School of Healthcare Sciences

Bangor student in Sigma Theta Tau International.

Lucy Melville Richards, a PhD student working in the Implementation Research Cluster in the School, is being inducted as the first student member to Sigma Theta Tau International.

Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) is the second largest global community of nurses committed to advancing the learning, knowledge, and professional development of nursing worldwide. As an honour society, STTI recognises the academic and professional achievements of its members. STTI has a global presence with over 450 Chapters in 90 countries meeting the needs of over 125,000 members. The Society promotes excellence through research, reports and reviews via its flagship publications: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship and Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. The first branch of STTI in the UK, the Upsilon-Xi-at-Large Chapter has recently been established jointly based at the Universities of Swansea and Cardiff. Promoting a mandate in which nursing knowledge and scholarship are recognised as central to improving patient outcomes, the Chapter presents a vision of knowledge-driven nursing aimed at bridging the research-to-practice gap.

http://sigmathetatau.swansea.ac.uk/
http://www.upsilon-xi.net/
www.nursingsociety.org.