Transcultural Nursing Society Inducts Dr. Louise Racine
Congratulations to Dr. Louise Racine who has been inducted as a scholar into the Transcultural Nursing Society.
People often say nurses make a difference in the world. But how do you make a difference in the world if you are not familiar with a culture other than your own? Often nurses and nurse researchers spend their time immersing themselves in different cultures – working abroad, doing international research, attending traditional ceremonies, etc.; it’s this kind of work that allows them to make not only a difference at home, but also around the world. Being knowledgeable regarding a variety of cultures helps nurses provide culturally competent and equitable care to all those they serve.
As a nurse, researcher and educator, College of Nursing’s Dr. Louise Racine has proven she is committed to transcultural nursing practice, research and education. In New Orleans on October 19th, Dr. Racine was officially inducted by the Transcultural Nursing Society as a Transcultural Nursing Scholar. Nominated by two nursing colleagues, Dr. Dula Pacquiao from the Rutgers School of Nursing and Dr. Carol Holtz, WellStar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University, Racine is only one of three Canadians to have received this honour.
“This is a very important acknowledgement from an international nursing society, one I am very pleased to have received,” said Dr. Racine. “I have worked on transcultural nursing through my research in my master’s program, as well as my doctoral studies, and continue to today as an academic nurse researcher. I am very passionate about researching immigrant and refugee health, specifically applying my research to the context of family caregiving among non-Western immigrants and refugees and francophone communities living in the Canadian Prairie Provinces.”
Dr. Racine currently holds a number of positions related to transcultural nursing research, including President-elect of the Canadian Association for Nursing Research and is also a member of various committees, including the Internationally-educated Health Professionals Advisory Committee. She has published 30 peer reviewed articles, two book reviews in peer-reviewed journals, five book chapters, 33 published abstracts and been part of 93 regional, national and international conferences where she was either an invited speaker or an oral and poster presenter focusing on transcultural nursing and immigrant and refugee health.
Congratulations Dr. Racine on this well-deserved acknowledgment!