Wisconsin Student Nurses Association
Convention
To Help and To Heal
February 1-3, 2013
Created By:
Amanda Ball, Elisabeth Foti,
Corinna Greenwood, Allison Epker
Heidi Lindroth,!!!
Exhibitors
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Froedtert Hospital
UW Hospital & Clinics
Ministry Health Care
Mayo Clinic
Holy Family Memorial
Marian University
WNA
Viterbo University
Alverno College
Grand Canyon University
Hurst
Keynote Speaker
• Julianne Carbin, Executive Director of NAMI WI
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.namiwisconsin.org/
Should not define people by mental
illness….should say
“Sally” who has Bipolar Disorder.
Patients with a Mental Illness
• Use the 3 C’s in your Nursing
▫ Build a positive Connection
▫ Patient feels a sense of Control
▫ Patient believes in their own Competence
NURSES
• Stretch base of knowledge about mental illness
• Advocate for Patients
• NEED for Mental Health Nurses!
• Nurses are the beginning and end of all mental
health treatment
Understanding PTSD
• Dr. Carrol Berndet
• PTSD can occur when a person experiences any
kind of trauma….loss of CONTROL, SAFETY,
and SECURITY.
• Best to undergo treatment with Support Groups
and get Feedback from other people to develop
Rational Explanations- Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy
Care of the Caregiver
• Teri Vega-Stromberg
• Defined nurse burnout and compassion fatigue
▫ Nurse burn-out: Periods of prolonged stress
 Nursingburnout.net
▫ Compassion fatigue: emotional stress and
burnout combined.
• Importance of self-care
▫ Find an outlet! (Exercise, outdoors, etc.)
▫ Have a best friend that will tell you when you are
overextended.
▫ Communicate your needs to others!
Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health
Lana Cheslock
• Treatment for Mental Health Patients include
MEDICATION AND THERAPY simultaneously
• Currently there is a massive shortage of
child/adolescent psychiatry units available in WI
• Diagnosis Strongly Depends On….
 Insurance
 Route of Medication
 Availability of Mental Health Locations
Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health
• Children often go after things/behave badly
towards things they love the most (pets, siblings)
• Privacy is different concerning adolescents
 Records and Treatment are PRIVATE for ages 14
and older INSTEAD of 18 years old
Organ Donation in Today’s World
WI Donor Network
Nursing Delegation In Wisconsin
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Thomas Neumann MS, RN
History of the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
2006 NCSBN & ANA Joint Statement on
Nursing Delegation:
 The RN assumes overall accountability for
delegation
 Delegated to staff must demonstrate abilities
 “If you can’t educate, don’t delegate”
House of Delegates
• Parliamentary Procedure
• Edgewood: 4 Delegates out of 7 possible
• WSNA Board will be at Nurses Day at the
Capitol Tuesday March 5th
• Constituent School Reports
▫ Many schools instituting mentor programs
▫ Community blood pressure clinics, checking blood
sugars at health fairs, blood drives
▫ WSNA President was impressed with ECSNA’s
Report
SUNDAY
• WSNA Board of Delegates Elections
▫ 18 positions
▫ Most of them filled by three different schools that
have a much lower membership and less delegates
than us
▫ Only one person was running for each seat
▫ A lot of 1st, 2nd and 3rd semester students filled
these positions
▫ Edgewood students could easily get on the board
WNA PULSE
• Now Available to NURSING STUDENTS
▫ Wisconsinnurses.org
 Click PULSE logo to then sign up
▫ Deactivates when you graduate, however you get
50% off your first year dues
Upcoming Events
• National Student Nurses’ Association
61st Annual Convention
April 3-7, 2013
Charlotte, North Carolina
• Madison Student Nurses Association
April 20th 2013 Edgewood College