Sigma Organizational Fact Sheet

Strategic Goals

The Sigma board of directors has determined three strategic goals to guide the organization:
1. Nurses find Sigma resources and programs essential to further their professional advancement.
2. Sigma is the preeminent pathway to connect to nursing excellence around the globe.
3. Sigma connects nurses to industry, to lead the design and utilization of healthcare innovations to transform care delivery.

Learn more about the strategic plan and guiding principles.

Membership 

• Sigma has more than 100,000 active members.
• Members reside in more than 100 countries.
• There are roughly 600 chapters at more than 700 institutions of higher education throughout Armenia, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, Ghana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Products and Services

Sigma has always recognized the value of scholarship and excellence in nursing practice. In 1936, Sigma became the first US organization to fund nursing research. Today, Sigma supports these values through its numerous professional development products and services that focus on the core areas of education, leadership, career development, evidence-based nursing, research, and scholarship. These products and services advance the learning and professional development of members and all nurses who strive to improve the health of the world’s people.

• Sigma, with its grant-offering partners (corporations, associations, and foundations), contributes more than US $200,000 annually to nursing research through grants, scholarships, and monetary awards.
• A number of education and research conferences are supported by Sigma, including a yearly research congress that presents the latest nursing research from around the world and a biennial convention that offers nursing’s best practices in clinical, scientific, and leadership areas.
• Online nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) offers peer-reviewed interactive learning activities that are presented in a variety of learning formats including case studies, evidence-based articles, and module courses. These activities are linked to full-text articles and abstracts and are available for NCPD contact hours.
• The Sigma Repository is an online digital service that collects, preserves, and disseminates digital materials in both abstract and full-text format. Submissions to this repository may be made by individual nurses and nursing students as well as nursing organizations.  
• Sigma's career development programming provides resources for every stage in the career process, from selecting nursing as a profession to active retirement.
• Leadership programs include mentoring programs and global healthcare think tanks.

Publications

• Journal of Nursing Scholarship is one of the most widely read and respected healthcare journals. Published bimonthly by Wiley, JNS contains peer-reviewed, thought-provoking articles representing research by some of the world’s leading nurse researchers. You can also receive NCPD contact hours for select articles. This is free for members!
• Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing is a primary source of information to improve patient care. Each bimonthly issue contains knowledge synthesis and original articles with best practice applications, recommendations for clinical practice, nursing education, administration, and public healthcare policy. You can also receive NCPD contact hours for select articles. This is free for members!
• Scholarly books cover a wide range of topics in nursing and healthcare that are of interest to members and other nurses around the world.
• Nursing Centered is Sigma's mixed-media resource center that shares stories and nursing information from Sigma nurses and chapters worldwide, from their view, in their voice. It is home to Sigma articles, member stories, videos, webinars, and A Nurse First podcast episodes.
• Sigma Update is a monthly electronic newsletter sent to all members that includes chapter-specific information and announcements.