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Transcultural care remains a hot domain in current nursing practice, especially due to the challenges relating to increased population mobility due to both medical tourism and financial / political instability. The TNP (transcultural nursing for practice) Erasmus plus project was implemented between 2017-2019 to attempt to detect best practices regarding intercultural care in Europe as well as to develop suitable training materials to improve the communication among people of diverse ethnic, cultural and religious background. A study was conducted in January 2019 in all six countries participating in the TNP project. 6 healthcare professionals per country we invited to identify key terms relevant to 15 distinct domains of healthcare and health-related cultural and educational topics. After initial open term brainstorming, the terms were graded by all participants according to their perceived relevance to the project aim using a 3 round Delphi approach. A total of 36 expert responders from all six countries agreed to participate of which 70% women. Age varied significantly between 35-75 years. After the final Delphi round, consensus was achieved, with a total of about 1100 words included in the final joined statement. The highest degrees of consensus was achieved for terms relating to parts of the body, common symptoms and conditions and healthcare-associated structures and professionals. On the other hand, a significantly lower degree of consent was determined regarding terms relevant to regional health topics, spiritual care, emotional / mental health and role of family and environment. Transcultural care is a necessary component of everyday practice in modern healthcare provision institutions. Despite significant language and cultural barriers, the main priority domains are almost universally uniform, thus justifying the development of suitable health promotion / education materials to minimize the relevant gap. Transcultural care is a current challenge in health promotion. Despite cultural differences, major terms of healthcare provision remain largely uniform across Europe.