Sigma Theta Tau

[James Huffman]

Hello, all --

I got a letter today from my nursing school, inviting me to apply for Sigma Theta Tau membership. I'm looking for comments/suggestions, etc.

Anyone here a member? What advantages are there in membership?

Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.

Jim Huffman, RN

http://www.NetworkforNurses.com

[kmchugh]

I have posted this before, but am happy to do so again. I was a member of STT, but after a bit, I resigned my membership. (No, I did not let it lapse, I e mailed the organization, and resigned.) I felt that as much as they billed themselves as a honor society for nurses, they were really a society structured for women in nursing academia, and wanted the rest of us schmucks to donate to their cause. Go to their web site and look around. They have profiles of over one hundred nurses who are also members (for public consumption). The last time I looked, all the profiles were of nurses who were no longer in bedside nursing, but were in nursing academia. Additionally, all profilees were women. I just felt the organization was pulling the wool over our eyes.

I suppose it does look good on a resume, and wouldn't hurt you to be a member as an undergrad. But, I applied for and was accepted to anesthesia school after resigning from STT, and graduated with my MSNA NOT wearing the purple and white cord.

Kevin McHugh