PHA

So instead of holding our PHA exec meeting tonight, we decided to blog about our values so that we could have some extra time to prep for St. Louis!

So, what are my values? I know that I already wrote about this in another blog, but my number one value is my family. I wouldn't be here without them, and I wouldn't be anywhere today without their support. Friendships are equally important to me because I feel like no matter how much success you may find, it means nothing if you can't share it with the people you love. It is also fair to say I value my education since school is my top priority, and I know that I will be successful someday because of the hard work I put into nursing school. Not suprisingly, I think that why nursing is such a fit for me is because of what the field entails...it's a profession dedicated to servicing others with knowledge, maintaining high standards of practice, respecting each and every persons' differences and learning from them, and using a collaborative effort to treat the patient. Ironically, these values, and many of my own values are also embodied in the Panhellenic Creed.

PHA values...

Scholarship, friendship, service, maintaining high standards, health, diversity,strive to live,and community.

One of the goals this year is to help unify the Exec board, directors, and delegates. Afterall, there shouldn't be a separation because we are all here for PHA and for the betterment of our community, but somehow this always seems to happen. So, we are striving to maintain our commmunity by working together and breaking down the barriers by getting to know eachother.

Diversity is another aspect that PHA strives to live by..this could mean learning to get to know eachother and respecting differences, reaching out to the other three councils, embracing our differences, reaching out to the community, and most importantly, just opening our eyes to what else is really out there.

Strive to live...I think that this in itself is just saying to live life to the fullest ,take the opportunities that come your way, and don't take anything for granted. Although I never classified this as one of my values, this is something that is really important to me because I wouldn't be seeking leadership opportunities if I wasn't striving to live.

I also believe that the core of PHA's success will come from the two values of friendship and community. Forming friendships and bonds with all sorts of people helps build up our community and allows us to see past our own views to actually see and appreicate others' differences. By having a strong community, there is the upmost potential to help service others, support eachother in school, keep eachother accountable to maintain high standards..and through all of this, we will have proven to ourselves how one can "strive to live."