Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Theta Tau was founded in 1922 by six nursing students at Indiana University. The founders chose the society’s name from the meaning of the Greek words Storge, Tharsos, and Time: “love”, “courage” and “honor”. As women ahead of their time, the founders’ vision for the society helped bring recognition to nursing as a science. The society became incorporated in 1985 as Sigma Theta Tau International, Inc., to support and connect the global community of nursing scholars who enhance health care worldwide.Members are active in more than 90 countries and territories. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students, who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing. Baccalaureate students are invited in either the last part of their junior year or during the senior year after they have completed at least half of their nursing courses, as well as have a 3.0 grade point average and be in the upper 35% of their class. There are many services available to members including several publications, the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library which is online, and other on-line information sources.

Katie Roberds dressed for Founder's Day celebration.

The Department of Nursing of Fort Hays State University has a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International which is the Nu Zeta Chapter. This chapter has been in existence since 1992 and recently celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary. The induction of new members takes place in April at a special banquet. Other activities of the Nu Zeta Chapter include two scholarly meetings a year and a Memory Walk which is a community service project done in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Organization. This organization strives to provide leadership and scholarship in practice, education and research to enhance nursing care worldwide.

Sigma Theta Tau members dressed for Founder's Day.

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Nurses Christian Fellowship

NCF is a ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA open to all nursing and pre-nursing students for establishment and advancement in nursing, within education and practice, witnessing communities of nursing students and nurses who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture and God’s purposes in the world. Begun in 1948, NCF is both a professional organization and a ministry of and for nurses and nursing students. We are concerned for the nurse as a whole person and are advocates of quality nursing care. Our vision is to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to nursing education and practice. Nurses and nursing students constantly face stressful situations such as suffering, crisis, birth, death, and ethical dilemmas. They must make crucial decisions in high-pressure situations. Daily challenges force them to ask ultimate questions about the meaning of life. They urgently need spiritual values and resources to give them support, direction and hope. Fort Hays Nurses Christian Fellowship invites you to attend weekly gatherings in Stroup Hall. We welcome you to talk, laugh, listen, share, support, and pray with us. No dues, no roll call, and no obligations other than supporting one another as Christian Nurses. Come when you can!

 

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Fort Hays Association of Nursing Students (FHANS)

What’s It All About?

FHANS is the abbreviation for Fort Hays Association of Nursing Students.

FHANS is in affiliation with the KANS (Kansas Association of Nursing Students) and NSNA (National Student Nurses Association).

The purposes of FHANS are to:

1. Assume responsibility for contributing to nursing education in order to
provide for the highest quality of health care.
2. Provide programs representative of fundamental interests and concerns of nursing students.
3. Aid in the development of the whole person, his/her responsibility for the health care of people in all walks of life.

The functions of FHANS are to:

1. Provide an active organization on a local level and to encourage
participation as an active constituent of the state and national associations.
2. Prepare of participation as a professional person.
3. Represent nursing students to the consumer, to institutions, and to other organizations.
4. Promote and encourage student participation in interdisciplinary activities.
5. Provide direct input into standards of nursing education and influence the educational process.
6. Promote collaborative relationships with health organizations, and health
professionals.
7. Influence health care, nursing education, and practice through legislative activities as appropriate.

Student Nurses’ Creed

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the approbation on honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived--this is to have succeeded.”

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Fort Hays Graduate Nurses Association (FHGNA)

PURPOSE

Fort Hays Graduate Nurses Association (FGHNA) is an ongoing and active association for nurses who are Graduate students at Fort Hays State University.

OBJECTIVES:

• Promote positive and constructive interaction between students and graduate faculty.
• Provide referrals for student representatives for other committees, workshops, inservices, conventions, etc.
• Provide a forum for the concerns of Graduate nursing students.
• Provide support for successful graduate degree completion.
• Promote Student Government Association recognition as an official student organization.

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