Thursday, May 20, 2010

2010 CNSA Annual Convention



2010 CNSA Annual Convention

October 15 - 17

Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
2000 East Convention Center Way
Ontario, Ca 91764Phone: 909.937.3000
Fax: 909.937.3080
http://www.cnsa.org/events/cnsa-convention/

COCR SUMMER 2010



ALL prenursing, nursing students, and faculty advisors are invited to our annual summer Council of Chapter Representative Meeting for a day long networking, breakout sessions, speakers, and chapter reporting.


COCR SUMMER 2010

Day: June 12, 2010
Time: 0800-1430 hrs
Venue: Seton Medical Center
1900 Sullivan Ave, Daly City, 94015

Cost: Free

For more information contact: Yovannah Chavez – Co-Chair North @ cocrnorth@cnsa.org

SNA May 17th Meeting Minutes


SNA Meeting – May 17, 2010 Minutes

I. Meeting called to order at 1300 with all officers, and approximately 25 members present. Ana Hernandez (Advisor) was present at the meeting.

II. Phil Berghuis (President) welcomes everyone to the SNA Meeting, introduces officers and advisor.

III. Old Business

A. Phil Berghuis reported on the ICC meeting.

a. Need volunteers to go to represent the club 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month for next semester. No one immediately volunteered.

B. Rebbeca Yumoto reported the Whirlow’s fundraiser was successful. The amount raised from the fundraiser is $76.92.

C. Susan Galyon reported serving dinner at the Gospel Rescue Mission and the Mother’s Day activity at Family Ties was very successful – we had about 4 - 6 volunteers that came out to help.

D. Paula Thomson reported the Health Plan of San Joaquin Health Fair turned out really nice. We had about 7 volunteers that came out to help with this event. Gerri Nunez invited us to come back and help out with another Health Fair event on June 12th.

IV. New Business

A. Ms. Ana Hernandez spoke about doing a fundraiser in selling Baseball tickets to the Giants game and also selling graduation stole ($32.50) to the next graduation class. - Will discuss more in detail at the next meeting.

B. New Officers for the Fall 2010 semester were announced. AJ Ariola will be President, Tammy Saffold will be Vice- President. Clair Giedt will be Secretary and Paula Thomson will be Treasurer. In addition Anna Gonzales will be President Elect (Spring 2011).

C. Members that were present voted on the 4th semester Leadership Award. Ms. Ana Hernandez will count the votes with all the officers present. AJ Ariola will announce the winner at the pinning ceremony.

D. Upcoming events:

a. Anna Gonzales reported that we will be collecting donates to help out with the CNSA fundraiser “Let Your Change Be the Change in the World” campaign. If anybody is interested in making a $1.00 donate please drop it off in the nursing department. All funds collected will be donated to the CNSA Haiti Nursing Foundation. Campaign starts now and will end September 30, 2010.

V. Speakers

A. Sherri Schmidt, R.N., former SJDC Student and the former SJDC SNA Secretary, spoke regarding the preparation in getting a job after graduating and how important it is to know that you are always being watched and interviewed while working on the hospital floor. Always make friends with everybody and help everybody even though it might not be your patient. Remember smile, soft touch and compassion translates to everything.

B. Ginger Manns R.N., MSN, AOCN from St. Joseph’s Hospital spoke regarding the NSNA membership, getting involved on a national committee such as: Break through to Nursing, Legislative Committee, Community Health, The Image of Nursing Ad Hoc Committee. Ginger also talked about the upcoming COCR (Council of Chapter Representative Meeting) June, 12, 2010 in Daly City; NSNA National Convention in Ontario October 15-17th, 2010 and becoming a delegate. If anybody is interested in applying for Scholarships ranging from $500 - $2,000 check out the website www.CNSA.org for more info.

VI. Meeting adjourned at 1440.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Upcoming SNA Meeting

Hey everyone, this is just a reminder that there will be an SNA meeting this coming Monday, 5/17 at 1pm in the Skills Lab, Locke 229. There will be food, elections for the officers for the coming year,and two guest speakers. One speaker will be Ginger Manss from St.Joseph's talking about membership in the NSNA, and the other will be recent graduate Sherri Schmidt talking about looking for jobs after graduation. Hope to see you there!

-- Julie Lang

Health Plan of San Joaquin Health Fair



Making a difference one step at a time.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Uniform Fittings

Good Morning,

I just wanted to let you know that the fitting times are as scheduled:

May 13
May 14
May 20
May 21


from 8:00 to 12:00 in Locke 228. These are the only times available to try on the new scrubs. If you are unable to attend you will have order online without the ability to try-on first.

Thank you
Julie

Friday, May 7, 2010

Volunteer Opportunity

On Thursday May 14 from 11am to 3pm, there will be a health fair at
Health Plan of San Joaquin. They are looking for student nurses to
volunteer at the fair taking blood pressures. You will need to come in
your nursing uniform, and they'll have a BBQ lunch there for $5. If
you'd like to participate, e-mail Phillip Berghuis at
pberghuis379@students.deltacollege.edu