Academic of the Department. of Nursing presents at an international conference and meets with a world leader in the area

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The meeting was held in Canada and Dr. Lizet Véliz Rojas had the opportunity to establish contact with Dr. Jean Watson, a world leader in the science of human care.

An outstanding participation in the Global Humanized Care Conference, Global Human Caring Conference, was had by the academic from the Department of Nursing of the University of La Serena, Dr. Lizet Véliz Rojas, who spoke at the event held in Canada, and which was led by Dr. Jean Watson, theorist and world leader in the science of care, who has formulated theoretical contributions in the areas of transcultural nursing and humanized care, ideas that today are of international scope.

The ULS researcher, who is also a 2019 National Nursing Award winner, spoke together with nurse Carolina Leiva about the experience of Cesfam Pedro Aguirre Cerda in the city of La Serena, in which Dr.'s theories have been implemented. Jean Watson to provide holistic care to the users who are treated at said family health center.

The exhibition received recognition from Watson, who showed his interest in the way his theory is being applied in this particular case in South America.

Additionally, Dr. Véliz was in charge of leading the working group on Intercultural Nursing, which addressed the problems of care in relation to indigenous peoples and international migrants in the international context.

It should be noted that Dr. Lizet Véliz held a meeting with Dr. Watson, where they discussed possible future lines of research in relation to humanized care and the way in which progress can be made in this sense in the Chilean reality.

Theorists Peggy Chin, Marcia Hills and Jante Quinn, among other international leaders in the care sciences, also participated in the meeting held at the University of Victoria in Canada.