2009-2011 biennial report - Sigma Theta Tau International Honor ...

This biennium marks significant advancement in realizing
STTI’s vision through action. Volunteer leaders,
members and chapters, and the 79 professional staff
at headquarters have implemented activities to move
Vision 2020 forward.
Guided by board policy and direction setting, the staff
established goals and outcomes for each year of the
biennium and executed and engaged hundreds of
thousands of actions on behalf of the society. We all
feel a sense of commitment and privilege to be making
a difference for the nursing profession.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION: KNOWLEDGE
The provision of resources and opportunities to create,
share and use knowledge to impact global health
was accomplished through the following:
• Awarded more than US $300,000 in research
grants to 57 nurses conducting research in
five countries as a result of donations to the
research permanent fund and new grants
including: Hill-Rom Quality Improvement/Patient
Safety Research Grant; CAE Healthcare
METI Simulation in Nursing Research Grant;
and the National Gerontological Nursing Association
Research Grant.
• Awarded US $22,050 in leadership education
grants to 37 nurses from ten countries so
they may participate in research congresses,
leadership programs and the 41st Biennial
Convention (25% increase over last biennium).
Countries represented are Canada,
Mexico, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, The
Netherlands, Swaziland, United Kingdom and
the United States.
• Attendance of 1,283 individuals at the 21st
and 22nd International Nursing Research
Congresses with participants from 57 countries.
• Provided access to 39,604 research studies
and research conference abstracts in
the Virginia Henderson International Nursing
Library.
• Contracted with BioMed Central during this
biennium to host the library’s site on a new
operating system with a more comprehensive
search function. The vendor is in the process
of developing new EBN resources and a
repository for full-text documents.
Headquarters Report
Chief Executive Officer’s Summary
• Published quarterly issues of the Journal
of Nursing Scholarship, WORLDviews on
Evidence-Based Nursing and Reflections on
Nursing Leadership, as well as 21 books.
• Attendance of 1,657 at the 40th Biennial
Convention in 2009.
• Revised the International Academic Nursing
Alliance (IANA) website and reconstructed
it on a more stable and robust platform. The
official roll-out of the improved site will be at
the 2011 Biennial Convention.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION: LEADERSHIP
Developing future leaders by providing resources and
opportunities that are relevant across the career span
occurred in the following manner:
• Completion of one class of the Maternal-Child
Health Nurse Leadership Academy, co-sponsored
by the Johnson & Johnson Corporate
Contributions, an 18-month mentored leadership
development experience.
• Received grants to Sigma Theta Tau International
Foundation for Nursing from the John
A. Hartford Foundation, Northwest Health
Foundation and Hill-Rom for the Geriatric
Nursing Leadership Academy. The second
group of fellows completes the program in
November 2011.
• New funded programs included: US
$100,000 grant from The Elsevier Foundation
to co-host the 2010 Global Summit on Nurse
Faculty Migration; US $300,000 commitment
from The Elsevier Foundation to launch a
Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy in 2012;
US $75,000 grant from sanofi-aventis to
support online courses and assessment in
diabetes care of older adults and grants from
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Contributions
to plan and launch Maternal-Child Health
Nurse Leadership Academy – South Africa
Pilot.
2009-2011 Biennial Report 33 © 2011 Sigma Theta Tau International