Nursing: From Call To Action - Vol. 2 No.1 (2023) : January - June

ISSN: 2954-5366
(Online)
Bulletin
Omega Kappa
The UWI School of Nursing, Mona
Jamaica - May 30, 2019
Tau Alpha
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Mexico - March 24, 2004
Upsilon Nu
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia - March 28, 2008
Rho Upsilon
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil - May 17, 2002
Alpha Beta Omicron

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile - November 14, 2022
Bulletin
This Bulletin is a serial publication of the Latin American and the

Caribbean Region of Sigma Theta Tau International, which aims to make
visible nursing leadership actions in the region in response to the
presidential call to action that Sigma renews each biennium.
From the copy:

January - June 2023, Vol. 2, No. 1, Pages. 56- Periodicity: Biannual - Edited
in Bogotá, D.C (CO).
ISSN:
2954-5366 (Online) - In process
Official publication of:

Latin America and the Caribbean Region of Sigma Theta Thau
International
Editorial committee
Juana Mercedes Gutiérrez Valverde
Tau Alpha Chapter Leader
Universidad de Nuevo León, México.
Lorena Chaparro Díaz

Upsilon Nu Chapter President
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.
Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd
Omega Kappa Chapter President
University of West Indies, Jamaica.
Angelina Lettiere Viana

Rho Upsilon Chapter President
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Sonia Patricia Carreño Moreno

Latin America and Caribbean Region Coordinator
Edition, design and layout:

Cristian David Cifuentes Tinjaca
Upsilon Nu Chapter Member
Daniel Arturo Guerrero Gaviria

Upsilon Nu Chapter Member
Contact and social networks:

/LaCsigmanursing /lacr-stti
@LaCsigmanursing LA-CRC@stti.org
@LaCsigmanursing
Contents
4 Message from the regional

coordinator
7 Let's know our region
Responding to the call to
22 action in our region
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Highlighting leadership
News of interest
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Message from
the regional
coordinator
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Message from the regional coordinator Bulletin
Bulletin Nursing: from Call to Action
January - June 2023, Vol. 2, No. 1, Pages. 5-6
ISSN: 2954-5366 (Online)
Copyright © The author(s)
A message with
honor, courage and love
It is a source of great joy for the Latin share the strategies, efforts and
American and Caribbean Region, the geniuses they have developed in a
consolidation of this issue of the joint effort of people working with and
Regional Bulletin, a serial publication for people.
that aims to exalt excellence in
Nursing through various contributions I invite you to read each section of our
from the chapters about their context, newsletter, however, I will give you a
outstanding members and actions preview of some of the contributions,
developed in response to the call to such as the visit of our President Ken
action. Undoubtedly, the richness of Dion on March 23rd to the Tau Alpha
this bulletin lies not only in the Chapter, the contributions of the
formidable trajectory of the chapters School of Nursing of Riberao Preto,
and their leaders, but in their desire to home of the Rho Upsilon Chapter, the
welcome news of the indexing in
Scopus of the Horizonte de Enfermería
Journal, a publication edited by the
Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile,
home of the newly formed Alpha Beta
Omicron Chapter, the outstanding
role of the Omega Kappa Chapter in
the development of the Be Bold
project: Nurses taking action to
promote health and development in
our communities and the leadership
from the youth through the
contributions of two young members
of the Upsilon Nu Chapter of Colombia
in the Nursing Now Challenge.
I express my special thanks to all the

chapters for their unparalleled work of
leadership with honor, courage and
love.
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Message from the regional coordinator Bulletin
A message with
honor, courage and love
I express my special thanks to all chapters for their unparalleled work of leadership
with honor, courage and love.
We invite you to learn about the book titled Mentoring in Nursing through Narrative
Stories Across the World led and edited by Nancy Rollins and Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir.
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Let's know
our region
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Let's know our region Bulletin
Getting the
Tau Alpha Region
The Tau Alpha chapter was chartered on March 24, 2004, at the School of Nursing
of Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Its founder and first president is Esther C.
Gallegos, PhD. On March 23rd of this year, we were honored to have the visit of Ken
Dion, PhD., president of Sigma at the Facultyof Nursing of Universidad Autónoma
de Nuevo León.
From rightto left:
Dr. María Guadalupe Moreno Monsiváis, Director of the School of Nursing, UANL, past
president and current advisor of the Tau Alpha Chapter; Ken Dion, PhD., president of
Sigma; Dr. Dora Julia Onofre, presidentof the Tau Alpha Chapterand Dr. Juana Mercedes
Gutiérrez Valverde, past president, and current vice president of the Tau Alpha Chapter.
At the plaque for the constitution of the Tau Alpha Chapterat the School of
Nursing,UANL.
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Getting to know the Rho

Upsilon Chapter- Brazil
By Angelina Lettiere Viana y Mônica Maria de Jesus Silva
In2002, the RibeirãoPreto School of LinkedIn Platform, as part of the Nurse

Nursing, a World Health Organization Empowerment Program - Brazil, in
(WHO)/PanAmerican Health partnership with Sigma Theta Tau
Organization (PAHO) Collaborating International Honor Society of Nursing,
Center for NursingResearch and the Foundation for Nursing and
Development, hosted the Rho Upsilon Johnson & JohnsonFoundation;
Chapter, the 426th Chapter development of educational
established. The Rho Upsilon Chapter materialon COVID-19; and
was the first representative of Sigma development of virtual resources
Theta Tau International (STTI) in Latin (booklets, videos) related to literacy
America, and we are very proud to be and health promotion. Among the
able to help the Society in its mission educational materials, the Primer on
to create a global community of nurses Confronting ViolenceAgainst Women
who are leaders in the utilization of is available on the Chapter'swebsite, in
knowledge and technology to improve Portuguese, Spanish, French and
global health. The Rho UpsilonChapter English, via the link:
represents the excellence of our http://eerp.usp.br/cartilha-
professionals, who conduct their role in enfrentamento-mulheres- violencia/.
nursing and health care with integrity,
intelligence, attention, and courage. In order to promote the visibility of the
Rho Upsilon Chapter, a Manual has
The consolidation of the Chapter been developed, the aim of which is to
represents the initiative of leading publicize the activities of the Rho
Braziliannurses to strengthen nursing, Upsilon Chapter and to welcomenew
increase its visibility and the members of this society.
communication networks between Manual is available at:
professionals. Its activities help to build http://www.eerp.usp.br/media/wcms/fi
partnerships with individuals and les/manualdoCapituloRhoUpsilondaST
communities, using knowledge and TI2020.pdf.
science to improve the health of the
world's population. The management of the Rho Upsilon
Chapter is made up of the board of
Someof the activities carried out by the directors and standing committees,
Chapter stand out: participation in the the latter comprising the governance
development, evaluation and offering and leadership committees. The board
of the Leadership course, on the of directors is made up of president,
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Getting to know the Rho

Upsilon Chapter- Brazil
vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and To know more about o

board members. The board’s current Chapter Rho Upsilon, go to our
members are Dr. Angelina Lettiere- website:
Viana (President), Dr. Mônica Maria de http://www.eerp.usp.br/home-sigma/
Jesus Silva (Vice-President), Dr. Juliana and our social networkon
Cristina dos Santos Monteiro
(Secretary), Dr. Kelly Graziani Giacchero Instagram: @capitulorhoupsilon
Vedana (Treasurer) and Dr. Fabiana
Bolela de Souza (Councilor). The
governance committeeincludes Dr.
Rosângela A. Aukar de Camargo, Dr.
Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, and
Dr. Bianca Giacon. The leadership
committee includes Dr. Cristina Mara
Zamarioli and Dr. Adriana Inocenti
Miasso.
Ribeirão Preto Nursing School(EERP) of the

University of São Paulo: 70 years of history,
leadership, and innovation in Brazil
The Ribeirão Preto Nursing School Overthe course of seven decades,the

(EERP) of the University of São Paulo EERP has stood out on the national
(USP) was founded on August10, 1953, and international scene for its solid,
under the direction of Prof. Glete de ethicaland citizen training,based on
Alcântara. social,scientific, economic, culturaland
educational commitment, with the
In 2023, the EERP celebrates 70 years missionof generating and
of history, leadership, and innovation in disseminating nursing and health
thetraining of nurses in Brazil. knowledge that contributes to the
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scientific advancement of the education that allows realistic

profession, with a view to improving simulation practices in primary,
the health of the population; as well as secondary and tertiary health care. The
training nurses and professionals from school also has the Memory Center of
related areas, with high technical- the Ribeirão Preto Nursing School of
scientific and political competence, the University of São Paulo
valuing integrality, interdisciplinarity, (CEMEERP), inaugurated on May 9,
leadership and integration 1989, with the aim of
betweenteaching, research and activelypreserving its historythrough
extension. To this end, its values are documentary, textual,iconographic,
based on the development of a and oral history archives, as well as
democratic work process promoting research into the history of
committedto ethical, humanistic, and the school and nursing in Brazil.
equitable values,in a supportive and
constructive organizational climate, EERP has eighty-five teaching staff
based on partnerships and internal and a technical-administrative staff of
and external collaboration, respecting ninety-seven. The teaching staff is
the principles of the mission. Its vision dividedinto three departments:
is to be a national and international General and Specialized Nursing
benchmark in the production and (ERG/DEGE), Psychiatric Nursing and
dissemination of scientific knowledge Human Sciences (ERP/DEPCH) and
and in the training of human resources Maternal and Child Nursingand Public
of excellence in nursing and related Health (ERM/DEMISP).
areas.
At undergraduate level, nurses are
Located on the USP campus in the trained on the Bachelor of Nursing
city of Ribeirão Preto, the EERP has a course and the Bachelor of Nursing
large infrastructure spreadover and Bachelor of Science in Nursing
66375m² of land and 11761m² of built course, recognized by the State
area with classrooms, auditoriums and Education Council and with the
laboratories with state-of-the-art highest evaluation concept. The
equipment, as well as a simulation training guidelines for both courses
center for nursing practices and are interdisciplinarity,
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interprofessional, early insertion in and double doctoral degrees abroad.

different health and education Stricto sensu postgraduate students
practice scenarios, the development of total 559 and more than 3089
collaborative projects in teaching, graduates.
research and extension, and mobility
in national and international In an effort to promote integration
exchanges, whose experiences have between the university and society,
added relevant value to professional the EERPcarries out cultural and
training. There are 581 studentson the university extension activities that are
two undergraduate nursing courses linked to the process of training
and more than 4022 graduates. students in teaching and generating
knowledgein research, throughvarious
In postgraduate studies, the EERP modalities such as courses, advisory
stands out for training masters and services, consultancies, promotion of
doctors in five programs: Fundamental events and assistance projects aimed
Nursing,Psychiatric Nursing, Public at specific groups.These activities are
Health Nursing, Professional Master'sin conducted in governmental and non-
Nursing Technology and Innovation governmental health and
and the Interunits Doctoral Program in educationinstitutions, helping to
Nursing, in partnership with the USP implement, implementand evaluate
School of Nursing, based in the cityof public health and education policies.
São Paulo.
EERP has 25 student leagues, the
All the postgraduate programs are Marina de Andrade Rezende
rated as excellent by the Coordination Academic Center (CAMAR), the Marina
for theImprovement of Higher de Andrade Resende Athletic
Education Personnel(CAPES), Association (AAMAR) and Bateria
contributing to the trainingof Timpanosurdo, with more than 30
professionals for all regions of Brazil, as members and various musical
well as for more than 10 countries, who instruments whose aim is to promote
have the possibility of carrying out students' knowledge and
national and international exchanges development of percussion
in the best academic research centers instrument skills, as well as providing a
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space for relaxation, relief and the first chapterof the Honorary
relaxation for members through Nursing SocietySigma Theta Tau
music. International in Brazil and Latin
America.
Inscientific publishing, the EERP
publishestwo scientific journals,the In its 70 years of existence, the EERP
Latin American Journal of Nursing has played a historical and social role
(RLAE) and the Electronic Journal in the vanguard and development of
Mental Health, Alcohol andDrugs Brazilian nursing, with recognized
(SMAD). national and international prominence
in the trainingof nurses for Brazil and
For its outstanding performance in Latin Americanand African countries,
teaching, research and university and in the leadership in defense of the
extension, EERP has been designated profession and public healthand
a World Health Organization (WHO) education policiesthat seek to ensure
Collaborating Center for the the quality of life of the Brazilian
development of nursing research since population.
1988. In 2002, it received the
foundation of the Rho Upsilon Chapter,
Current facade of the EERP - entrance 1 Current facade of the EERP - entrance 2
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Facade of the first headquarters Graduates of the first class of the EERP-
of the EERP - 1952 to 1955 USP Nursing course with Professor
Glete de Alcântara.
EERP Simulation Center
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UC School of Nursing Takes One More

Step in The Dissemination of Scientific
Knowledge
By Paz Soto Fuentes – Tatiana Osorio Leyton
An important achievement was Currently the journal is in digital

obtained by the Horizonte de format, with a periodicity of three
Enfermería Journalof the School of publications per year, ispublished in
Nursing of the Pontificia Universidad Spanish and English and uses an
Católica de Chile, when it was indexed editorial management platform Open
in the international database Scopus, Journal System (OJS). Its vision is to be
the largest database of scientific a national and international reference
literature citations and high-quality in the field of nursing and health. It is
sources on the Web. Scopus includes recognized for its contribution to the
more than 4,300 science journals and dissemination of knowledge and for
more than 6,800 health science titles. buildinga space for dialogue between
health professionals from different
Horizonte de Enfermería is a scientific areas.
journal of the School of Nursing of the
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Scopus has a rigorous academic level,
that was created in 1990 by the i.e., this database complies with high
academics Erma Barrientos A., level ethics or actions in its publication
CeciliaCampos S., and Rina Pérez A. process. It has an annual process of
reevaluation of journals to maintain
Since its creation33 years ago, our the quality of the content and provides
journalhas not changedits essence, metrics to show the influence of
maintaining the vision and objectives journals, articles and authors.
that its founders established. We have
been concerned with the integral and The current director of the Horizonte
updated development of nursing in de Enfermería Journal, the academic
Chile and Latin America and to be a Paz Soto Fuentes, points out that
channel for the publication of indexing in a database is one of the
research,bibliographic reviews, and goals that every scientific journal
studies of interest, in addition to should have, since doing so produces
reinforcing Catholicethical values in a better visualization and reach, and
education and in the professional work the researchers or authors are seen by
of nursing. morereaders and their work has
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UC School of Nursing Takes One More

Step in The Dissemination of Scientific
Knowledge
By Paz Soto Fuentes – Tatiana Osorio Leyton
greater relevance when used as a We invite you to publish in the Horizontal Nursing
Magazine:
reference. https://horizonteenfermeria.uc.cl/index.php/RHE
Being indexed in SCOPUS is a

distinction because it means that the
journal has undergone a strict
evaluation of its contentsand editorial
processes. In addition, the database
has international prestige,which poses It should be noted that, during 2022,
the challenge of significantly 29 articles were published (13.8% more
improvingthe contents of the than in 2021), of which thirteen
published research. correspond to international
researchers such as Mexico, Colombia,
Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
For us, an analogy of the indexing

process of our journal to Scopus could
be the Chilean phenomenon of the
flowering desert, which corresponds to
the germination and abundant
flowering of more than 200 species of
plants in the Atacama Desert, thanks
to conditions, mainly, favorable
humidity. The flowering that occurs in
Chile, unlike other deserts such as
Namibia, the United States, Australia
and Peru, is that here it happens in the
driest desert on the planet and not
every year, but only when optimal
humidity conditions exist due to to
rainfall over 15mm.
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The Colombiangaita, a traditional

language and culturalexpression.
By Cindy Carolina Segura Moreno y Luz Patricia Diaz Heredia
Musical history is undoubtedly one of This instrument, recognized as a

the most representative expressions of bagpipe has an ancestral meaning
a country, in terms of its tradition, its due to its origin and indigenous
identity (Wade, 2002) and its culture. In influence, for the case, the Cuna,
the case of Colombia, it is the gaitas, a Koguis and Zenúes Indians performed
native instrument of the North of rituals for planting, hunting or to
Colombia (Atlantic coast, which summon their clans, this instrument
includes several departments) that was called shúa or chúa, giving origin
embraces diverse cultural influences to the chuana or bagpipe, its design is
from around the world and that today handmade and the materials are
is part of the cultural and intangible significantly extraordinary, The
heritage (Barrero and Machicado, 2015) mouthpiece is made with the calamus
of the territory, becoming a symbol or tubular part of the feather, in this
and an extraordinary legacy. It is case of a duck, the head of beeswax
imperative to recognize that music and charcoal that allows a better
transcends geographical, socio- resistance against the wet and hot
political, and artistic boundaries, and exhalation of the piper, the body of the
the gaitas are amusical component bagpipe can vary in length between60
that has recognized the integration of and 70 centimeters and is made with
musical knowledge as a central axis the stem of a cactus called Cardón or
from a cultural perspective. Pitahaya.
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Not only the indigenous heritage has melody with the female gaita, which
been its main precursor, but also the has 5 holes; and the male gaita,which
participation of theblack population of has two holes markingthe rhythm and
Palente and its musical legacy, a counterpoint to achieve a harmonic
people with African roots that began balance, without a doubt, a wonderful
to migrate from the Montes de María sensation is experienced, a jovial
to a town known as San Jacinto, has scenario isrecreated, a
transcended through time and has universallanguage, an integration of
become a symbolic practice of the cultures that transcends
peasants of the Caribbean region, barriers,simply, a happy encounter.
being San Jacinto a pioneer as a
gaitero center (Convers and Ochoa, From Colombia we would like to share
2007). In the following excerpt, the a short piece by the Gaiteros de San
roots that the Gaiteros de San Jacinto, titled Campo Alegre
Jacintoproclaim are expressed with https://youtu.be/seP2NFCxHhY, this
passion and pride: group was consolidated around 1930
(Fernández, 2012) and has been a
"I am the good heir of the black, the pioneer in highlighting the folklore
Indian and the white. From the black I that exalts one of the most famous
inherited the drum, From the Indian I and significant songs in our
inherited the bagpipe And from the Colombian culture, a history of
Spaniard his song. That's why I play different ethnic groupsthat share a
and sing, That's why I dance and sing common land (Quiñones, 2013).
..."." Theme song "El heredero" by the
Gaiterosde San Jacinto.
The gaita creates a harmony that

exalts the cultural richness of
Colombia, a melody that transmits joy,
expressiveness, an unimaginable
richness that overflows the history of
this tradition in an encounter between
mestizo culture, art and music, when
we experience a piper carrying the
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References
Wade, Peter. (2002). Música, raza y nación. Música tropical en Colombia. Bogotá:
Vicepresidencia de la República de Colombia, Departamento nacional de
planeación, Programa Plan Caribe
Barrero, Juliana; Machicado, Javier Andrés. (2015). “Tendencias de la Industria

musical en Colombia”. Cuadernos del Observatorio de Cultura y Economía - Serie
Música 1 (Observatorio cultura y economía).
Convers, Leonor; Ochoa Juan Sebastián. (2007). Gaiteros y tamboleros: material

para abordar el estudio de la música de gaitas de San Jacinto, Bolívar (Colombia).
Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Fernández Rueda, Laura. (2012). El sistema de gaita antigua en el Litoral Atlántico

desde la interpretación de los gaiteros de San Jacinto: diálogos con la modernidad.
Tesis para obtener el grado de: Maestra en música con especialidad en
Etnomusicología, México
Quiñones, Y. (2013). La música de gaita, expresión de una cultura mestiza y

campesina, ante los retos y amenazas que afronta su contexto de origen. Boletín
OPCA, 05, 46-51.
Links
Campo Alegre, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - Así tocan los indios. Prod. Diego
Gómez Llorona Records 2012. Videoclip: Dirección: Carlos "Teto" Sanchez
https://youtu.be/seP2NFCxHhY
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Getting to know the

Omega Kappa Chapter
By Mauvette Waite, Daisy Rampersad y Ferneka Deleveaux
A Few of our Schools of Nursing
As a multi-country chapter, we have several Schools of Nursing across the

Caribbean. We wanted to highlight a few as we shared more about our chapter’s
countries. For this edition we share one school each from Jamaica, Trinidad &
Tobago and The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. All nursing students across the
Caribbean (except at the University of the Bahamas – they are in the process of
doing so) currently sit the Regional Examination for Nursing Registration [RENR] to
obtain their license to practice nursing once they have completed their nursing
training. Please enjoy our islands.
The authors for each of the three schools are listed below the information.
The UWI School of Nursing, Mona -

Jamaica
Nestled on the plains of St Andrew,

(UWISON) began its journey as The
Advanced Nursing Education Unit in
1966. The name was changed to its
current one in April 2005. The school
offers both undergraduate and
graduate nursing programmes
delivered face to face and remotely.
Please read more here,
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/nursing/
UWISON, Mona boasts the distinction

as a designated PAHO/WHO
Collaborating Centre for Nursing and
Midwifery Development in the
Caribbean. In April of 2018, UWISON
also made history by becoming the
first educational institution in the
Caribbean to be designated a Best
Practice Spotlight Organization.
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Getting to know the

Omega Kappa Chapter
By Mauvette Waite, Daisy Rampersad y Ferneka Deleveaux
The College of Science, Technology, School of Nursing & Allied Health

Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago – Professionals – The Commonwealth of
Trinidad & Tobago The Bahamas
The College of Science, Technology, The University of The Bahamas Nursing

Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago and Allied Health Professions Unit is the
(COSTAATT) is a premier regional premier institution for nursing and allied
institution offering educational health training in The Bahamas. They
programmes in critical areas inclusive of have a multifaceted history of excellence
nursing. Post-secondary nursing in healthcare education. Originally offered
programmes are offered under the School as an Associate of Arts Degree in the
of Nursing, Health and Medical 1980’s, the nursing programme has
Technologies and include BSc’s in General evolved since then to the current BSc in
Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing, AAS’ in Nursing. Nursing training was initially
General Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing, under the Ministry of Health, then
Advanced Diploma in Midwifery and a transitioned to the College of The
Post-graduate Diploma in District Health Bahamas and now to its current home. A
Visiting. Courses are delivered utilizing variety of nursing and allied health
blended teaching methods both full-time programmes are offered at the
and part-time. COSTAATT is a multi-site undergraduate level, including the RN-
campus with the main campus in BSN programme. Please read more here,
Chaguanas, Trinidad. You can read more https://www.ub.edu.bs/academics/faculty/
here, nursing-allied-health/
https://www.costaatt.edu.tt/academics/sc
hool-of-nursing-health-and-
environmental-sciences/
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Responding to
the call to action
in our region
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Responding to the call to action in our region Bulletin
Research experiences supported by the

Nelly GarzónAlarcón Scholarship
In honor of our Founding Member and Manager of the Upsilon Nu Chapter of
Sigma Theta Tau Nelly Garzón Alarcón (1932-2019), the Fund that bears her name
was created with the purpose of offering scholarships to nursing students who are
currently studying at a university of high academic quality,to carry out research
internships. After the 2022 call for applications, the Board of Directors approved the
support of undergraduate nursing students Catalina Escobar Gantivar from the
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá) and Yanine Guerrero Racines from the
Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla). We are very pleased to share the research
experiences supported by active nurses of the chapter.
Catalina Escobar Gantivar "The body: Education to adolescents of the

The first territory to inhabit". Wayuu indigenous community in La
Guajira - Colombia. Where I managed
Catalina Escobar Gantivar is a ninth- to contribute to the trainingof
semester nursing student at the students in the appropriation and
National University of Colombia in respect for their body and self- care for
Bogotá and an active member of the the enjoyment of good health.
nursing faculty's maternal-perinatal
research group. It was from there
where, together with my mentor
Sigma Member Martha Patricia
Bejarano, the proposal of health
education to an indigenous
community in our country was born,
but without resources it was more of a
dream than anything else.
Thanks to the UpsilonNu Chapter of

Sigma Theta Tau International I am a
beneficiary of the Nelly Garzón
Scholarship 1st version 2022, I
managed to implement the proposal
named "The body: the first territoryto
inhabit" which consisted of providing
Sexual and Reproductive Health
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I consider that having receivedthe Yanine Guerrero Racines “Knowledge
financial supportof the Nelly Garzón and practicein medication
Scholarship was very significant for me administration”
as a professional nurse in training,
since with this I was able to make my Yanine Guerrero Racines is a Nursing
degree work an extraordinary student at Universidad del Norte
experience for me and for the (Barranquilla) and winner of the Nelly
members of the Wayuu community Garzón Scholarship for the research
with whom I worked, and all this work project "Knowledge and Practices on
would not have been possiblethanks medication administration". It has
to the trust they placed in me and in been an honor for me and my fellow
the project. Therefore, I invite my
colleagues to support these calls to
give viability to projects through
financial support, and I also invite the
Honor Society of Nursing to work to
open more vacancies for calls like this,
to benefit more professionals in
training and communities in general.
graduatestudents Alexa
Martinez,Yulissa Rodriguez, Michel
Consuegra, Thury Muñoz and Narcisa
Rincon; a truly transformative
experience that has profoundly
impacted our lives. This fellowship,
named in honor of an outstanding
researcher in the field of health, has
given us the opportunity to
advanceour careers.
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in our studies and contribute Our research has identified key areas
significantly to the development of that require attention and
knowledge in this important field. The improvement in medication
scholarship was made possible thanks administration. We have highlighted
to the support of faculty advisors the importance of adequate education
Roxana De las Salas (active member of and training for nursing staff, as well as
the chapter), Sara Caro (active the need to socialize standardized
member of the chapter), Milagros protocols and control systems to
Castañeda. minimize errors and improve patient
safety. These findings have had a
Thanks to the Nelly Garzón grant, we direct impact on the quality of medical
have had access to the necessary care and the reduction of risks
resources to conduct a rigorous and associated with medication
exhaustive research. We have been administration.
able to study the different aspects of
drug administration, such as Likewise, this work responds to the call
pharmacology, drug management of the NATIONAL NURSINGETHICAL
and dosage calculation, as well as safe TRIBUNAL (TNEE) CIRCULAR 001-2022
practices before, during and after on recommendations to nursing
administration. This fellowship has programs in the administration of
allowed us to acquire specialized medications.
knowledge and has strengthened our
passion for health and research.
During the development of our

project,we have had the opportunity to
collaborate with nurses who have
shared their experience and
knowledge with us. These interactions
have providedus with a more
completepicture of the challenges that
healthcare personnelface on a day-to-
day basis in relation to medication
administration.
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XIX Induction Ceremony and Annual

Membership Meeting - Tau Alpha Chapter
On March 24, 2023, the XIX InductionCeremony and Annual Membership
Meetingof the Tau Alpha Chapter of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
School of Nursing was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
Fifty-eight new members, undergraduate and graduate students and nursing
leaders were inducted. Ken Dion, PhD.,president of Sigma, shared the call to
organizational action "BE BOLD". The event was attended by 120
members,including leaders, researchers, clinical practice professionals, professors,
undergraduate and graduate students from 20 Mexican states and Mexico City.
Awards were given to distinguished members of the Tau Alpha Chapter for
excellence in Education, Research, Nursing Practice, Leadership and Outstanding
Graduate Students. After the protocol ceremony, the dinner was enjoyed with the
piano and violin duet of the UANL School of Music. The ceremony was preceded by
Dr. Dora Julia Onofre, president of the Tau Alpha Chapter.
From right to left:

Dr. Milton Carlos Guevara Valtier, Treasurer of the Tau Alpha
Chapter - Raquel Benavides Torres, PhD, Past President of the
Tau Alpha Chapter - Dr. María Aracely Márquez Vega,
President-Elect of the Tau Alpha Chapter - Dr. Dora Julia
Onofre, President of the Tau Chapter Alpha - Ken Dion, PhD.,
President of Sigma - Dr. María Guadalupe Moreno Monsiváis,
Director of the Faculty of Nursing, UANL, former president and
current advisor of the Tau Alpha Chapter - MCE. Ma.
Guadalupe Interial Guzmán, Active Member of the Tau Alpha
Chapter - Dr. Juana Mercedes Gutiérrez Valverde, Past
President and Current Vice President of the Tau Alpha
Chapter - Dr. Ma. De los Ángeles Paz Morales, Past President
and Current Committee LeaderLeadership Succession of the
Tau Chapter Alpha. - Dr. Norma Edith Cruz Chávez, Leader of
the Tau Alpha Chapter Government Committee.
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Social justice and nurse

training:some reflections
By Rosangela Andrade Aukar de Camargo y Juliana Cristinados Santos Monteiro
Nurse training has evolvedbecause of The DCENF also elucidated the

the changesexperienced in the history curricular contentsthat should
of local and global health. This comprise the Biological and Social
educational path engenders labor, Sciences of Health, the Human
political, economic, and social Sciences and the Nursing Sciences,
transformations. In diverse scenarios, which comprise the foundations,
technological and cultural advances management, teaching and nursing
are taking place, along with their care (2).
respective epistemological
frameworks, urging educational From this perspective, for the nursing
institutions to transform, adapt and work process to be consistent with
innovate in a connected world. Added social demands,the training of quality
to this reality is the recent pandemic nurses depends on the acquisition of
caused by covid-19, and the scientific knowledge, technical skills,
increasingly dynamic and complex critical-reflective reasoning and
health needs due to the emergence attitudesthat underpin the
and re-emergence of diseases, as well development of holistic individual and
as an ageing population and an collective care. The horizon is Primary
increase in the prevalence of chronic Health Care, based oncomprehensive
diseases, which demand more care with an emphasison promoting
resolutive primary care (1). the health of individuals,families and
communities based on health
To this end, nurses with a generalist planning. In this logic, the inclusion of
profile and competence in students in the community and in
interdisciplinary and collective different spaces and levels of health
teamwork are essential to develop care and the creation of bonds are
effective actions, especially preventive importantprerequisites for the training
ones. In Brazil, this profile was of nurses (3).
recommended by the
NationalCurriculum Guidelines for Vulnerable populations are crying out
Undergraduate Nursing Courses for social justice (4). These include
(DCENF) in 2001, considering the complex and multifaceted problems
Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). that determine people's health and
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well-being as a result of unjust and context of global and local politics. This
unequal systems and structures, the should be connected to the meso
situation of native peoplessuch as the level, which comprises the students'
Yanomami, womenand children who interrelationships between local
suffer violenceof all kinds, the people and the local community, a
homelesspopulation and refugeesin prerequisite for the development of
makeshift camps, among others ethical, political, and democratic
discriminated against because of their values for a person- and family-
race/ethnicity, religion or sexuality. centered, supportive organizational
care environment. It also
Undoubtedly, the nursing curriculum includestheories, regulations,
must include an understanding of how protocols, and procedures, as well as
and whycontextual factors create the development of leadership skills.
social conditions that influence global The micro level concerns the social
and local health. In this sense, a critical interactions of people and their
lens offers the opportunity to promote immediate environment with the
action to disrupt unjust systems by nursing student and should
discussing inequalities, power and emphasize person-centered processes
privilege, colonialism, racism, and patientinvolvement. Knowledge
sustainable health and intersectoral about different nursing diagnoses, as
collaboration. The International well as perceptions, skills and
Council of Nurses and other understanding of careprocesses are
international and Brazilian associations necessary to plan, execute and
suggest including these themes as evaluate interventions (5).
cross-cutting themes in nursing
education (4). Withregard to learningstrategies,
studies pointto theoretical and
These contents in nursingeducation practical activities as fundamental for
can be seen from the perspective of teaching nursing to tackle social
Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological and inequalities (meso and micro levels).
systemic theory, consisting of the From inserting students in real
macro level, when nursingstudents contexts of health services and
can better understand the general communities, as mentioned above, to
social influences in the surrounding bringing them closer to various
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vulnerablepopulations, since practice basis for understanding education

allows them to develop a broader policies and the curriculum as a
perception of social responsibility in historical expression inserted in a
relation to community service and certain cultural, political, and social
conditions of social inequality, context. And, above all, assuming a
resulting in more confident project for education, health and
professionals6. society embodied in political-
pedagogical decisions that go beyond
Transformative learning therefore the classroom and the specific content
requires the development of to be taught, becoming part of
professional skills that combine broader social relations7.
understanding, reflection, analytical
capacity and the ability to apply Curricular reforms in
knowledge, resources and skills in nursingeducation must
conjunction with the contextand thereforeconsider the construction of
involvement of the community6. knowledge about health, care, people,
vulnerabilities, equity and sustainable
Therefore, nursing students must development. They must also include
learn to give their opinion, participate, national and global social
decide, and intervene in social and transformations and the ideological
political agendas and in the design of clashesconsidered to be challenges for
actions, since the political dimension is guaranteeing the social practiceof
established by the ability to mobilize nursing.
social groups according to the
demands, needs and interests of the
teams and patients.
Thismeans that undergraduate

nursing teachers need to have
knowledge of the epistemological
aspects of the field of education, with
theoretical references that articulate
different perspectives and actions in
the teachingand learning process,the
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Answering the Call to Action- Alpha

Beta OmicronChapter
By Sonia Abad y Solange Campos
UC Nursing throughits Nursing challenge of developing research work

Council(integrated by among nurses in care areas in
Nursingauthorities of the UC conjunction with the School of
CHRISTUS assistance network and the Nursing. To this end, we have created
School of Nursing), has defined as its a competitive fund to support
mission to create a leading community research, to which both nurses in
in generating knowledge of the health care and nurses dedicated to
discipline, forming professionals of academia can apply.
excellence, with Christian values, that
can contribute to improve the level of One of the cases that reflects this
health and qualityof life of our constant collaboration is our
population, being a reference at Advanced Practice Nursingprogram
national and international level. (EPA), which has been conducted
jointly from its genesis to the
Our main objective is to positively implementation and ongoing review
impact patient outcomes related to of the role. Thus, in 2022 the first
care management through generation of five EPAs with mention
continuous improvement, innovation in Oncologygraduated, all of them
and nursing research. belonging to the UC Christus Network.
As a School of Nursing, we contribute As part of our permanent

to undergraduate education, in commitment to the health of the
addition to continuing education and population, we support training and/or
specialization programs, always closely specialization with internship
linked to nursing practice, through programs for professionals in the areas
professionals who participate as tutors of public health care, who belong to
of students and interns who do centers that serve vulnerable
practicums or internships in various populations, with lower resources
parts of the health care network, or as and/or far from specialized centers. In
teachersin different undergraduate several areas we are considered a
and postgraduate programs. On the national reference, which implies the
other hand, there is constant responsibility of keeping ourselves
coordination and review of the best updated and at the forefront, always
clinical practices based on evidence, looking for the best practices based on
and recently we have taken on the the best evidence.
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Respondiendo al llamado a la acción-

Capítulo Alpha Beta Ómicron
Por Sonia Abad y Solange Campos
We consider it very important as part Another ongoing concern is to

of our call to action, to have more and develop nursing leadership in different
more influence, visibility and validation areas, empowering through
of the role, in all areas, from prevention, knowledge, developing spaces for
self-care and primary prevention to innovation, and impacting our
specialty units in high complexity environment. This has been promoted
hospitals, including executive and encouraged by the network with
leadership, contributions to initiatives such as the launching of the
management and influence in work first Innovation in Nursing contest held
environments and patient safety. recently, as well as activities such as
webinars, conversations, presencein
To advance in this, the training of our networks for community education, in
professionals and the modelingof new addition to the recentsigning of an
generations is fundamental. Attracting agreement with the CanadianNurses
and retaining nursing talent has Association (RNAO) to
always been a great challenge and implementevidence-based clinical
even more so in these times. Training guidelines and thus become a Center
and professional development is a of Excellence in Nursing (BPSO).
fundamental pillar to motivate
professionals. For this reason, we have
developed different strategies: the first
was to define standards and gaps in
the trainingof our nursing
professionals, to work on a scholarship
program for Diploma programs, and
facilities for Specialtyprograms in the
School of Nursing, in addition to
creating a professional development
program in the UC CHRISTUS Health
network, which has five levels (from
novice to expert) according to which
there are additional incentives. This has
meant, since its implementation,
avoiding the flight of expert nursesand
motivation for the teams.
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BE BOLD: Nurses Taking Action to

Promote Health and Development
Across our Communities
By Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd
Our Chapter Be BOLD planning team each competition on the evening of

settled into their thinking caps and got our Be BOLD Health Fair. With
us over the first two steps in our Be winners from across different
BOLD project. As we have worked out countries, we gave Amazon gift cards
the best approach by our chapter to and certificates as the prizes.
the organizational call to action, we
have struggled and bounced around The Be BOLD Virtual Health Fair was
many ideas. We finally settled on; (1) planned to incorporate all three areas
the hosting of a Be BOLD Virtual of the Be Bold Call to Action. We
Health Fair addressing all three areas wanted an exciting afternoon with
of the call (please see flyer), (2) two different activities to engage our
Caribbean Be BOLD essay audience. We were pleased to have
competitions (one for nursing students through our Sigma networking four
and the other for nurses) and (3) a dynamic international speakers
long-term plan to use mobile including one chapter member
technology to do health promotion. addressing the three areas. We chose
to focus under the area of
We rolled out the Be BOLD Essay conservation on conservation of
competitions on March 15, 2023, via our ourselves as needed human resources.
social media pages. Each competition We had Wendy Garvin Mayo (APRN,
had its own theme, word count and ANP Nurse Practitioner, Stress
was tasked with incorporating the Strategist) address conservation and
three areas of the be bold call to action workplace stress. There was quick
(see the flyers). The deadline of April 16 demonstration on the implementation
was kept, and the essays were of a workplace wellness model by our
separated and sent off to our team of President Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd and
Omega Kappa members who based on the poll results, participants
volunteered to be judges. We had were encouraged to be a part of the
essays from across several Caribbean change they wanted. Over 80%
countries for both the nursing and indicated the need for a wellness
nursing student competitions. Using model at their institutions.
the rubrics, our judges were able to
announce our top three winners for
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We then had an enthusiastic plan. We have approached the

discourse on the basics of economics telecommunications companies in the
with Mr. Carlton Soogrim and Dr. Daisy countries of our chapter and started
Rampersad, with a pointed discussion the conversation to be able to send
on the why of nursing economics and health promotion messages to
our role as nurse leaders. One of the customers. As we continue that
main take-aways was to get and be dialogue, we have four teams of our
knowledgeable in nursing economics members working on the content
to get to the and have a say at the focused on non-communicable
tables especially those concerned with diseases, cervical cancer and the HPV
finances of healthcare management. vaccine and mental health. This is the
final part of our response. We expect it
Our final presentation under the will take time to ensure all protocols
technology heading was a visual are done correctly, but this is our long-
storytelling experience on simulation term plan to demonstrate the use of
by Dr. Desiree Diaz, its benefit for technology already at out fingertips
nursing education and nurses. This (mobile phones) within our Region to
presentation not only exposed some of hopefully impact prevention, health
us to current simulation techniques seeking-behaviors and health
but tied in all three areas of the call to maintenance of our populations.
action. Following a robust question
and answer session, we closed the
health fair using technology with a
competitive quiz done via quizziz.com
that challenged our participants on
wellness. It was an excellent evening.
As we closed both the essay

competitions and the virtual health
fair, we are grateful to have played our
part as a chapter in the organization’s
call to action. We are moving ahead Sheryl Garriques-Lloyd (MPhil cand., MSc, RN -
with completing the last aspect of our The UWI School of Nursing, Mona)
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Highlighting
leadership
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Highlighting leadership Bulletin
Rho Upsilon Chapter - Brazil

Alba Lucia Bottura Leite
In this newsletter, the Rho UpsilonChapter

praises the leadership of Dr. Alba Lucia
Bottura Leite de Barros. She has been a
member of the chapter since it was founded
in 2002. Since 2004, Prof. Alba de Barros has
been a Full Professor at the Escola Paulista de
Enfermagem/Universidade Federal de São
Paulo. She has experience in clinical nursing
care in cardiology and has been involved in
the training of specialists in Cardiology
Nursing,coordinating the course offered by
the EscolaPaulista de Enfermagem since the
early 1980s. She was Directorof Nursing at
Hospital São Paulo from 1992 to 2003 and
Director of Escola Paulista de Enfermagem
from 2005 to 2011. She was also the
Coordinator of the NursingAdvisory
Committee (CA-EF)of the National Council for
Scientific and Technological Development
(CNPq), an entity linked to the Ministryof Science, Technology and Innovations to
encourage researchin Brazil, from 2013 to 2015. Prof. Alba de Barros has
international and national partnerships with relevant researchers in the field and is
Leader of the Systematization of Nursing Care Research Group. She is a CNPq level
1A researcher and her research is carried out along the following lines:
ClinicalNursing Care and Health and Fundamentals, Methods,Processes and
Technologies in Nursing and Health. She has been the Coordinator of the
NursingProcess Research Network (RePPE) since 2020 and was awarded the 2016
Capes Thesis Prize in Nursing with the thesis "Incidence of Excessive Bleeding and
Predictors in the Immediate Postoperative Period of CardiacSurgery". She is a fellow
of NANDA-Iand has been authorized by the NANDA-I board to supervise
translations of the Classification since 1998, and later by the Center of Nursing
Classification, College of Nursing - University of Iowa to supervise translations of the
NIC and NOC. In 2015, he received the Honor to Merit, granted by the Brazilian
Nursing Association (ABEn), for the relevant services rendered to Brazilian Nursing
as a Member of the CNPq Nursing Area Advisory Committee.
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Upsilon Nu Chapter - Colombia

Angela María Salazar Maya
Dr. Angela Maria, born in the city of Medellin, has been an outstanding nurse
throughout her professional life, as evidenced by her numerous national and
international academic awards, among them: for teaching excellence, research
contributions and academic performance (Universidad AutónomaNacional de
México,Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and
Universidad de Panamá).
She is a professor of the Faculty of

Nursing at the Universidad de Antioquia,
one of the most important public
universities in the country,her experience
has been carved from the operating
rooms, where she provided care and
education to both patients and
colleagues from the management of
services to the university classrooms
where she has shared with
undergraduate and graduate students
her experiences and knowledge as a
teacher and director of master's theses
and doctoral theses.
Her contributions to the body of

nursingknowledge have focusedon
professional nursingcare during the
surgical process, quality of life in the
postoperative period, development of
educational interventions for the care of
children and adults, caregiver burden,
empowerment of parents of premature
infants and important reflections on the
mission of doctoral education in
Colombia and Latin America, among
others.
For Sigma and for the Upsilon Nu

chapter, it is an honor to have her and to
recognize a nursing leader who has
transformed lives with commitment and
love for discipline.
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Alpha Beta Omicron Chapter - Chile

Mirliana Ramírez-Pereira
Dr. Mirliana Ramirez-Pereira is an Associate Professor in the Department of

Nursing at the University of Chile, where she is currently the director. She is a
graduate of our school and a SIGMA leader of our Alpha Beta Omicron chapter. Dr.
Ramirez-Pereira is also a member of the University Senateas an Academic
Collaborator.
Within her professional trajectory, it is noteworthy that in 2016 she was hired as an
academic at the University of Chile, a space that has allowed her to grow and
develop her leadership strongly committedto the need for social change,equity
and justice.
Dr. Ramirez is the only Chilean to have

completed ICN's Global Nursing
Leadership Policy training, where she
learned the importance of building
bridgeswith decision makers and the
need to build bridges with the
community to enter the policy
dialoguefrom a nursing perspective.
Among its projections, it is committed

to continue producing evidence that
supports the importance of nursing in
the different areas of performance,
which can be used for decision
making and contribute to changes,
through advocacy, which improve the
lives of people and the positioning of
nursing. Also, to generate networks
among the various social actors that
are linked to nursing and to be able to
build and move forward together.
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Omega Kappa Chapter - Jamaica

Pauline Anderson-Johnson
Pauline Anderson-Johnson was the chair of the steering committee, which

restarted the work to establish the Caribbean Honor Society of Nursing [CHSN].
The group worked assiduously to have the CHSN function according to Sigma’s
requirements. Pauline led the and completed the application process for Chapter
status. She became our Chartering President when the Honor Society became the
Omega Kappa Chapter of Sigma on May 30, 2019. Pauline currently serves as the
Chair of the Chapter’s Research Development Committee. She served on the 2-
year Sigma Leadership Succession Committee between 2019-2021. In addition to
these duties Pauline also serves as the Coordinator for The UWI School of Nursing,
Mona’s online BSc completion programme. She is also the Deputy Director of the
School of Nursing’s WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre. As Pauline continues to lead
in all these areas, she is also in the process of completing PhD studies focused on
Evidence-Based Practice.
Actual:
Lecturer
Coordinator, Post RN BScN
Programme
Chair, Research Development, Omega
Kappa Chapter of Sigma
Graduate of the UWI and
The London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine, University of
London.
Pursuing MPhil/PhD in Nursing with a
focus on Evidence-Based Practice
Has been in academics for the past 14
years, teaching Research Methods
(undergraduate and graduate) and
Epidemiology.
Experience in Research Methods, and
quantitative Data analysis.
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Tau Alpha Chapter – México

Durante la XIX Ceremonia de Inducción y Reunión Anual de Miembros del Capítulo
Tau Alpha se entregaron los reconocimientos Miembros Distinguidos del Capítulo
Tau Alpha 2023 en seis categorías, los cuales fueron entregados por el Dr. Milton
Carlos Guevara Valtier, Tesorero del Capítulo.
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

Dra. María Magdalena Alonso Castillo Dr. Geu Salomé Mendoza Catalán
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Universidad Autónoma de Baja California-Mexicali
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE EXCELLENCE IN NURSINGPRACTICE

STUDENTAT THE MASTER'S LEVEL Dra. Cynthia Lizbeth Ruiz Bugarin
Lic. Alan Josué Ramírez Calderón Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, HGZ #20.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León- Tijuana, Baja California
Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería
OUTSTANDING GRADUATESTUDENT LEADERSHIP

ME. Mariana Vargas Beltrán
AT THE DOCTORAL LEVEL Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Dra. Diana Cristina Navarro Rodríguez
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León-
Doctorado en Ciencias de Enfermería
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News of
interest
05
News of interest Bulletin
Event
The Doctoratein Nursing Sciencesof the School of Nursingof the Universidad

Autónoma de Nuevo León, the first doctorate in nursing in Mexico, celebrates 20
years of training doctors in nursing sciences. We invite you to participate in the 11th
National Congress of Graduate NursingPrograms.
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SIGMA Alpha Beta Omicron Alpha Beta Omicron

Chapter Nursing Leaders Awarded at the
Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Faculty of
Medicine of the Pontifical CatholicUniversity of Chile
On Wednesday, April 12, the Inauguration Ceremonyof the Academic Year of the
UC School of Medicine was held in which the following nurses and faculty leaders
of the chapter were highlighted:
Outstanding TeacherAward 2022: Claudia Alcayaga Rojas

Assistant Professor
Nurse Midwife, UC; master’s in psychology, UC; PhD © in
Sociology,
Excellence in TeachingAward 2017
In her academic career she has excelled both in the
clinical and researchfields, being a teaching model for
studentsand young professors.
Outstanding ClinicalTeacher Award2022 : Silvia Palma

Rivadeneira
Clinical AssistantProfessor
Nurse UCM; Specialist in Nursing of Adults with
Oncological Problems UC; master’s in nursing UC; Master
in Advanced Practice Nursing,mention in oncology UC.
She has played a key role as clinicalcoordinator in the
Advanced Practice Nursing Program.
Outstanding AcademicManagement Award: Francisca

Márquez Doren
Associate Professor
Nurse Midwife UC; master’s in nursing UC; PhD in
Nursing Sciences, USP
Coordinator academic of the master’s Program in
Advanced PracticeNursing
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Líderes de Enfermería del Capítulo Alpha Beta

Ómicron de SIGMA Premiadas en la Inauguración del
Año Académico de la Facultad de Medicina de la
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Outstanding Academic-Clinical Management Award 2022:

Sonia Abad Vásquez
Associate Professor
Nurse Midwife UC; master’s in health management and
administration, UAndes.
Corporate Directorof Corporate NursingUC CHRISTUS
He emphasizes his recognized leadership and high-
performance team building skills.
Along with this virtuosogroup, an outstanding undergraduate student, memberof

the Alpha Beta OmicronChapter, also receivedan award of SIGMA
UC Spirit2022 Award: Bastían Valdés de Laire

Academic tutor for international exchange students at
VRAI (2022)
Vice President Alumni Center (2021-2022)
Postgraduate Assistant in the processof reaccreditation
of the Master'sprogram (2022)
Link news: https://facultadmedicina.uc.cl/noticias/decano-presento-la-cuenta-

publica-de- la-facultad-de-medicina-inauguracion-del-ano-academico-2023/
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The Omega Kappa Language Project

By Javon Gray, Vicepresidente del Capítulo
The Omega Kappa Chapter of Sigma has embarked on a Chapter "Language

Project," inspired by being a part of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. The
project aims to provide members with an opportunity to gain experience the
basics of two languages - Spanish and Portuguese - over a four-months period
from February to May, with two months dedicated to each language. Learning is
being facilitated by daily use of the Duolingo App and the Future Learn Online
platform to complete two two-week courses on the Foundations of Spanish for
Global Communication and Foundations of Portuguese for Global
Communication. The project has received significant interest, with 21 members
enrolled. This initiative not only fosters language learning but also supports the
development of cultural knowledge, community, and growth among members of
the Chapter.
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In honor of Founders' Day, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean - STTI,
invites you to read the newsletter: 100 Bold Nurses from Latin America and the
Caribbean who promote Excellence in Nursing, a space created to exalt the work
and the contributions of nurses from Latin America and the Caribbean to the
discipline and the profession.
Disponible
AQUÍ
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Colleague colaboration and mentoring

for nursing leadership: A perspective
from the Nursing Now Challenge
By Daniel A. Guerrero and Geraldine Jimenez
How to chart a new way of experiencing

the practice of nursing?
To answerthis question, the following definitions will be made.
Leadership in nursing includes autonomy in practice, knowledge-based decision

making, correct problemsolving and assertive communication with the
interdisciplinary team.
Colleagueship is understood as solidarity and support in the professional practice,

in the case of nursing it is essential to lead the provision of health services, since
one of the greatest challenges is to provide human, warm and quality care.
For the correct exercise of the science of care, the organizational climate is a
determining factor, which is determined by the working conditions, the structure
of the processes, but especially by the functioning of the work team. When this is
fragmented or weak, the result tends to be blurred. Therefore, it is necessaryto
have a joint, collaborative and demanding exercise that allows the growth and
strengthening of the nursing profession and the creation of trust networks.
It is necessary to develop and strengthen these skills in nursing human talent to

transform theirglobal vision, recognition and visibility in society.
At this point it is worth mentioning the impact of training processes such as the
Nursing Now Challenge, which is committed to forging sick transformational
leaders in the world. One of the pillars of this training is mentoring, which is
understood as a fundamental process for the development and sustainability of
society. The Nursing Now Challenge, in addition to promoting leadership in
recently graduatedprofessionals, uses mentoringas a tool for leadership
succession, empowerment, appropriation of the profession and evolution.
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Colleague colaboration and mentoring

for nursing leadership: A perspective
from the Nursing Now Challenge
By Daniel A. Guerrero and Geraldine Jimenez
Mentoring does not require a person who is an "expert" in a specific subject, but
rather a person who has already gone through certain stages and circumstances,
which allows guiding and directingthose who are just startingthe process. To
exemplify mentoring, let us think like a flower grower: The growers are the
mentors, the seeds are the mentees; the water and nutrients are all the knowledge
and experiences that can be transferred. The seeds, which are all those people who
have the potential to grow, develop and strengthen their abilities, being out in the
open, can germinate despite the rough conditions in which they are exposed;
however, those conditions are not ideal. If those same seeds are in a seedbed, with
more favorableconditions, less coarse and with adequate water, nutrients and
light, they can germinate in a better way.
However, the process is not unidirectional; mentors also receive and learn from the
seeds. They receive learning from mistakes made, the happiness of seeing the
seeds grow and strengthen, the satisfaction of a job well done, among so many
other possibilities, unique to being.
Mentoring in nursing should transcend academia and become involved in clinical

practice. Nursing professionals are born leaders in their services, being the
professionals responsible for programmanagement, health care management of
their patients,information management, being the communication bridge
between the family and other health professionals, among others. Despite this
leading role, there is not always collegiality among professionals, but rather they
look for ways to overcome each other. This unhealthy competition affects the
health care provided, the appropriation of the role as a professional, the
recognition as a profession, among many others.
As Sigma members, leaders in nursing, we must be an example for our colleagues

to follow, not only with words, but with concrete actions and collegiality, through
the pillars of our society: Love, Courage and Honor.
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Biennial Conference of Latin Americaand the

Caribbean 2023 - Innovation, Research,
Economics, Conservation and Care:
Contributions to Excellence
By Laura Sofia Ruiz Rozo and Daniel A. Guerrero
On June 23rd, 2023, Sigma Theta Tau International's Biennial Latin America and
Caribbean Region Conference was held, entitled "Innovation, Research, Economics,
Conservation and Care: Contributions to Excellence". This event was developed at
Zoom and broadcasted live on YouTube by the region's Channel. The recording of
the event is currently available at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9vU6IdvH04. This event was targeted to
active and non-active Sigma members, the general interested nursing community,
chapter allies and stakeholders. This event highlighted dedication, commitment
and leadership in the profession, in addition to the presentation of work
derivedfrom research, teachingand nursing practice. The event was held over two
days and was organized and supported by the Regional Committee. The event was
moderated by the Regional Coordinator of the Latin, South America and Caribbean
Region,Dr. Sonia Carreño-Moreno, and included the outstanding participation of
international speakers such as Sigma's President, Dr. Kenneth Dion; the
Coordinator of Regional Coordinators, Dr. Carole D. Liske; the Secretary of Sigma, Dr.
Carole D. Liske; the Secretary of Sigma, Dr. Carole D. Liske; and the
RegionalCoordinator of Sigma, Dr. Carole D. Liske. Liske; Sigma's Secretary, Dr.
Nancy Rollins Gantz; Sigma's Executive Director, Dr. Elizabeth Madigan; Sigma's
Youth Representative to the United Nations,Aimée Horcasitas; former Regional
Coordinator for the EuropeanRegion, Dr. Marie Louise Luiking;and leaders of the
Latin American and Caribbean Chapters(Image N1). (Image N1):
The morning session began with a welcome address by Dr. Carole D. Liske Ph.D.,
MS, RN, a member of the Sigma Board of Directors in her capacity as chair of the
Coordinator of the Regional Chapters. Afterwards, the event opened with the
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Conferencia Bienal de América Latina y el

Caribe 2023 - Innovación, Investigación,
Economía, Conservación y Cuidado:
Contribuciones para la excelencia
Por Laura Sofia Ruiz Rozo y Daniel A. Guerrero
conference "Be BOLD: Lessons learned and accomplishments" by Dr. Kenneth

Dion, President of Sigma, who spoke about how nursing must actively collaborate
with other disciplines to influence decisions about the profession, populations and
the planet through three domains of dialogue: economics, technology and
conservation. In these pillars nursing professionals must be bold and collectively
raise their voices to inspire and lead the way in education, research and models
ofcare.
Afterwards, the chapter leaders participated in the panel discussion "From Call to
Action: Boldness of the Latin American and Caribbean Region" where each one
shared how they have responded to this call throughvarious activities, such as
participation in social and philanthropic activities, the development of conservation
or mentoring actions, the creation of educational material and research
development. They also expressed the importance of global representation of
nursing, sharing experiences and collaborative work between chapters, their
members and those who do not belong to Sigma. The next plenary to be
highlighted were the experiences of Sigmain the world, with the participation of Dr.
Marie-Louise Luiking, former regional coordinator of the European Region of
Sigma, who presented how excellence in nursing is evidenced in the European
Region and Aimée Horcasitas, registered nurse, who commented on how
excellence in nursing is as a young representative of Sigma to the United Nations.
Similarly, Dr. Nancy Rollins' plenary on mentoring in nursing was highlighted,

where she emphasized how the face of nursing can be transformed through a
mentoring approach and defined it as a process in which more experienced people
support the development of others outside the normal lines of relationships. This
has specific elements including voluntariness, both formal and informal structure,
and the intention to share knowledge, teach, encourage and nurture both the
mentee and the mentor through the alliance of two minds to create synergyand a
relationship of mutualtrust. Dr. Rollinsconcludes by invitingprofessionals and
students to empower themselves and get involved in mentoring either as a mentor
or mentee because it is absolutely necessary for the profession as it aids in problem
solving, enhances diversity and inclusion, development of hard and soft skills,
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increases the level of satisfaction with the profession and career development and
future leaders.
During the breaks, the presentation of the video "Getting to Know the Chapters in
the Region" was shown throughout the conference in English, Portuguese and
Spanish. These videos show the multicultural richness of Sigmaand the chaptersin
the Latin Americanand Caribbean Region, a geographically extensive region that
encompasses an enriching history and unique mix of cultures. In addition, this
video allows you to learn more about the five chapters that make up the region
from its location, founding history and trajectory. Currently, the videois available on
theRegion's YouTube Channel, which can be accessedat through at following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=dWB9ciBzgyk&list=PLIANySVibI2cnbwpN3g3gCQhu xkY-ZUKV&index=2
The afternoon session began with the presentation of the Region's Recognitions,
with the purpose of exalting the progress and leadership of the Latin American and
Caribbean chapters in different areas such as social projection, innovation,
mentoring and sustainability. These awards, in collaboration with Sigma Central,
were added to the web pages of each chapter (Image N2). Subsequently, the
advances in practice, research and training of 63 groups who shared their work in
different modalities including Oral, Rapid-fire and Poster were presented in the five
alternate rooms of the event, each focused on a specific topic and distributed as
follows:Sexual, Reproductive, Maternaland Perinatal Health;Health in situations of
chronicity; Mental Health and Child Health; Training and Miscellaneous and English
and Portugues. The 63 papers are availablefor viewing at the followinglink:
https://www.youtube.com/@sigmanursingregionlatinoam9336/playlists
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Imagen No. 2: Banner Recognition Chapters
Finally, Dr. Elizabeth Madigan, executive director of Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma), presented her plenary entitled 'What's New at
Sigma', where she reported on the highly effective nurse training program that will
reopen on July 17, 2023. In which Sigma, with the support of the Johnson & Johnson
Foundation, will offer a virtual trainingprogram to take up to 9 LinkedInLearning
management and leadership skills courses. In addition, he mentioned the multiple
Sigma academies availablewhere opportunities are offered for members and will
be available at the followinglink: https://www.sigmanursing.org/learn-grow/sigma-
academies. Also highlighted were the multiple Sigma research grants, such as the
small grants program available as of December 1, this grant offers opportunities for
all types of science, from laboratory science to community- based participatory
research. To concludeher plenary, Dr. Elizabeth Madiganinvited members to
participate in upcoming events organized by Sigma (Image N3 and N4).
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Subsequently, this wonderful event culminated with the Closing Session and the
Award Ceremony for the best papers presented in each of the modalities, standing
out for their excellence, originality and significant contribution. The best oral
presentation was awarded to the work entitled "Intervención Educativa Parto
Humanizado en la Atención de Enfermería",developed by Ana Laura Castillo Meza,
María Guadalupe Interial Guzmán, María Guadalupe Moreno Monsiváis, Annel
González Vázquez and Fabiola Canel Ortega. The award for best rapid-fire was for
the work "Care of older adults with chronic diseases through traditional medicine",
authored by José VicenteHernández Salinas and Raúl FernandoGuerrero
Castañeda. Finally, the best poster developed by Silas Antonio Pereira and Mayra
Gonçalves Menegueti entitled "Evaluation of infrastructure for hand hygiene in an
outpatient service" was awarded.
Imagen No. 2: Próximos Imagen No. 3: Próximos

Eventos Sigma Eventos Sigma
The Biennial Conference was a memorableevent, attended by distinguished global

and regional nursing leaders, faculty, researchers, students and nurse leaders in
service. A total of 554 registrants from the Philippines, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico,
Peru, Chile, United States, Spain, Jamaica, Ecuador, Portugal, Singapore, Bolivia, El
Salvador, Canada and Argentina were fortunate enough to gather to revel in the
advances of nursing leadership and boldness in the region. This conference was a
testament to the commitment and dedication of all the people who work hard in
the development of our discipline.
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We invite all our members of our chapters to access the "Journal of Nursing
Scholarship" and "WorldViews on Evidence-Based Nursing", Sigma magazines,
where they can consult or publish scientific articles of interest to the
development of our discipline.
They can also post their stories and experiences on Sigma's Nursing Centered.
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