Vision 2020: The Honor Society of Nursing, STTI will be the organization of choice for scholarship, knowledge, and leadership for nurses globally.
Theme: Leading Globally
| Goal 1. Be intentionally global. | |
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| 1.1. Objective: Advance global linkages at the organizational and member levels. Actions: |
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| 1. | Focus education programming on leadership, scholarship, and cultural needs of the community. |
| 2. | Promote international connections through conferences, speakers, consultants, and members’ exchange opportunities |
| 3. | Promote diversity among the membership. |
| 4. | Connect with nurses internationally using technology and the internet. |
| Goal 2. Create and share knowledge resources. | |
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| 2.1. Objective: Advance the scientific base of nursing practice. Actions: |
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| 1. | Continue the Annual Research Forum. |
| 2. | Continue honoring members with financial support for research projects. |
| 3. | Promote evidence–based practice. |
| 4. | Encourage use of STTI sources of knowledge, i.e. journals, conferences, library. |
| 5. | Develop an academic scholarship program for nursing students. |
| 2.2. Objective: Support the sharing of scholarly endeavors from a variety of perspectives. Actions: |
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| 1. | Implement an annual scholarship of reading program. |
| 2. | Use technology to increase participation in scholarly programs. |
| 3. | Collaborate with others to share knowledge. |
| 4. | Collaborate with the MSU, M, School of Nursing, Nursing Institute of Family and Society. |
| Goal 3. Develop career–spanning leadership skills of our membership. | |
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| 3.1. Objective: Prepare and position nurses to lead collaboratively in diverse, complex, health–related environments. Actions: |
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| 1. | Develop methods to market membership and leadership opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students and community leaders. |
| 2. | Increase the recruitment and retention of active Mu Lambda members. |
| 3. | Invite inactive members to reconnect with a STTI Chapter, hopefully, Mu Lambda Chapter. |
| 4. | Use the Leadership Succession Committee to promote and recruit members to Chapter leadership roles. |
| 5. | Take an active role in the Chapter Key Award process. |
| 6. | Actively recruit a leadership intern—new member to work with Research Forum, Induction, and/or Membership. |
| 7. | Familiarize Chapter members with the components of Vision 2020. |
| 3.2. Objective: Develop members across the life span of their careers. Actions: |
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| 1. | Promote the use of technology to enhance member connectedness. |
| 2. | Develop a membership fact sheet and update the Mu Lambda Chapter membership profile |
| 3. | Maintain an informative web site that is attractive for member recruitment and retention. |
| 4. | Support mentorship of members and the mentorship award given annually. |
| 5. | Invite new and continuing members to actively participate in the work of the Chapter. (LSC) |
| Goal 4. Create a greater emphasis on providing service. | |
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| 4.1. Objective: Participate in activities to support health issues. Actions: |
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| 1. | Form a team and collect donations for the annual Alzheimer’s Memory Walk. |
| 2. | Organize fund–raising activities to support research that advances health/nursing knowledge and interventions. |
| 3. | Work with other groups to enhance service to others. |
| 4. | Collaborate with selected service projects of the MSU, M, School of Nursing, Student Nurses’ Association’s (SNA) |
| 5. | Promote use of the VIProfile. |
| Goal 5. Continue actions that ensure sustainability of the Chapter. | |
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| 5.1. Objective: Use and manage a variety of resources to ensure the organization’s future. Actions: |
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| 1. | Develop a fund raising plan each year. |
| 2. | Maintain sound financial/investment policies/procedures for the Chapter. |
| 3. | Respond to STTI philanthropic opportunities. |
| 4. | Involve others in Chapter activities such as: retirees, past chapter officers, transfer members, renewed inactive members, recruited nurse leaders. |
| 5.2. Objective: Explore ways to publicize the Chapter’s presence in the community and preserve the Chapter’s history. Actions: |
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| 1. | Send press releases to local news media regarding Chapter activities. |
| 2. | Systematically begin to archive the Chapter’s history and documents. |
| 3. | Display the Chapter’s certificates, awards, plaques, and memorabilia in the Mu Lambda Room. |
| 4. | Place the 2007–2008 newsletters on the Mu Lambda web site: www.ahn.mnsu.edu/nursing/mulambda |
Reviewed and revised at the Mu Lambda Chapter Transition Meeting, July 11, 2008
