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Table of Contents Ou r Sem est er in Nu m ber s

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Wh at did you t h in k of Con ven t ion ?

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Ten Th in gs Ever y Fr esh m an Sh ou ld Kn ow Bef or e St ar t in g Soph om or e Year Page 12 - 14

new SNA member s M eet Ou r New Facu lt y

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Concilio, served as a panelist, and she gave her insight into the role of nurses as they care for patients and families at the end of life.

2019 CNSA Convention By: Sarah Faucheux This year ?s California Nursing Students?

Association (CNSA) convention was inspiring to say the least! This was my first conference I have attended as a nursing student, and I have never felt more proud to be entering a profession that is full of passionate, influential leaders. This year ?s convention took place on October 11-13th in Pomona, California. Over the three days, we heard motivational speeches from nurse leaders, met in the House of Delegates, attended breakout sessions, and interacted with vendors in the exhibit hall.

The House of Delegates is a large portion of convention where representatives from each school vote on resolutions, amendments to the CNSA bylaws, and the board of directors for the next term. San Diego State University had 25 members in total attend convention this year, including twelve students who served as delegates. In fact, we had the largest representation out of all the nursing schools in California! It was

really exciting to see how big of an impact SDSU SNA made on the state level.

recognized twice at the Katie Bray Awards Ceremony. We received the Outstanding Website award thanks to our Communications Director, Kasey. We also had one of our amazing faculty advisors, Dr. Cullum, be awarded Faculty of the Year on the state level!

Speaking of impact, there were lots of things to be proud of as an organization by the end of this year ?s convention. We had two SDSU SNA members who were elected to be on the CNSA Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 school year! Kasey Bethel was elected to serve as the Image of Nursing Director and Fernando Garces was elected to serve as the Diversity Director. Kasey and Fernando also serve on our local chapter level: Kasey is our Communications Director and Fernando is our Global Initiatives Co-Director. SDSU SNA was also

One of my favorite parts about convention, besides the educational aspect, was connecting with our own SDSU SNA members. I was able to bond with others I otherwise would not have gotten the chance to. My advice to anyone who is in the slightest bit interested in attending a convention: go for it! The next one coming up is the National Student Nurses?Association Convention in Orlando, Florida in April 2020. I hope to see you there!

The break out sessions were also a big part of convention. There were opportunities to learn about the art of nursing outside of our own curriculum, prepare for interviews by hearing from hiring managers, and meet other amiable nursing students from all over California. Topics included advanced practice and specialty nursing, interview skills, global internships, new grad residency, lateral violence and incivility, and much more. Our very own faculty advisor, Professor

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JR Or tiz: The 2019 CNSA Convention was one for the books!! As a junior, this was my fir st convention and I was ver y ner vous on how the whole thing was going to tur n out, but once I picked up the guys and we drove up to Pomona and ar r ived in our hotel room, the rest was histor y. The 5 of us together definitely make an ~interesting~ bunch, but that didn't stop us from making the most out of this exper ience!

CNSA Convention 2019 What did you think of convention?

Amair iani Grover : The par t that I enjoyed the most about CNSA convention this year was attending the new gr ad panel breakout session. I loved hear ing the insight that new gr ads had to offer, and all of the infor mation was ver y applicable to me since I will be gr aduating soon!

Highlights from the weekend include attending presentations like Destigmatizing Death, New Gr ad Progr ams, Phar macology Made Easier, APRN & Specialty Nur sing, Inter viewing Tips & Resume Building, and Nur sing in Legislation, just to name a few, which all enhanced our nur sing knowledge in education, advocacy, and leader ship. We also had the oppor tunity of fur ther ing our career goals when we got to meet recr uiter s for inter nships, exter nships, new gr ad progr ams, as well as gr ad school options. And most of all, we got to network and meet nur sing students from other state chapter s as well as the keynote speaker s from the presentations.

Taylor Boden: The advice from new gr aduate RNs and tips from nur sing manager s from SHARP and UCSD for applications were invaluable to me as a student gr aduating in just a few months Kaitlyn Wuer th: My favor ite par t of convention was the breakout session about how to ace an inter view.

The speaker was so enthusiastic and a wealth of knowledge. She gave us great insight on what inter viewer s will ask and how you should answer.

Taylor Boden, Amair ani Gr over, Hannah Peeler, and Kaitlyn Wuer th,

All good things must come to an end, however, so thank you CNSA for having us and SNA for allowing us to represent SDSU. Mur ses out * mic drop*

Fr ances Supnet: This past weekend was the CNSA Annual Convention in Pomona, CA. My favor ite par t of the weekend was Dr. Heintz's speech. Hear ing about past nur sing and medical pr actices as well as the future of nur sing tr uly opened my eyes about how far we?ve come in car ing for patients and what we may expect. It tr uly inspired me when she passed the ?torch? off to us that we are the future of nur sing.

Tar a King, Lisa Phan, Yessica Pineda, and Fr ances Supnet

Fer nando Gar ces, Gr ant Goodwin, Reece Ker stetter, David Manalo, JR Or tiz

Payal Patel: I found the breakout sessions ver y beneficial, especially being a senior. It was infor mational to hear the actual hirer s of Shar p and UCSD speak about what they are looking for.

Lisa Phan: Despite having to wake up at 4AM, attending CNSA convention was one of the best exper iences I?ve had so far in college. It was a weekend filled with mentor ship, lear ning, and inspir ation. My favor ite par t of the convention was the phar macology lecture put on by KISSprep and meeting new people from SDSU SNA and other SNA clubs from all over Califor nia. I hope ever yone gets the oppor tunity to attend this convention at least once dur ing nur sing school because it reminded me that I?m not going through this alone and that there is a lot of suppor t and resources out there for us.

Kasey Bethel, Payal Patel, Sar ah Faucheux, and Meegan Togotor op

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Kasey Bethel: I had a great time at CNSA Convention! I went to some incredible breakout sessions, such as one on death and dying and another with a panel of new gr ads. There was great infor mation on what to expect after gr aduation and how to join professional or ganizations and specialize. My favor ite par t of convention was getting to know nur sing students from other schools making new fr iends that I still stay in touch with today!

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123 N 321 E New and York Cit y, me the oppor tunity to develop per sonal New York 10007 professional inter national relationships.

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The Only Thing You Can Buy That Makes You Richer By: Nikki Castro My var ious inter national exper iences and subsequent diver se worldview have gifted me with a deep under standing of cultur al competency. I began my jour ney to cultur al competency in high school, where I discovered a passion for cross cultur al exchange and fed my hunger to exper ience other ways of living through tr avel. My fir st tr avel exper ience was a student ambassador tr ip to Europe. In addition to sightseeing, I received guided histor y and political lessons, took special ambassador ial excur sions to places like The Hague, Netherlands, met with a for mer Br itish Parliament member, and par ticipated in a community ser vice project in Ger many?s Black Forest. This fir st exper ience sparked my passion for tr avel, and I?ve been addicted ever since! I?ve since tr aveled to Belize, Canada, Mexico, and South East Asia, where I kayaked the r iver s of Laos, swam with elephants in Thailand, and took Vietnamese cooking classes. Last year I spent four months inter ning with a local midwife in Cusco, Per u, and most recently I spent a month tr aver sing across the U.K. and Easter n Europe for the holidays.

Pr ior to tr avel, I had an almost idealized vision of what inter national tr avel would entail. I knew I wanted to tr avel long before I ever got the oppor tunity, but I always envisioned magical situations in which I was lear ning from and engaging with other

cultures, explor ing new places, and exper iencing life in a different and meaningful way. These magical and sur real exper iences I envisioned did come tr ue, and are definitely a par t of how I exper ience tr avel. However, pr ior to my fir st inter national exper ience, I didn?t realize that in addition to the plethor a of incredible lear ning exper iences tr avel has to offer, a lar ge component of being abroad is planning for the unexpected, lear ning how to cope when things go wrong, and constantly looking out for your safety, all of which are highly applicable nur sing skills. Well- tr aveled nur ses are the backbone of cultur al competency in the workplace, because their exposure to diver se cultures and pr actices uniquely ar m them with the skills to positively inter act with any culture to meet their healthcare needs.

cultures, beliefs, and ideas fir sthand, allowing me to establish connections between my own culture and those that are different ? something instr umental to a successful and cultur ally sensitive nur sing pr actice. Spending significant time abroad living with locals, working with healthcare professionals in foreign settings, and engaging in ethnically diver se environments has allowed me to obliter ate the boundar ies society puts up between cultures and to disregard stereotypes that inhibit acceptance. Global exposure has given me an open mind, a desire to expand my hor izons both academically and professionally, and an awareness of the incredible diver sity the human r ace has to offer. It is my hope that as a professional nur se, my exper iences abroad will help br idge the divide between quality healthcare and cultur al sensitivity.

provided me with oppor tunities to develop my skills as a nur se in prepar ation for my career as a Cer tified Nur se Midwife in the pr imar ily Hispanic city of San Diego, Califor nia. Tr avel has also professionally benefited me by foster ing a cultur ally aware, globally minded per spective that I will be able to integr ate into my patient inter actions, allowing me to better ser ve diver se patient populations in the workplace.

Through my tr avels I have gained intimate under standings of other ways of life, and intend to integr ate my findings into my per sonal endeavor s from this point on.

Tr avel has not only provided me with the r ichness of cross- cultur al exchange and the ability to apply an inter national per spective to per sonal goal- setting and development foster ing, but has benefited me by gr anting

The oppor tunity to exper ience tr avel at a young age set my mind free to explore other

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Meet Our New Faculty

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SDSU School of Nur sing has hir ed some new faculty into our nur sing family! Her e's a little bit about them.

by: Jan Ray Ortiz

My background is Emer gency nur sing and cr itical care. I am an acute care CNS and I do research into the condition of sepsis, and I LOVE to talk about sepsis. I have been working locally as a cr itical care and cath lab CNS for about 5 year s, and worked pr ior to that at sever al hospitals in the SD and OC areas as a bedside RN in the ED and ICU. I completed my PhD at the Univer sity of San Diego where I dedicated my disser tation to - you guessed it, sepsis! I am cur rently teaching in the gr aduate Julie- Kathr yn Gr aham PhD, APRN, progr am (NP/CNS). I teach advanced ACCNS- AG pathophysiology in the fall, and cr itical care CNS content in the spr ing! Don't be shy if you Assistant Pr ofessor want to drop by (office AH 3159) to say hi!

Chr istine, Nibbelink, PhD, RN

Longing for longevity with quality over quantity, Our healthcare system needs that etiology.

Because if the countr y doesn?t change, wounds will never get dressed.

If the countr y doesn?t change, scr ubs will never get dressed.

Dr. Chr istine Nibbelink has a background in acute care nur sing including telemetr y and intensive care units. Her nur sing education exper ience includes Medical- Sur gical nur sing and High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation.

Live to the fullest

Based on clinical and educational exper iences, Dr. Nibbelink developed research interests focused on decision- making and communication in acute care environments. Previous research includes the influence of High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation on nur sing students?self- efficacy, factor s influential to acute care nur se decision- making, and factor s influential to nur se and physician decision- making dur ing inter professional communication.

Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

meaning regular levels of ammonia, and don?t be a HAP,

because P?s will be in silence, but peace will not be in silence.

Don't adhere to the regime; Be in noncompliance.

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Fundamentals of Nur sing, Pathophysiology, Phar macology, and Med- Sur g. Physiology especially is difficult for many students myself included - and the professor 's office hour s were vital to my under standing. For many office hour s, they?re so under utilized that you?re the only student there, providing you with 1- to- 1 instr uction. For many of us it?s hard to make time in your schedule, but it?s so wor th it to be able to get answer s to any questions you have and clear up any confusion.

Ten Things Ever y Fr eshman Should Know Befor e Star ting Sophomor e Year By: Tar a King 1. No one makes it thr ough nur sing school on their own; you will need a suppor t system.

I?m going to be honest: nur sing school is tough, sophomore year in par ticular. I doubt I?m the fir st per son to tell you this. You?re being taught your fir st nur sing skills, exposed to cr itical thinking, and taking a high number of difficult classes. You are going to need a suppor t system to do well in this progr am.

Whether it?s a fr iend, a family member, a fellow student, or even a pet, you?re going to need someone to r ant to - someone who under stands the pressure you?re under.

Complaining to each other about our stress levels and piles of assignments was how many of my fr iends and I stayed sane sophomore year. While complaining isn?t helpful in the long r un, it can help you blow off steam before getting back to work.

It?s also impor tant to have an academic suppor t system: fellow students you can tur n to on late nights and early mor nings to explain confusing concepts and share lecture notes/study mater ials with. I find that many nur sing students were ?academic loner s? in high school: while they had many fr iends, academically they didn?t need any other students to explain things to them or help them. This changes in nur sing school.

It can be hard to build a suppor t system, and this is where SNA can be helpful: you have at

your finger tips a lar ge group of students who have either gone through sophomore year or are cur rently going through it. If you ever feel like you need suppor t, you have an SNA Board to reach out to as well - our emails are on the SDSU SNA website.

4. If you ever feel like you need a semester off, take it.

If there?s ever anything going on in your life whether it be health- related, financial, or per sonal - that makes you feel like a semester off may be a wise idea, take it. We tend to view nur sing school as a ver y linear process: you come in, you follow your tr ack?s map, you leave in four year s. While that?s accur ate for a lot of people, it?s definitely not tr ue for ever yone. If there?s something major going on in your life pulling your time and ener gy from nur sing school, it might star t affecting your gr ades. You have the rest of your life to be a nur se, but you might not if your gr ades become severely affected by whatever ?s going on. Take care of your self; SDSU will be waiting for you when you get back.

2. Find a mentor.

Similar to #1, you should have a nur sing mentor - an older nur sing student who?s in SDSU?s progr am. It?s extremely helpful to have an older student specifically to tur n to for questions about classes, homework, how to study for specific exams, commiser ate with, etc. I was assigned a mentor through SNA?s Mentor ship Progr am; she has been instr umental in my success here, and became one of my closest fr iends and strongest suppor t systems. No one in my family is a nur se, and it was amazing to have the suppor t of someone who had sur vived what I was going through. In addition, having a mentor can be ver y inspir ing - if they have succeeded in this progr am, you can too. If you don?t have a mentor and would like one (or would like to be one!), SNA?s Member ship and Mentor ship email is sdsusnamm@gmail.com.

5. Don?t be afr aid to admit when you don?t know something.

Nur sing school is new to us all; there?s nothing shameful or embar r assing about admitting when you don?t know something or asking questions - I guar antee that if you?re confused, other people around you are as well.

Admitting that you don?t know or under stand something is how you begin to lear n. My dad has a quote whenever one of his kids str uggles to do an adult life skill : ?You?re a new per son,

3. Make use of office hour s.

Office hour s are an extremely under utilized resource! I have found them incredibly helpful for sever al classes: Gener al Or ganic Biochemistr y, Anatomy, Physiology,

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you?re still lear ning.?We?re all students, we?re all still lear ning.

6. Once you figur e out what study str ategy wor ks for you, stick with it.

People?s study str ategies var y wildly. I know people who only read textbooks, those who study their lecture notes, some who make Quizlets, etc. I know some people who only do well when they study weeks in advance, and other s who do best studying the weekend before an exam. I found that sophomore year there was a lot of anxiety from students about how other people were studying. While it can be extremely helpful to tr y other students? methods of studying, once you?ve found a style that works consistently for you stick with it, regardless of what other s might be doing.

7. Lear n how to cope with str ess now.

Speaking to nur ses at clinical, how you cope with stress now may end up being how you cope with stress as a nur se. Nur sing is a high- pressure field; figur ing out now a positive method to relieve that stress and tension will be extremely helpful later on in life. Whether it?s exercise, dr awing, speaking to a family member, etc., finding a healthy way to relax is key to a healthy future.

8. Take car e of your physical, emotional, and mental health.

As we?ve established, nur sing school is tough.

Not sleeping, eating poorly, and not managing your stress levels makes it tougher - and will hur t you either immediately or later on. It?s incredibly difficult to balance being a healthy adult with school, extr acur r icular s, work, etc., but it?s absolutely vital to doing well in nur sing. You take care of your patients and want the best for them; apply that same compassion to your self by getting enough sleep and eating well. This is especially

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Healthcare Care Plan

compassion to your self by getting enough sleep and eating well. This is especially applicable if you have any pre- existing health conditions. I have a chronic health issue that flared out of control spr ing semester of sophomore year, and I?m still dealing with it. Take care of your self - when there?s an emer gency on a plane, there?s a reason you put on your oxygen mask before helping anyone else put on their s.

by: J R Ortiz Scenar io: 325 million+ people live in the US with approximately 15% of them being uninsured, thereby decreasing their health. Additionally, medical er ror s continue to be the third leading cause of death behind hear t disease and cancer.

Nur sing Diagnosis: Risk for ineffective healthcare related to poor health outcomes secondar y to direct- fee system as evidenced by lack of accessibility, affordability, and poor quality.

9. Remind your self that you deser ve to be her e, and ar e capable of r emaining her e.

There?s so much doubt among nur sing students that fir st year about whether or not they deser ved to be admitted, and if they can make the gr ades to stay here. I promise you that you can - as my dad liked to remind himself when he was in the militar y, ?There are thousands of people who have done this, and they are in no way smar ter, work harder, or are better than you. If they did it so can you.?

Rationale: Despite being one of the nation's leading in cutting edge technology and innovative minds, we can?t seem to find a healthcare system that best accommodates for all citizens to ensure prolonged sur vival with an acceptable quality of life, and at a reasonable cost.

Outcome: Within 10 year s of treatment, the US will have adequate healthcare as evidenced by: fitting hybr id system that incor por ates a shared public system and pr ivate system, decreased costs of hospital stays, and standardized pr actice with increased EBP.

10. Ther e ar e so many people r ooting for you.

Inter ventions:

When you?re stressed and under pressure, it can feel ver y isolating. But contr ar y to how it may feel, there are multiple people rooting for you - your professor s, your family, your fr iends, me. You got this.

1. Choose a system that best include the pros of both a shared public system (taxes) and pr ivate fir ms (insur ance) which can be chosen through legislation such as voting on elected leader s and bills 2. Be more fiscally aware of costs of care. This includes, but is not limited to, equipment used for a hospital stay and even cour se of treatment.

3. Value quality over quantity of life. Although some cultur al viewpoints may be affected by this concept, we, as a society, should star t changing the stigma and improve health outcomes through preventive measures such as education in diet, exercise, and lifestyle modifications Date of Evaluation: 1/1/30. The US has adopted the per fect hybr id healthcare system with improvements in both affordability for patient?s hospital stay and quality of patient outcomes through EBP

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CONTACT US PRESIDENT: SARAH FAUCHEUX

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VICE PRESIDENT: KRISTINA POPE

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