Fall 2009 SNA Meeting Schedule

Fall Semester for 2009

National Student Nurses Association Meeting

August 31- Meet Board Members, up and coming events, Interclub Council reps committees to sign up for, and NSNA National Convention this October in Sacramento. Guest Speakers: Robin Shum from Student Success Office, Ginger Manss R.N., MSN, AOCN From St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ginger is our Regional Director for the National Student Nurses Association. She will discuss the NSNA, Our National Convention this October in Sacramento. Errisa Santiago and AJ Arriola on class blogs.

September 21- Committee Members, current events, Bocce Tournament Guest Speakers Bonnie Boss on her Blog as a tutorial for NCLEX and N-1 thru 10 study info. Passing the NCLEX and Critical Care Specialist Certification she just passed. Trina Eagle on NCLEX Reviews, study tips she took to pass her boards with only 75qts. Interview questions she was given during her interviews. Angela Aistrup and Debbie O’Sullivan on Palms and Software for them.

October 19- Come and learn how to write a resume for future employers. Learn how to answer and conduct yourself in an interview. Handouts will be given on possible interview questions for future employment and student nurse extern positions. Guest speaker TBA

November 16- Elections for Spring Officers, Award nominations, Family Ties X-mas Fundraiser, Current Events, Guest Speaker from Stanislaus State University on their BSN and MSN programs. Hurst and ATI Reviews

December 7- Final Meeting. Announce new club officers, Family Ties X-mas, Current Events, Guest Speakers from Dameron Hospital Roberta Boshears Director of their Versant Program. Lori Hines Educational Director, and Erin Shelby R.N. Graduate of SJSU 2008 and recent graduate of Dameron Hospital Versant program.

CPK Fundraiser

Student Nurses' Association would like to invite you to our CPK Fundraiser!

When: Thursday August 13th 2009
Time: Beginning at 10am and lasting all day
Where: California Pizza Kitchen in Stockton (located across the street from the college)
*Please bring the attached flyer and present it to your server when ordering and the NSNA will receive 20% of your bill!

California Pizza Kitchen has graciously opened their restaurant to us 1 hour before they open to the public. This will give us time to order our food, catch up with each other/get to know new students, exchange books, buy uniform patches or learn some important information from more seasoned students. At this fundraiser the SNA will be selling uniform patches (3 patches for $15), SNA hooded sweatshirts $35, zipped sweatshirts $40 and fleece jackets $45. In addition, the SNA has been fortunate to have “Scrubs” (a uniform store located in Stockton) donate several items that we will be raffling off as door prizes at 11:00am for those student that are present at that time. We hope to see most of you there because events such as these is a great way to network with students in other semesters but also with some of your fellow classmates. Most returning students will tell you...”You need to have some friends in this program that will help you out when you need it the most!”

We look forward to see you all there!
Thank you!
Angela Aistrup - Vice-President (Fall 2009)

Family Ties Easter Book Drive

I know that all of you are studying for our first exam for Intro to Med-Surg, but if you haven't looked at your delta college e-mail lately, you're missing out on some information on a drive that the SNA is doing!!!

Here's the message:

"San Joaquin Delta College's National Student Nurses Association is having a book drive for Family Ties this Easter. The Christmas Toy Drive was such a success, we would like to give the children and mothers the same experience this Easter. We have a box in the Nursing Office that you can drop off books for children that are living at their facility. They have asked that the books be for children under the age of 6. They can be new or slightly used. While we are all looking forward to having Spring break off and celebrating with our own families, it would be nice for others to enjoy this time as well! The last day you can drop off books is Friday April 3rd by 11:00. Thank you for your help, Debbie O'Sullivan "

Please support this drive by donating books! If you guys have younger siblings or have a few Disney books laying around somewhere *ahem*, donate them if you can :]

Good luck to everyone for tomorrow and have a great & SAFE spring break!