Priscilla Sagar (far left), professor and chair of the School of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, recently discussed her book, “Transcultural Nursing Education Strategies” at Teacher’s College, Columbia University in New York City. Also presenting were fellow TC alumnae Martha Eddy (right of Sagar) and Irene Trowell Harris (far right). Standing is Terry Gottlieb, Nursing Education Alumni Association president.
Priscilla Sagar, professor and chair of the School of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, recently outlined the core concepts of her book “Transcultural Nursing Education Strategies” at her alma mater, Teacher’s College (TC), Columbia University in New York City.
As part of Teacher College’s “Meet the Authors” event, Sagar and two fellow TC alumnae, Martha Eddy and Irene Trowell Harris, discussed their recently published books.
“Transcultural Nursing Education Strategies” is a comprehensive guide to incorporating transcultural nursing in academic and in-service institutions. It provides a variety of creative strategies for academia.
Distributed by Springer Publishing Company, Sagar’s book was the first to fulfill National League for Nursing/American Association Colleges of Nursing mandates on cultural competencies in education and practice.
“We’re getting intensely and increasingly multicultural in the United States,” explained Sagar, “and we are truly living in a global society. We need to be able to provide culturally congruent care to patients, and exercise culturally congruent practices when we interact with our students and coworkers. It can help improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities.”
Contributors to the book include Mount nursing professors Ann Corcoran, Teresa Hurley, and Nancy Owen, as well as two 2013 Mount graduates, Mollie Bowman and Toni Ann Cervone.
“There is great expertise right here on campus, and I wanted to use my colleagues’ scholarship,” Sagar explained.
Sagar holds a doctor of education degree from Teacher’s College. In addition to being an RN, she is a Transcultural Scholar for the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS), Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and member of the Nursing Hall of Fame at Columbia University.
At the Mount, nursing students interact with cross-cultural populations by working with supervision in departments of health, schools, and nursing homes.