care disciplines, as well as improve health care delivery for those that are underserved. At the annual meeting of the Transcultural Nursing Society, I presented “my vision” to the organization with a priority on serving the members and readers of the journal with the most up-to-date information that will affect health care in diverse and underserved populations. I want to invite authors who are excellent in their scholarship who will provide the journal with manuscripts that will affect health outcomes. I want our reviewers to engage in the process of contributing to the high integrity of the journal by providing excellent peer reviews. I want our Associate and Senior Editors to be active in leadership of the journal and participate in major decisions. I value the expertise of our Editorial Board who are representatives of global leaders who can provide us with feedback to improve the journal for all of our readers.
I value your opinion as a member of the Transcultural Nursing Society, as a reader of the journal, and as someone who believes that all persons deserve respect and dignity in receiving health care that is affected by research, education, and practice. I want to hear from you and know what your thoughts are. In a time of rapid change, today’s news is tomorrow’s history! So, how are we meeting your needs to help you stay up-to-date on important issues through the Journal of Transcultural Nursing? Social media is instrumental in this process; therefore, I have developed a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/jtcneditor) and hope you will use it to send your comments. We have made some changes that you may begin to see in this issue of the journal. In addition, we have (a) examined the manuscript review process to get manuscripts back to authors in a timely fashion, (b) reviewed our author submission guidelines, (c) updated our web pages to be consistent across TCN, Sage, and Manuscript Central/Scholar One, (d) recruited over 70 new reviewers, and (e) increased our number of associate editors to help with review process. President Obama is a strong advocate for diversity. He encourages us all to be a part of change. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” With that said, I would like to challenge you to help us continue to “change” health care of persons of all ethnicities and cultures in global settings by staying engaged in these issues. I am asking each of you to be an Ambassador for the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Use our journal to keep diversity issues visible. Share articles with your peers. Make the Journal of Transcultural Nursing visible. Post articles of interest on bulletin boards or send them out by e-mail to your peers. Share stories or articles from the journal through your social media like Facebook or Twitter. Encourage others to cite work from our journal. Be an advocate for the journal as well as someone who wants to improve health care for all. I am humbled and grateful to have been selected to serve as the Editor for the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. I look forward to working with each of you continuing its excellence. You are the “caring people of the world” who will continue to make change to improve health care outcomes. 1
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Corresponding Author: University of Alabama, Box 870358, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358, USA. Email: [email protected]
Downloaded from tcn.sagepub.com at University of Manchester Library on May 8, 2015
