Far more transcultural nurse theorists, researchers, and scholars are urgently needed to continue to develop new body of transcultural knowledge and to transform nursing education and practice. By the year 2010, all nurses will need to have basic knowledge about diverse cultures the world and in-depth knowledge of least two or three cultures (Leininger, 1995c, 1996a). Leininger believes that transcultural nursing research has already begun to lead to some highly promising and different ways to advance nursing education and practice(Leininger& McFarland, 2002a, 2006). All health disciplines including medicine, pharmacy, and social work. gradually will incorporate transcultural health knowledge and practice into their programs of study in the near future. This trend will increase the demand for competent faculty in transcultural health care. Leininger(1995c) believes that the development of transcultural institutes will be essential to fill the growing need for transcultural nurses prepared to work with other disciplines.
Present and future theories and studies in trans- cultural nursing will be essential to meet the needs of culturally diverse people. The Culture Care The ory will grow in importance worldwide. Both uni- versal and diverse care knowledge will be extremely important to establish a substantive body of trans cultural nursing knowledge, and to make nursing a transcultural profession and discipline. Leininger theory has already gained worldwide interest andbecause it is holistic, relevant, and futuristic and deals with specific, yet abstract, care knowledge. The sunrise enabler remains invaluable as dominant image and guide to study and assess people of di- verse and similar cultural needs.