The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) began publishing an annual newsletter titled Excellence in 1998 to communicate honor society news with members. Issues published in 1998 and 1999 featured news about events and member resources. Included here for historical reference.
Due to popular demand, Sigma transitioned Excellence to a quarterly in 2000, targeting three categories: nursing education (research was added to the nursing education category in 2002), clinical practice, and nursing administration, with nursing experts serving as editorial advisors. Each of these specialty newsletters continued through 2003, with content that included news briefs, feature articles, profiles, and honor society events.
In 2004, Excellence was once again transformed, this time becoming Excellence in Nursing Knowledge (ENK): Voices of Evidence in Nursing, an online-only, topic-centric monthly edited by subject-matter experts. Nine issues of ENK were published from August 2004 through May 2005. The format represented the views from administration, bedside nursing, and student nursing in a single issue. Topics explored were Synergy (Martha A. Q. Curley)*, The Future of Nursing (Jean Scholz), Beyond Ratios (Karole Mourek and Ken Colbert), Preventing Surgical Infections (Marianne Fredrick and Lisa Pilla), Elevating Nurses (Susan Torres, Terri Wurmser, and Jane Bliss-Holtz), Clinical Scholars at the Bedside (Alyce Schultz, Kelly Lancaster, Tania Strout, Paulette Gallant, and Terri Mathew), In Pursuit of Magnet (Golden Bethune), Creating an Evidence-Based Practice Culture With Business Intelligence (Melissa Fitzpatrick), Building EBP Capacity (Robin Newhouse).
*The Synergy issues are not included in this collection as they formed the basis for a later book, Synergy: The Unique Relationship Between Nurses and Patients (STTI, 2007).
Submissions from 2024
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 3], Carol J. Farran and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2005
Excellence in Nursing Knowledge [Complete issue - digital origin: January 2005, Vol 2, 1], Mary Jo Assi, Jane Bliss-Holtz, Geri Dickson, Richard Hader, Gretchen Hartling, Christine Hedges, Tara Mount, Matt Nye, Marie M. Shanahan, Susan Torres, Theresa Wurmser, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Knowledge [Complete issue - digital origin: February 2005, vol. 2, 2], Paulette Gallant, Cynthia Honess, Kathleen Keane, Gertrude Kent, Kelly Lancaster, Alyce A. Schultz, Susan Sepples, Tania D. Strout, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2004
Excellence in Nursing Knowledge [Complete issue - digital origin: October 2004, vol 1, 2], Scott Beckett, Cathy Day, Pam Falasco, Karen Gorby, Patricia Martin, Deb McKee, Linda Miller, Jean Scholz, Cherie Spragg, Darla Vale, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Knowledge [Complete issue - digital origin: November 2004, vol 1, 3], Kenneth W. Colbert, Tara Dugan Claudio, Richard Hader, Roberta Mori, Greg Perry, Ruth Plumb, Kelly L. Podgorny, Karole Schafer Mourek, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - digital origin: First Quarter 2004, Vol. 5, 1], Sandra Copeland and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue - digital origin : First Quarter 2004, Vol. 5, 1], Sandra Copeland and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education and Research [Complete issue - digital origin : First Quarter 2004, Vol. 5, 1], Sandra Copeland and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Knowledge [Complete issue - digital origin: December 2004, vol 1, 4], Cynthia Heidt, Greg Perry, Lisa M. Pilla, Marianne Frederick, Patricia Lafaro, Scott W. Strenger, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2003
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - digital origin: Third quarter 2003, vol. 4, 3], Adam Keener and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue - digital origin: Third quarter 2003, vol. 4, 3], Adam Keener and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education and Research [Complete issue - digital origin: Third quarter 2003, vol. 4, 3], Adam Keener and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - digital origin: Second quarter 2003, vol. 4, 2], Donna Steele Martsolf and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education and Research [Complete issue - digital origin: Second quarter 2003, vol. 4, 2], Donna Steele Martsolf and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - digital origin : Fourth quarter 2003, vol. 4, 4], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue - digital origin: Fourth quarter 2003, vol. 4, 4], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue - digital origin: Second quarter 2003, vol. 4, 2], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education and Research [Complete issue - digital origin: Fourth quarter 2003, vol. 4, 4], Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2002
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - digital origin : Fourth quarter 2002, vol. 3, 4], Diane McGovern Billings, Pamela R. Jeffries, Connie J. Rowles, Cynthia Stone, Linda Diann Urden, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : First Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 1], Lynne T. Braun and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 2], Susan Moore, May L. Wykle, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education & Research [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 2], Carla L. Mueller, May L. Wykle, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 2], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education & Research [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 3], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education & Research [Complete issue : First Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 1], Marita G. Titler, Peg Kerr, Laura Hieronymus, Patti Geil, and Sigma Theta Tau International
