INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "The Trinity of Nursing: Clinical Practice, Research and Education" was held at "Astana Medical University" in Astana. Experts from many countries participated in the international conference: Baigozhina Zaure Alpankyny, dean of the Nursing School of Astana Medical University, Kazakhstan. Jurate Maciauskene, AccelEd project coordinator, Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Medical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, Lithuania. Aurelia Blazhavičene, Head of the Department of Nursing, Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Medical Sciences, Professor, Lithuania. Johanna Heikkila, Senior Consultant, Associate Professor, School of Health and Social Research, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Thora B. Hafsteinsdóttir, Senior Researcher, Department of Nursing Science, Julius Center, Utrecht University Medical Center, The Netherlands. The main questions were: research potential of nursing, research in nursing.