Rho Epsilon Chapter of Sigma

Annual Holiday party fun! Happy holidays everyone!!

More of our members at this year‘s convention!!

Our delegates at this year’s convention in San Antonio, TX!

Good company at our event this past weekend

Left to right:
Beth (Vice President)
April (President)
Robin (Leadership Succession Chair)

Hope to see you at future events!

Induction Ceremony 2023 was amazing! Congratulations inductees of Sigma!

PLEASE USE THIS LINK FOR OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AT THIS TIME. SORRY FOR THE CHANGE IN LINK
https://stevenson.bluejeans.com/924880677/5348

Blue Jeans Network | Video Collaboration in the Cloud

Join us in 30 minutes for our Annual Business Meeting! Virtual event link here: https://bluejeans.com/568131428/1219in

bluejeans.com

Hello Rho Epsilon Chapter Members,
We are having our annual Business Meeting tomorrow, Friday, November 19th at 7pm. We hope many of you can join us to celebrate our chapter and dive into details for the upcoming year. We will have a speaker joining us, April Rollins, who is a Stevenson Alumni and a clinical educator. She has many years of experience in Emergency Medicine and most recently obtained a degree in Educational Leadership and Management. Please join us for our virtual meeting via the Blue Jeans link below. The agenda and another meeting flyer is attached here for your convenience. See you soon!

https://bluejeans.com/568131428/1219in

bluejeans.com

Wonderful day at Sykesville Pottery and Art Center painting the Believe Mugs. These mugs are donated to Cancer patients receiving treatments to brighten their day. We also celebrated pregnancies of two of our board members. Thank you to everyone who donated their time and talent to give back to our community!

Check out this video! Believe mugs painting next Sunday, June 13th. Let us know if you want to attend. Only a few spots left! https://youtu.be/bKX7JKXpnZs

Paint a Believe Mug and Give the Gift of Hope https://believebig.org/believemugs/What are Believe Mugs?Believe Big is passionate about encouraging patients and their families to seek God in the midst of ...

Calling all leaders!!!! Rho Epsilon is looking for Sigma nurses who want to make a difference in the Sigma community and the community at large by joining our team. We specifically need a President for our next 2 year term which starts in June. Those interested would receive training for this position. This is a very important and rewarding position. I have served 2 terms and enjoyed leading our team of Sigma nurses. The President role includes leading monthly meetings, assisting to plan events for Rho Epsilon, and delegating tasks to other board members. Please reach out to our Leadership Succession Chair, Theresa Johnson if interested. [email protected]
Nominations are due by April 15th. Thank you!!

April Bentley, CRNP
President, Rho Epsilon Chapter

Looking to get more involved?!

Elections are coming up for President, Counselor (must be an SU nursing faculty member), Leadership Succession Committee Member, and Newsletter Editor! Check out the link for more info!
https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NURSINGSOCIETY/CommunityEmailAttachments/m3ACIcQbyflJcNCUJI6w_2021%20Rho%20Epsilon%20Election%20--%20Chapter%20Leader%20Job%20Descriptions.pdf

higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com

Want to learn more about Rho Epsilon's President, April Bentley, NP?! Check her out on the Rho Epsilon page!
https://rhoepsilon.sigmanursing.org/home

Use the link to find an interesting article in World Views on Evidence Based Nursing regarding the effects COVID-19 has had on clinicians.

https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/wvn.12439

Happy Valentines Day to the Nurses that give their whole heart each day.

Thank you to all the Critical Care Transport Nurses out there! It takes more than diesel and jet fuel to make a difference in the lives of your patients - YOU are that extra piece!

Check out this article in Sigma's Journal of Nursing Scholarship!

https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnu.12229

Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Healthcare Providers: A Review of Current Literature Purpose The purpose of this integrative review was to identify, review, synthesize, and analyze the existing literature addressing compassion fatigue (CF) in healthcare providers (HCPs), with carefu...

As Black History Month begins we give recognition to the first African American Registered Nurse - Mary Eliza Mahoney.
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mahoney #:~:text=Eager%20to%20encourage%20greater%20equality,first%20African%20American%20licensed%20nurse.

Mary Eliza Mahoney Eager to encourag

Come sit for a fire-side chat with Lisa Urban - February's Member Highlight!
https://rhoepsilon.sigmanursing.org/home

100-year-old nurse receives Surgeon General's Medallion award Loretta Ford, CRNP, PhD, a 100-year-old nurse who helped establish the nurse practitioner profession, received the Surgeon General's Medallion — the highest honor civilians can recieve for public health service, local ABC affiliate Denver7 News reported Jan. 11.

Rho Epsilon doing wonderful things! Look at what we were able to collect for Northeast Social Action Program and our very own SU Pantry! Thank you to everyone who donated!!!

Kim Cooper, BSN, RN, OCN is this month's Highlighted Member! Check her out!

https://rhoepsilon.sigmanursing.org/home