Thursday, May 14, 2009
The END is Near!
Today was the last day of nursing classes for this year!!! I also had my last nursing test for my NURS 209 class today. The only thing left is the NURS 209 Final next Tuesday. I’m almost completely done with my Associates Degree in Nursing! It seems like this last semester has flown by so fast. It’s amazing to look back and see how far I’ve come and how much I have learned. I can say with full confidence that the Lord has been faithful and brought me to where I am now. I have been so blessed and for that I am extremely grateful. My NURS 209 instructor, Mrs. Wines, has often expressed how proud she is of each and every one of us. Her support and encouragement throughout this last strenuous semester has been invaluable. She has been an awesome instructor, and I’m proud to be one of her students. We had our review for the final in class today, so I know that I will definitely be studying tomorrow on Reading Day. Thankfully, this is my LAST nursing final. Graduation is in 11 days!!!
NSNA Cords for Graduation
The NSNA Cords for Graduation came in today!! After the Student Nurses Association Executive Board members voted yes on the graduation cords that I presented, the Treasurer and I placed the order for the cords from the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). We were so excited to find that they came in today! Our Dean for the GWU School of Nursing was there when we opened the package and she was just as excited as we were. Our SNA advisor was also very excited about the cords, and she will be the one presenting them to all NSNA members of SNA at the Academic Recognition Ceremony for all nursing graduates on May 10th. There will also be a note about the cord and why we are receiving it in the program for the ceremony. We will also be receiving our Nursing pins at that ceremony. I’m so happy and thankful that the graduating SNA members will be recognized and rewarded in this way for all their hard work this year. It’s only a couple days away!!
National Student Nurses Convention in Nashville, TN
I just returned from the National Student Nurses Convention in Nashville (NSNA), TN! As part of the NC Association of Nursing Students Board of Directors, I went and represented NC with the rest of our board. It was a long 7 hours road trip to Nashville. I was allowed to be a delegate (voting member) in the House of Delegates that was held at the conference. During that time, different state boards presented resolutions that dealt with all sorts of issues that they wanted NSNA to support and advocate for in our government. Delegates could stand and speak pro or con to these resolutions. After all statements were made, it was time to vote. As a delegate, I was able to cast a vote for or against resolutions, and I was also able to vote for the new officers of next year’s NSNA Board of Directors. The President of the American Nurses Association also spoke during the conference, This conference concentrated more on the political and business side of NSNA, and it was a neat experience to see how that House of Delegates was run, and be able to participate in the voting process. It was quite an eye-opening experience to learn how involved nurses have become in the government and how much a voice nurses can have in the legislature.
Special Rewards for Hard Work
Yesterday the Executive Board Members of the Student Nurses Association (SNA) met to discuss our plans for the next two months. All present members gave reports on past events, fundraising monies, and ideas for one last project for this year. As Vice President, I had two new ideas I wanted to present to the board. For the past few months I have been working on securing graduation cords from the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) for graduating members of SNA who are also NSNA members. I feel that our graduating members deserve a special gift or token of appreciation for all their hard work this year. SNA was just getting started, and it took all of us to get it off the ground. All those who had an active part in it should be rewarded. These cords would be presented to us along with our nursing pin during our Academic Recognition Ceremony. I presented this idea to the SNA Executive Board and received positive votes from everyone. I will be consulting with the Treasurer to determine how much SNA can donate towards the cost of the NSNA cords for this year’s graduating NSNA members. Our board will suggest that next year’s board work on securing customized cords in SNA colors for next year’s graduating members.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Special Rewards for Hard Work
Yesterday the Executive Board Members of the Student Nurses Association (SNA) met to discuss our plans for the next two months. All present members gave reports on past events, fundraising monies, and ideas for one last project for this year.
As Vice President, I had two new ideas I wanted to present to the board. For the past few months I have been working on securing graduation cords from the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) for graduating members of SNA who are also NSNA members. I feel that our graduating members deserve a special gift or token of appreciation for all their hard work this year. SNA was just getting started, and it took all of us to get it off the ground. All those who had an active part in it should be rewarded. These cords would be presented to us along with our nursing pin during our Academic Recognition Ceremony.
The SNA secretary and I also came up with a new program to promote and increase involvement in SNA for the coming years. Each year, the secretary would keep a record of all members who attend meetings, activities, and who donate items for SNA activities. At the end of the year, all those involved in a base line number of activities (decided by each board every year, depending on the number of activities, and events they plan), those members meeting the required attendances would receive a free gift/reward. Non-graduating students (pre, and 1st) would get something like free movie tickets, bowling tickets, key chain - just a little something like that. For graduating students, they would get the nursing metal. This would occur every year. Each year everyone would start with a new record and have the opportunities to get these gifts. It would be like a reward program for all active members, and encourage more activity from inactive students because they have an incentive for being involved. I also proposed that SNA pay for all or half of the cost of each gift, depending on our available funds.
I presented these new ideas to the SNA Executive Board and received positive votes from everyone. I will be consulting with the Treasurer to determine how much SNA can donate towards the cost of the cords and other gift. These new programs are scheduled to be presented at the next SNA meeting on April 2nd. It’s very exciting!
As Vice President, I had two new ideas I wanted to present to the board. For the past few months I have been working on securing graduation cords from the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) for graduating members of SNA who are also NSNA members. I feel that our graduating members deserve a special gift or token of appreciation for all their hard work this year. SNA was just getting started, and it took all of us to get it off the ground. All those who had an active part in it should be rewarded. These cords would be presented to us along with our nursing pin during our Academic Recognition Ceremony.
The SNA secretary and I also came up with a new program to promote and increase involvement in SNA for the coming years. Each year, the secretary would keep a record of all members who attend meetings, activities, and who donate items for SNA activities. At the end of the year, all those involved in a base line number of activities (decided by each board every year, depending on the number of activities, and events they plan), those members meeting the required attendances would receive a free gift/reward. Non-graduating students (pre, and 1st) would get something like free movie tickets, bowling tickets, key chain - just a little something like that. For graduating students, they would get the nursing metal. This would occur every year. Each year everyone would start with a new record and have the opportunities to get these gifts. It would be like a reward program for all active members, and encourage more activity from inactive students because they have an incentive for being involved. I also proposed that SNA pay for all or half of the cost of each gift, depending on our available funds.
I presented these new ideas to the SNA Executive Board and received positive votes from everyone. I will be consulting with the Treasurer to determine how much SNA can donate towards the cost of the cords and other gift. These new programs are scheduled to be presented at the next SNA meeting on April 2nd. It’s very exciting!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Big Test Day
Tuesday…the day when everything is due! I presented my skills poster in my aerobics class this morning and had to teach my exercise skill to the class. Everything went well, and my teacher was pleased with my presentation. Today, I also took that nursing test I had been studying for over my whole Spring Break. It was over Gastrointestinal (GI), Renal (kidney) disorders, and everything in between the two. It was a huge amount of material. Glad to say, that I had my parents praying for me, and of course I was saying prayers of my own. I studied very diligently over Spring Break because I wanted me make a high grade on this test, and going in to take the test I felt like I knew what I needed to know. Now after taking the test, I can say that I feel good about it, and I feel like I did well. I am interested to see what my grade is! Only two more tests left! I wasn’t selected to present my quality improvement poster today, but I will on Thursday. It’s so nice not to have any tests or other big projects due in the next couple of days.
"Oh, You Go to Gardner-Webb"
I spent this weekend at home. After returning from spring break, I realized that I had left my phone charger at home, along with a few other needed items. So, nothing left to do but head back home to get them. It was not a purely leisurely weekend. I was busy studying for a nursing test, and making a quality improvement poster for that same nursing class…all due on Tuesday!
Not to mention, I also had a skills poster due for my low impact aerobics class on Tuesday! I had already completed the skills poster, so I was thankful I didn’t have to worry about that.
My quality improvement poster is a presentation on how nurses can prevent specimen labeling errors. I was able to collect a few items from the nursing lab to glue on my poster. (i.e. biohazard bag, small collection container, gloves, wound culture set, etc) I wanted to use my creativity to make the poster interesting. My mom is also a very creative person, so I decided to get her to assist me in gluing all the items and information on the poster. We put our ideas together and created a very interesting poster. I expect to make a very good grade on it.
Besides working on the poster and studying, I also attended the Open House at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. I got to go on a tour of various units in the hospital and even gave out a resume to the manager of a medical-surgical floor. I liked the atmosphere of the hospital and the nurse managers and recruiters that I spoke with were all very nice and helpful. I was surprised to find that the nurse recruiters and managers immediately recognized Gardner-Webb when they found out that I was a nursing student there. One recruiter had even gotten her Bachelor’s degree in nursing from GWU. When the nurse manager glanced over my resume, the first thing she said was “Oh, you go to Gardner-Webb; that’s great.” I think that speaks volumes about GWU and its nursing program. It’s awesome that Gardner-Webb is so well known at such a prestigious medical facility!
Not to mention, I also had a skills poster due for my low impact aerobics class on Tuesday! I had already completed the skills poster, so I was thankful I didn’t have to worry about that.
My quality improvement poster is a presentation on how nurses can prevent specimen labeling errors. I was able to collect a few items from the nursing lab to glue on my poster. (i.e. biohazard bag, small collection container, gloves, wound culture set, etc) I wanted to use my creativity to make the poster interesting. My mom is also a very creative person, so I decided to get her to assist me in gluing all the items and information on the poster. We put our ideas together and created a very interesting poster. I expect to make a very good grade on it.
Besides working on the poster and studying, I also attended the Open House at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. I got to go on a tour of various units in the hospital and even gave out a resume to the manager of a medical-surgical floor. I liked the atmosphere of the hospital and the nurse managers and recruiters that I spoke with were all very nice and helpful. I was surprised to find that the nurse recruiters and managers immediately recognized Gardner-Webb when they found out that I was a nursing student there. One recruiter had even gotten her Bachelor’s degree in nursing from GWU. When the nurse manager glanced over my resume, the first thing she said was “Oh, you go to Gardner-Webb; that’s great.” I think that speaks volumes about GWU and its nursing program. It’s awesome that Gardner-Webb is so well known at such a prestigious medical facility!
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