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Transcultural Nursing Society Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2015, Vol. 26(3) 336­ © The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav tcn.sagepub.com

President’s Message: Transcultural Nursing and Technology: Really? DOI: 10.1177/1043659615571441

Dear Colleagues/Chers Collègues Really! Technology has afforded the health care industry with challenges and opportunities. Challenges faced by transcultural nurses include how best to leverage information technology for the provision of culturally congruent care, the education of diverse learners, meeting population health needs, and ensuring value-added organizational efficiency. The schema for clinical decision support has not typically included the provision of culturally congruent care; therefore, opportunities for transcultural nurses to inform and influence the next generation of information technology exist. Transcultural nurses can play a vital role in the evolution of information technology. Transcultural nurses implement actions and decisions that are responsive to consumers’ cultural health beliefs and practices; influence policy, practices, and the allocation of resources on behalf of diverse clients; partner with community leaders, the interprofessional health care team, and the public to ensure that the cultural care needs of individuals, groups, and communities are met; educate learners with diverse learning styles; ensure the competence of individuals leading and providing care and services; and design decision support systems for point of care decision making. How do transcultural nurses use information technology? Transcultural nurses collect and maintain consumer and community demographics to monitor the impact of services on program outcomes, inform service delivery, assess community health needs and resources, and use the results to plan and implement services that respond to the cultural and linguistic needs of the populations represented in the service area. Thus, transcultural nurses must develop and operationalize data management systems that support the provision of culturally congruent care at the point of care. Let us seize these opportunities to become more techsavvy on behalf of the people that we serve and the discipline of transcultural nursing. Feasibly, future Chief Information Officers or Nurse Informaticists may be nurses prepared in transcultural nursing. Are you ready? Sincerely/Cordialement Stephen R. Marrone, EdD, RN-BC, NEA-BC, CTN-A President, Transcultural Nursing Society

Transcultural Nursing Scholars’ Corner: Palliative Care and Transcultural Nursing Meet DOI: 10.1177/1043659614557360

Recently, I was asked to review and update the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium–Geriatric curriculum for 2015 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2014). I have had the privilege to teach palliative care nursing across the United States and internationally, and correspondingly, I contemplated what was important to incorporate in the revised curriculum. I diligently reworked all of the modules but left the Cultural and Spiritual Considerations module next to last as I reflected on what is most important in the end-of-life journey for older adults: looking to the “Guidelines for Implementing Culturally Competent Nursing Care” (Douglas et al., 2014) and Core Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing and Health Care (Douglas & Pacquiao, 2010) to provide this needed direction. Both documents, masterfully crafted by many transcultural scholars and others, and the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, 2013), developed by palliative care clinicians and researchers, describe foundational elements in transcultural palliative nursing care necessary for the lectures and supplemental teaching materials. When caring for older adults in the final years of life, I am reminded of how important it is to assure that culturally competent care is provided; that understanding and executing compassionate care that is respectful of individual and family decision-making is paramount; that excellent communication skills are essential; and that death and spiritual beliefs, rituals, and practices must be honored. Joining the journey of older adults and their families requires quality nursing care at end of life—directed by transcultural nursing and palliative care guidelines and standards of practice. Carol O. Long, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN Capstone Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizona References American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2014). ELNEC fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/about/ fact-sheet Douglas, M. K., & Pacquiao, D. F. (Eds.). (2010). Core curriculum for transcultural nursing and health care. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Dual printing as supplement to Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 21(Suppl. 1). Douglas, M. K., Rosenketter, M., Pacquiao, D. F., Callister, L. C., Hattar-Pollara, M., Lauderdale, J., . . . Purnell, L. (2014). Guidelines for implementing culturally competent nursing care. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 25, 109-121. National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care. (2013). Clinical practice guidelines for quality palliative care (3rd ed.). Pittsburgh, PA: Author.

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