Like all professions and disciplines, nursing is influenced by and must respond to global trends, needs, challenges and opportunities. These strategies will influence and shape the future of the nursing and health care community nationally and internationally. In a global committee, health care also presents problems, some of which are political, educational, nursing, environmental and social. Therefore, improving and achieving health in a global community is of great concern to the nursing profession. Therefore, “health and healing vary across countries and cultures; the pursuit of healthy individuals and communities is a universal goal” (Jacobsen, 2008, p. 1). Nurses can be advocates, educators, counselors and spokespersons for this society. With advanced technology, nursing is more connected and interdependent. The Professional Nursing Unit is able to lobby local and international community organizations on behalf of the African community, anywhere in the world. Funding and education are needed for this much-needed community to help them in a caring and positive way combat their diagnosis of diabetes or its associated symptoms. With the increase in global travel, infectious diseases are now spreading at an alarming rate throughout the world. Madeline Leininger, a well-known nursing theorist, stated that “globalization implies an ethical and moral obligation for professional nurses to enter and function in a global community” (Nursing Theories, 2011b). Nurses have a great opportunity to enter the African community. and exercise their certified capabilities with the necessary population. However, before nurses can help these people, they should first examine their own beliefs and customs and be...... middle of paper ....... (1995). Transcultural Concepts in Nursing (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Company. Jacobsen, K. (2008). Introduction to global health. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. Nursing theories. (2011a). Florence Nightingale: metaparadigm in nursing. Retrieved from http://nursingtheories.info/category/florence-nightingale/Nursing Theories. (2011b). Madeleine Leininger Metaparadigm in nursing. Retrieved from http://nursingtheories.info/madeleine-leininger-metaparadigm-in-nursing/Nursing Theories. (2011c). Nursing metaparadigm. Retrieved from http://nursingtheories.info/metaparadigm-in-nursing/Nursing Theories. (2011d). Patricia Benner: Metaparadigm in nursing. Retrieved from http://nursingtheories.info/category/patricia-benner/World Diabetes Foundation. (2011). Diabetes Facts. Retrieved from http://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/composite-35.htm