Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated is a professional international organization of registered nurses and nursing students (male and female) with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. Aliene Carrington Ewell, RN organized the Sorority on October 16, 1932 with the assistance of 11 other courageous registered nurses. The charter chapter, Alpha, was organized at Freedman's Hospital in Washington D.C., now known as Howard University Hospital for two specific purposes: elevating the plane of nursing and increasing interest in the field of nursing.
There are over 9,000 members that make up over 90 graduate and 50 undergraduate chapters. The graduate and undergraduate (Beta) chapters are grouped into five regions according to geographic areas. The chapters are located throughout the United States, District of Columbia and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island.
Guided by the motto "Service for Humanity", the Sorority has programs focusing on health promotion/disease prevention, leadership development, mentoring, recruitment, retention and scholarship. These programs fulfill the five purposes of the sorority:
Specific achievements and contributions made by Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated are recorded in "The History of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated 1932-1967". Th sorority house is located in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on July 11, 1971. In August 1973, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, inc., in cooperation with the American Nurses' Association, restored the gravesite of Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first known black professional nurse. Mary Eliza Mahoney, 1845-1926, America's First Black Professional Nurse- A Historical Perspective by Helen S. Miller, MS, RN was published by Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc, in 1988.
The accomplishments of this great organization continues to be recorded in history. TO find out more about our sorority, please visit http://www.chietaphi.com.
There are over 9,000 members that make up over 90 graduate and 50 undergraduate chapters. The graduate and undergraduate (Beta) chapters are grouped into five regions according to geographic areas. The chapters are located throughout the United States, District of Columbia and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island.
Guided by the motto "Service for Humanity", the Sorority has programs focusing on health promotion/disease prevention, leadership development, mentoring, recruitment, retention and scholarship. These programs fulfill the five purposes of the sorority:
- To encourage continuing education among the members.
- To have a continuous recruitment program for nursing and the health professions.
- To stimulate a close and friendly relationship among the members.
- To develop working relationships with other professional groups, for the improvement and delivery of health care.
- To constantly identify a corps of nursing leaders who will function as agents of social change on the national, regional, and local level.
Specific achievements and contributions made by Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated are recorded in "The History of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated 1932-1967". Th sorority house is located in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on July 11, 1971. In August 1973, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, inc., in cooperation with the American Nurses' Association, restored the gravesite of Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first known black professional nurse. Mary Eliza Mahoney, 1845-1926, America's First Black Professional Nurse- A Historical Perspective by Helen S. Miller, MS, RN was published by Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc, in 1988.
The accomplishments of this great organization continues to be recorded in history. TO find out more about our sorority, please visit http://www.chietaphi.com.