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 Included here for historical reference.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 2002
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : First Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 1], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Paula Hansen, Yasmin Kazzaz, Laura Hieronymus, Patti Geil, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 3], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Tricia Lewis, Johnie Leonard, Mary Shepherd, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2001
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : Fourth Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 4], Fay Louise Bower, Cynthia S. McCullough, Barbara Pille, Suzanne S. Prevost, Andrea Pohlkotte, Anne Hennessy, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue: Second quarter 2001, vol. 2, 2], Linda M. Finke, Gail Judith Donner, Mary M. Wheeler, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue: Second quarter 2001, vol. 2, 2], Ann Marriner-Tomey, Joyce K. Shoemaker, Mary DeVos, Gail Judith Donner, Mary M. Wheeler, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 3], Hona Matthews, Pamela Klauer Triolo, Fay Louise Bower, Cynthia S. McCullough, May L. Wykle, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue: Third quarter 2001, vol. 2, 3], Laurie R. Murray, Kathleen D. Sanford, May L. Wykle, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue: First quarter 2001, vol. 2, 1], Marlene Sarah Ruiz, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Kathleen Hartman Sabatier, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 3], Marlene Sarah Ruiz, Inez Tuck, Beverly Baliko, May L. Wykle, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 2], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Janet Gilmore, Kathy Lynn, Ann Quinn, Doris T. Lippman, Audrey Wise, Gail Judith Donner, Mary M. Wheeler, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue: First quarter 2001, vol. 2, 1], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Paula Hansen, Ann Scanlon-McGinity, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Kathleen Hartman Sabatier, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Fourth Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 4], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Suzanne S. Prevost, E. Carol Polifroni, Anne Hennessy, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue : First Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 1], Theresa M. Valiga, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Kathleen Hartman Sabatier, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue : Fourth Quarter 2001, Vol. 2, 4], Sharon A. Vinten, Marsha L. Ellett, Suzanne S. Prevost, Jennifer L. Hobbs, Melodie Ruth Daniels, Anne Hennessy, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 2000
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue: Second quarter 2000, vol. 1, 2], Diane McGovern Billings, Janice M. Ward, Lyn Penton-Cooper, Teila Higgins, Jama Pryor, Jeanne M. Floyd, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue : Third Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 3], Linda M. Finke, Sharon L. Sims, Melinda M. Swenson, Pamela R. Jeffries, Judy Shaefer, James A. Fain, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 2], Marlene Sarah Ruiz, Elaine Bloniasz, Teila Higgins, Jama Pryor, Jeanne M. Floyd, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue: Third quarter 2000, vol. 1, 3], Marlene Sarah Ruiz, Robin Webb Corbett, Dianne Marshburn, James A. Fain, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Clinical Practice [Complete issue - photocopy : Fourth Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 4], Marlene Sarah Ruiz, Wan Hyuck Kim, Cheryl Hall Harris, Rita Colella, Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Education [Complete issue : Fourth Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 4], Joyce K. Shoemaker, Mary DeVos, Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, Bonnie Holaday, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence [Complete issue : First Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 1], Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue : Second Quarter 2000, Vol. 1, 2], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Yasmin Kazzaz, Gwen D. Sherwood, Janet Haggerty Davis, Judy A. Coy, Teila Higgins, Jama Pryor, Jeanne M. Floyd, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue: Third quarter 2000, vol. 1, 3], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Laura Mahlmeister, James A. Fain, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Excellence in Nursing Administration [Complete issue - photocopy : Fourth Quarter 2000 Vol. 1, 4], Pamela Klauer Triolo, Angela Stephan, Sharon Steinberg, Maryanne E. Bezyack, Rita Colella, Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, and Sigma Theta Tau International
Submissions from 1999
Nursing Excellence [Complete issue - photocopy], Sigma Theta Tau International
