Reflection on STAR Competency

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The STAR competency was as simple and as difficult as any of the courses in the Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) program. The project I took on was from the previous class, with what I thought was a solid foundation. It wasn't anything the previous STAR members could influence however, that has slowed the progress. The project was to form a newly recognized BSN chapter with the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society. Because of our relative newness with only two classes thus far, and resulting small class sizes (less than 20 graduates), we do not meet the requirements and bylaws to form our own chapter. The previous members of the STAR team on this project, initially reached out to the Chapter President for the University of Central Florida (UCF) to join their chapter. The President was to bring this before their board meeting in January (2016) and report back. No correspondence was subsequently received. I reached out  and found that there had been a few changes in officers and contacts. I reached out to them. To date they haven't returned my efforts to contact them. All that being said, reading through the STTI rules and bylaws, I found that we are openly invited to join the STTI Theta Epsilon Chapter of UCF.  Here at the College of Central Florida (CF) we already belong to UCF's region of the STTI. Due to our current size and low membership numbers, it would currently be more efficient to join individually with the Theta Epsilon chapter of UCF. My recommendation therefore, would be to re-approach forming a separate chapter when our numbers have grown. I would disseminate this information to our students and encourage membership with STTI through UCF, to our recent and subsequent graduates.   

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