Create the Future through Renewal
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The call to action "Create the Future through Renewal" was issued by Daniel J Pesut, President of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2003-2005). The call aimed to inspire members to consider meaningful activities that support personal and professional renewal. The initiative emphasized the importance of reflection as a means of renewal, suggesting that as self is renewed, commitments to service become more evident. This concept is rooted in the idea that knowledge, values, and service intersect to create a caring society. The call to action encourages nurses to engage in reflective practice, which supports inquiry, knowledge work, and evidence-based care, ultimately benefiting society as a whole.
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Daniel Pesut shares his thinking about the importance of reflection and renewal in professional life. He notes, “Personally and professionally I believe reflection is a means of renewal. My logic goes something like this: as self is renewed, commitments to service come forward more easily. Renewed commitments to service require attention to mindfulness and reflective practice. Mindful reflective practice begets questions that support inquiry. Such inquiry guides knowledge work and evidence-based care giving. Care giving supports society as knowledge, values, and service intersect. Knowledgeable people and especially knowledgeable nurses provide care that society needs. Creating a caring society is the spirit of nursing. Creating a caring society starts nurses caring for themselves and becoming, through reflection, more conscious and intentional in their being, thinking, feeling, doing, and acting. Reflection is a form of “inner work” that results in the energy for engaging in “outer service.” Reflection in-and-on action supports meaning-making and purpose management in one’s professional life. “
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Pesut, Daniel. (2003). Create the Future through Renewal. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277245.
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