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Anyone a member of the sigma theta tau? I am a nursing student with a good GPA and the school sent me an invitation in sigma theta tau.

Do you think that helps to get my first job? Or is a waste of money?

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Specializes in Family Medicine, Tele/Cardiac, Camp.

I personally feel like it's nice resume fodder and - depending on how active you want to be - there may be networking opportunities there. But I don't feel like anyone offered me positions based solely on the fact that it's on my resume. That is, I don't think your membership makes or breaks you. I have many friends who didn't join and haven't had any issues finding work.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

I found no benefit whatsoever in having it.

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Specializes in Urology.

got invitation and it went right into the trash. No interest. Maybe in a highly competetive field it would hold more value.

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Anyone a member of the sigma theta tau? I am a nursing student with a good GPA and the school sent me an invitation in sigma theta tau.

Do you think that helps to get my first job? Or is a waste of money?

I am a member of sigma theta tau.

I am not sure if it helps you to get your first job (I was already a RN working and went back to school) but it does look great on a resume.

In addition, how much you get out of it depends on how much you involve yourself. There are discussion forums, initiatives and so and and forth though I feel that a lot of activism comes from graduate degree nurses who are in education or APRN ...

It is of course some money you will be paying for the membership.

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Some local chapters are very active and are great resources for networking and jobhunting assistance (others, not so much).

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