Department Activities
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The purpose of "CANS" is to assume responsibility for contributing to nursing education in order to provide for the highest quality health care, to provide programs representative of current nursing interests and concerns, and to aid in the development of not only the professional nursing role, but the whole person. Through this, we hope to have a positive impact on the health care of people from all walks of life.
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Xi Tau Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Tau chapter is one of six chapters in West Virginia of this Honor Society of Nursing. Sigma Theta Tau, International is dedicated to improving the health of people worldwide through increasing the scientific base of nursing practice. Its members are nursing scholars committed to the pursuit of excellence in clinical practice, education, research, and leadership. The Society's 220,000 scholars live and work in 73 nations and are inducted into Sigma Theta Tau through one of its 356 honor societies located at colleges and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia. Undergraduate nursing students who have completed one-half of their nursing curriculum, have achieved at least a 3.0 GPA, rank in the upper 35% of their graduating class and meet the expectation of academic integrity, may qualify for membership. |
Students work with faculty advisors to plan and implement such varied activities as sponsoring campus blood drives, volunteering for the Red Cross, holiday parties for families in shelters and children in the pediatric hospital, and attendance of state and national conventions.
