Nursing honor society- Sigma Theta Tau International

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 21, 2015

If I were already an employed nurse with a few years of experience under my belt, I would not. What would be the benefit to you if you joined?

AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Oct 21, 2015

They do have conferences and continuing education. I am enrolled in an R.N.-BSN program and that is how they contacted me. My GPA is 4.0.

I am just curious if it is worth it to join, as I am not sure about the yearly fees, etc, or if it makes a difference on a resume. I do have eight years of experience as a nurse.

Annie

Rocknurse, MSN, APRN, NP · Oct 21, 2015

I did. Only the people who were top of my class were invited and there were only 5 of us. I think it looks good on a resume and says a lot about your professional commitment. Has it done much else for me? No, probably not.

WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN · Oct 21, 2015

I'm a member but haven't utilized it much right now.

amoLucia · Oct 21, 2015

Your question has been asked before and the answers are about half & half. Some feel it has merit; some don't. Personally, I have been a member for all but a few years before I joined as a community member. However, I do think it is on the costly side.

I think it worked to my advantage in a job search but that position was in academia.

For what it's worth, I say 'accept' the invitation. You can always decline membership renewal in the future if you choose.

Candogal · Oct 21, 2015

I hate writing negative things because someone else might have really great things to say about it but it was worthless for me and being part of the chapter was a mistake. We were bossed around and it was really disorganized. It was a new chapter and they just showed us no respect when we were taking time out of our jobs and families to help out. Sadly that is my experience.

amoLucia · Oct 22, 2015

To Candogal - that's really sad. I don't understand how you could be 'bossed around'. But I guess you could have had a poor board of officers, feeling all self-important about themselves. You just had a bad group - I worked with a very dedicated, professional group. My co-faculty peers were all members and it was an active chapter. Sorry for your experience.

AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Oct 22, 2015

Thank you everyone for your responses. It is important to hear both the negative and positive experiences, and after reading these responses as well as those in another thread I decided not to join. Thank you again for your responses.

Annie

joanna73, BSN, RN · Oct 22, 2015

I joined the first year when I received the invite. Membership is attractive on a resume if you're applying to grad school or academia but that's about it.