Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc () is an international, nonprofit, professional service organization for registered professional nurses and student nurses, representing many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds.
The Sorority has more than 8000 members located throughout the
United States
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Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Monrovia, Liberia
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. Dr. Sarah Killian, DNP, RN is the current National President.
History
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., was founded on October 16, 1932, at
Freedman's Hospital
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in Washington D.C., now known as Howard University Hospital. The organization's foundation was based on concerns, at that time, which regarded restrictions in the employment of black nurses to segregated facilities and hospitals, and menial positions where there was little to no chance of advancement in the profession.
The charter chapter, Alpha, was founded and organized by Ailene Carrington Ewell, RN, with the assistance of 11 other courageous black registered nurses, collectively known as "The Twelve Jewels": Clara E. Beverly, Lillian Mosely Boswell, Gladys Louise Catchings, Bessie Foster Cephas, Henrietta Smith Chisholm, Susan Elizabeth Freeman, Ruth Turner Garrett, Olivia Larkins Howard, Mildred Wood Lucas, Clara Belle Royster, and Katherine Chandler Turner.
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Programs
The organization has programs focusing on health promotion/disease prevention, leadership development, mentoring, recruitment, retention and scholarship. These programs include national, regional, and local conferences, seminars, and workshops; consumer health education programs throughout different communities; leadership development programs/summits that focus on continuing education; recruitment and retention of nursing students; and award recognition of outstanding nurses in the profession.
The organization has relationships with many civic, professional, and educational groups including the
American Nurses' Association
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, the
National Council of Negro Women
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, the
United Negro College Fund
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, the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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, the
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
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, the
American Cancer Society
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, the
National Cancer Institute
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, and the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
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.
Publications
Chi Eta Phi has several publications including:
*''Chi Line'', National Newsletter (Semi-annual publication)
*''Glowing Lamp'', ''Journal of Chi Eta Phi Sorority'' (Annual Publication/Peer Reviewed/Evidence-based/Nursing research journal)
*''Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's First Black Professional Nurse''
*''The Nurse in the Kitchen''
Chapters
The graduate and undergraduate (Beta) chapters are grouped into five regions according to geographic areas. There are over 101 graduate chapters and 41 undergraduate chapters located in 33 states,
Washington, D.C.
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St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Monrovia, Liberia
Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...
. Membership is by invitation and is both active and honorary.
References
External links
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Student organizations established in 1932
Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States
1932 establishments in Washington, D.C.