BSNA Newsletter
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences
September Edition 2015
Welcome Back
Heart Walk
New Student Orientation
Welcome back sophomores, juniors, seniors and faculty! BSNA was
pretty busy this summer. For the first time BSNA held a new student
orientation and successfully answered any questions new students had
about nursing school and what to expect during their new school year.
Many of the new admits, both from fall and spring attended. BSNA board
members hope that the new orientation helped students start the new year
with less anxiety. Good luck to all students and staff in the coming year!
On June 6th, 2015, the Nursing
department walked hand-in-hand
with the Health Sciences
department and the Lane Center
to raise awareness and money for
heart disease and stroke research.
The Heart Walk is an annual
opportunity for the Southern
Colorado community to come
together, increase awareness, and
raise money to help improve the
lives of Americans while
reducing deaths from heart
disease and stroke. Our teams
combined contributed $2,851 to
this worthy cause (just short of
our $3,000 goal), with the
Nursing department contributing
25% of this total. Thanks all who
contributed and supported us!
Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo
2015 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo This year marked the 75th year of this grassroots event and the 2nd year that
Beth-El students and faculty have volunteered. We were back to this event after making a great impression
on the Rodeo Board and Summit Catering Managers last year. Volunteers worked alongside of Summit
Catering in the VIP room to help stock the buffet line, fill beverages, clear plates, and provide excellent
customer service. During the four nights of the rodeo, not only did volunteers have fun while representing
our school, they also made great connections with many important figures in our community. Several
volunteers met nurses at the event, including one Nurse Practitioner who gave out their card for future
contacts. You never know who you might meet (and impress) while volunteering!
Volunteer Opportunities
Kidney Walk
Blood Drive
We are excited to announce BethEl will be hosting a blood drive
with the help from Bonfils Blood
Center. The drive will be in our
own home (University Hall) on
October 8th. Stay tuned for more
details that will be announced at
the next BSNA meeting.
The Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El
College of Nursing and Health Sciences was
fortunate to be a part of the first ever Kidney
Walk hosted in Colorado Springs. Memorial
Park was extra busy on Sunday, August 30th,
with around 850 people. Doctors, nurses,
transplant patients, dialysis patients, families,
community members, and nursing students
showed up on this beautiful day to support a
worthy cause. Along the 5k course, eight senior
nursing students set up education-stations to
teach the walkers about different kidney related
topics: Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes,
and Transplant. The staff from the National
Kidney Foundation, and Memorial Hospital were
impressed by our participation, and they are
looking forward to working with us again next
year!
NSNA/CSNA
CSNA Conference
What: Fall 2015 CSNA (Colorado Student Nurses Association) Convention
Where: Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast (3155 S. Vaughn Way, Aurora, CO 80014)
When: September 25-26th, 2015
Time: 12:00pm (9/25) -3:30pm (9/26)
Why: As an organization representing nursing students throughout Colorado, CSNA believes it is
important to facilitate communication between nursing students and professional nurses. At this
conference, student nurses have the chance to learn about current issues nurses face, explore career
opportunities, and network with current nurses and companies looking to hire new graduates across the
state.
Price: $55 for full conference; Friday only (12:00pm-5:30pm): $35; Saturday only (7:00am-3:30pm):
$45
Please visit http://www.coloradonurses.org/assembly/ for more information about the conference and to
register! Questions can be emailed to rcarter@uccs.edu.
Join NSNA Today!
Kick off the school year right by joining the National Student Nurses Association!
What is NSNA? NSNA is a national organization that seeks to provide educational resources and
professional development opportunities to student nurses. Anyone enrolled in a nursing program can
join!
What are the benefits of being an NSNA member? NSNA members get special discounts on scrubs,
shoes, NCLEX materials, hotels, access to educational resources and portfolio services, discounts on
conferences, and much more! Our school attends the NSNA Annual Convention every spring, and next
year it’s in Orlando, Florida! We want you to come with us!!
Cost: $35 for one year
Want more information? Check out
http://www.nsna.org/Portals/0/Skins/NSNA/pdf/AboutNSNAandBenefits.pdf for all member information
and benefits or email rcarter@uccs.edu with any questions!
Mentorship
Sophomores! It is still not too late to sign up for studentstudent mentorship! If interested or want more
information contact Johnny at jhawks@uccs.edu
Merchandise
Order Your Polo Today
ORDERS DUE: September 30th AT 12:00
p.m.
COST: $33.00 each (XS-XL) and $35.00 each (2XL3XL)
Emails will be sent out when shirts are ready for pick up.
HOW TO ORDER
1. Fill out an order form
2. Prepare your payment: $33.00. We accept exact cash and checks made
out to ‘BSNA’.
3. Please place your order form and payment into the black BSNA mailbox
outside of the BSNA office (hanging on the wall that is to the right of
Room 109)
4. Please send an email to rdinda@uccs.edu saying that you have placed an
order.
Upcoming Meetings
September Meeting
Attention all students, please join the BSNA board members at the September 14th BSNA
meeting at 12:30 in room 141, as we begin a new school year. We will be having special
speakers from the Flight for Life team with a free pizza and salad lunch. Every meeting
we will also conduct a raffle and each person who attends the meeting gets a ticket in the
raffle; if you are a member of NSNA (National Student Nurse Association) you get two
tickets in the drawing. Please come and mingle with other Beth El nurses and relax those
study worries away!
Contact BSNA
Beth-El encourages you to join NSNA—National Student Nurse Association!
http://www.nsna.org/ Visit the BSNA Website http://www.uccs.edu/~bsna/ Friend us on
Facebook! Follow us on twitter! twitter@UCCS_BSNA Join us on Orgsync! Beth-El Student
Nurses Association welcomes you! It is our intention to contribute to your nursing education,
provide programs representative of current interests and concerns to nursing students, guide the
development of the whole person in their professional role and to enhance the positive image of
nursing. We hope you join us!
President: Christa Radka cdamron@uccs.edu
Vice President: Jonathan Hawks jhawks@uccs.edu
Community Health Coordinator: Melissa Fundling mfundlin@uccs.edu
Community Service Coordinator: Nicole Noblitt nnoblitt@uccs.edu
Fundraising Director: Rachel Dinda rdinda@uccs.edu
Treasurer: Kimberly Copley kcopley2@uccs.edu
Image of Nursing: Michelle Dunlap mdunlap2@uccs.edu
Student to Faculty Liaison: Kaitlyn Henderson khayes4@uccs.edu
Secretary: Lena Orcutt lorcutt@uccs.edu
Membership Director: Rachel Carter rcarter@uccs.edu
Faculty Advisor: Susan Davis sdavis4@uccs.edu