Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. is a national sorority of registered professional nurses and nursing students founded, on October 16, 1932. The charter chapter, Alpha, was organized at Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington DC, with the two-fold purpose of elevating the plane of nursing and increasing interest in the field of nursing.
PURPOSES
• Develop a corps of nursing leaders
• Promote higher education in nursing
• Encourage continuing education
• Have continuous recruitment for nursing and the health professions
• Stimulate a close and friendly relationship among the members
• Develop a working relationship with other professional groups
MEMBERSHIP
• Professional nurses and nursing students (male and female) representing many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds, grouped into five regions according to geographic locations
• Graduate and undergraduate chapters located in 26 States, the District of Columbia, and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
• By invitation and is both active and honorary
NATIONAL PROGRAMS
• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Educational Scholarships
• Leadership Development
• Recruitment and Retention
• Programs for Youth and Young Adults
• Programs for Seniors
• Community Health Outreach
• Research Development
• Childhood Obesity
• National Eye Health Education Project (N1H)
• Association of SIDS and Want Mortality Program
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Heart Truth for Women (NHLBI-NIH)
• American Heart/American Stroke Association
• National Kidney Disease Education Project
• Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine – Reversing Childhood Obesity
• Coalition for the Advancement of Minority Health and Wellness •
NETWORKING AND AFFILIATIONS
• The sorority has sustaining relationships with many civic, professional, and educational organizations. These organizations include: the American Nurses Association; National League for Nursing; National Student Nurses Association; Nurses Educational Punds, Inc.; Children’s Defense Fund; March of Dimes; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Council of Negro Women; National Association for Sickle Cell Disease; American Cancer Society; American Diabetes Association; and the American Foundation of AIDS Research
PUBLICATIONS
• The Legacy of Supreme Leadership
• History of Cru Eta Phi Sorority (Volume I & II)
• Journal of Cru Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. (JOCEPS)
• Mary Eliza Mahoney: America’s First Black Professional Nurse
• Lillian H. Harvey Story: A Short Biography
• Bibliography of Members’ Publications, annotated
• The Glowing Lamp (Annual Publication)
• Chi Line (National Newsletter)
Email us at nurses@iotaetaeta.org if you are interested in being a part of our local organization.