Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI): The Honor Society Of Nursing
Vice President, 2007-2009, 2009-2011
GOALS FOR SERVICE as Vice President:
- Engage and connect multi-generational, diverse members across global regions by attending to individual and regionally specific needs
- Promote a vibrant organization by facilitating member development, chapter health, and key partnerships
- Realize the goals of Vision 2020 through organizaitonal realignment and global regional development
STTI Membership:
- Zeta Pi (1978), Charter Member
- Alpha Alpha (2005)
Serving STTI for three decades through:
- Sustained Chapter Leadership over three decades:
- Chapter leadership as President, Secretary, and Chair of Program, Nominating, Research, Awards and Celebration Committees
- Developing Leadership Capacity:
- Mentor, Nurse Faculty Leader Academy
- Local Chair, two Regional Assembly conferences including local arrangements for STTI 75th Anniversary
- Mentor, Omada Board Program
- Serving Nationally and Internationally:
- Distinguished Lecturer for 16 years contributing to chapters
- Two terms International Biennial Convention Program Planning Committee
- Chair, Judging Panel, International Research Hall of Fame
- Education Research Award Criteria Committee
- Expanding Global Scholarship:
- Chair, International Task Force for Scholarship of Reflective Practice Position Paper (Sherwood, Freshwater, Taylor & Horton-Deutsch) http://www.nursingsociety.org/aboutus/PositionPapers/Pages/position_resource_papers.aspx
- Invited participant for Asia, Europe, and Africa Arista3 meetings to develop strategies to advance nursing through STTI
- Global Ambassador Volunteer for China, Mexico, England, and Thailand
- Facilitating Evidence Base Approaches:
- STTI Regional Research Utilization Award 2001: Member, The Methodist Hospital Team, Implementing Relationship Centered Care
- STTI Nursing Media Award 2009 to QSEN Steering Team
- STTI Information Technology Award 2009 to QSEN Expert Panel
- Ensuring Sustainability:
- Sigma Theta Tau Fellow
- Virginia Henderson Fellow
- Billye Brown Fellow
- Served as STTI Vice President:
- STTI Board Liaison:
- Advisory Council on Policy
- TIGER Initiative
- 2010 Research Congress Planning Committee
- Research and Scholarship Task Force
- INDEN Board Liaison and International Post-Doctoral Fellow Selection Committee
- Magnet Research Conference Planning Committee
- Chair, Young Leader Development Committee
- Chair, Communities of Interest Task Force
- Chartering Officer for New Chapters: Mt. Marty College, Nova Southeastern University, Korea Chapter at Large, California State University San Marcos, Texas A & M University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
- International Association for Human Caring
- Charter member with sustained service in elected and appointed roles including President and President-elect (2002-2006), Board of Directors, Treasurer, 5 terms International Conference Program Planning Committee, and Developer and Co-Editor of the Newsletter.
- American Nurses Association,
- Elected and appointed service through the Texas Nurses Association in State and District 9, and the North Carolina Nurses Association
- Editorial Reviews and Boards
- Sustained record of professional publications reflected in appointment to Editorial Review Boards for 4 international nursing journals and reviewer for 9 health care journals.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- Omega House AIDS Hospice, Volunteer Care Provider, Houston, TX
- American International Healthcare Alliance, Volunteer New Soviet States
- Christian Life Commission, Chair, Dallas, TX for Social Justice
- Institute of Religion and Spirituality, Houston, TX, Board of Trustees, Initiated and Chaired Nursing Program
- American Heart Association, Canvasser, CPR Instructor
- Meals on Wheels, Chapel Hill, NC
