GVSU: Student Nurses' Association

Student Nurses’ Association Meeting Minutes

November 21, 2011

Grand Valley State University

Grand Rapids, MI 

I.          Call to order at: The SNA meeting was called to order at 12:02P by Erin Nicoson, Vice President 

II.        Roll call: Ashley Gaebel, Secretary, took the roll call.

III.       Those present:

Board Members

Fall 2011 President —Julia Vanderhoef, Vice President—Erin Nicoson, Secretary—Ashley Gaebel, Winter 2012 Treasurer —Katie New, Communication Director—Bethany Nies, Fall 2011 Community Wellness Director —Kaitlyn Winter, Winter 2012 Community Wellness Director —Erika Schilkey, Fall 2011 Curriculum Director—Joshua Fik, Winter 2012 Curriculum Director—Frank Durante, Evaluations Director— Laura Courtright,  Image and BTN Director – Molly Steensma, Fall 2011 Membership Director – Kristyn Wheaton, Winter 2012 Membership Director – Lauren Vockler, Staff Advisor—Angela Caruso, Faculty Advisor – Norine Cunningham, 

Delegates

315— Jasmine Gillette, Avana Johnson,Jaime Steger,

320— Ally Duxter, Lauren Glovak, Renee Dettloff, Jessica Romano, Megen Tanner,

350— Natalie Ervin, Stephanie Moore, Casie Pedley, Lauren Rosasco, Meredith Visser.

420— Nicole Husen, Cheryl Riordan, Taryn Zyburt

450—Laura Ambers, Jennifer Senita,

Those absent:

Excused with notice: Rebecca Mast, 315 Delegate; Linda Lamberts, 315 Delegate; Brooke Shelton, 315 Delegate; Aleigha VanderBerg, 315 Delegate; Eric DeJong, 350 Delegate; Dawn Hatchew, 350 Delegate; Bianca Orduna, 420 Delegate; Nadine Mushimbele, 450 Delegate; Brook Telep, 450 Delegate.

Excused without notice: Lindsey Krueger, 315 Delegate; Kristen Slatinsky, 315 Delegate; Jessica Trierweiler. 320 Delegate; Lauren Gilfillan, 350 Delegate; Alyssa Tassiello, 350 Delegate;

IV.       Approval of previous meeting minutes:

Motion: Bethany Nies, Communication Director.

Second:  Erika Schilkey, Community Wellness Director 

V.        Approval of flexible agenda:

Motion: Molly Steensma, Image and BTN Director

Second: Bethany Nies, Communications Director.

VI.       Officer reports

1. 1.      President
   1. a.      Dr. Van Doren will be speaking about the new curriculum.
      1.    i.      Dr. Van Doren really appreciates what SNA does and she gave us a lot of credit that we all deserve!
      2.   ii.      New Uniforms will implement with the new curriculum. The only rotations that have not been determined are the community health and psychiatric.
      3.   iii.      Students in the program will continue with the blue polo uniform.
      4.   iv.      Why is the curriculum changing? Many people die from medical errors and we are trying to improve the outcomes. We are ranked 36^th in Health care systems in the world.
      5.   v.      An interview is now added to the admission criteria and they raised the gpa 3.0 requirement. They suspect it will stay highly competitive. Begins during second semester of second year in college.
      6.   vi.      80 students will be admitted for Fall and Winter. There will not be summer classes anymore. Accelerated second degree will be increased to 40 people. It will also be 4 semesters starting in Spring/Summer 2012.
      7.    vii.      New course names and Obstetrics and Pediatrics will be together in one semester.
      8.   viii.      LEI will be reduced to three semesters.
   2. b.      Mid-Year Convention Presentations – just a little of useful information.
      1.     i.      Julia – emailed a document about resume tips.
      2.    ii.      Kristyn – attended two sessions on social media networking. This is going to be increasing as time goes on. Trying to come up with some new guidelines when dealing with social networking ie; facebook – posting pictures and statues.
      3.    iii.      Frank and Laura –  Sharps presentation. Nurses get most of needle pokes, students are next! Be careful with needles. J If you want more information about this please ask Frank or Laura if you can have their powerpoint.
   3. c.       Ice Cream Social!! 

1. 2.      Vice President
   1. a.      Fundraiser at Peppino’s on December 6^th!
   2. b.      Merchandise orders have been submitted. It takes about 2 weeks to come in. Then there will be a huge amount of merchandise to be sorted through and will be ready before the semester ends. Fingers crossed! 

1. 3.      Secretary
   1. a.      Encourage your class mates to become delegates!
   2. b.      Thanks delegates for doing a great job this semester! 

4.   Treasurer 

1. 4.      Communication Director
   1. a.      The test email did not work, so hopefully we can get that fixed for next semester.
   2. b.      The first draft of the resolution is complete! 

6.   Community Wellness Director

1. a.      LIC points are due tomorrow!! Email them soon if you have not already!
2. b.      You should get a confirmation email, and if you do not just send Kaitlyn a messaging asking if she has received it!
3. c.       Please do not send it over and over again. 

7.   Curriculum Director

      a. Waiting to hear about the new uniforms.

      b. Still waiting to hear back from NYE. 

8.   Evaluations Director

9.   Image and BTN Director

      a. Thank you so much for all the people who volunteered at the Girl Scout event. It was a great event and they all loved it so much.

10. Membership Director     

11. Announcements

-Ally Duxter – Professor Lanning has a nephew who is dying, and his last dying wish is to go on a Disney Cruise with his family. Two cards are going to be left in CHS 300 for us to sign. We are going to be doing a silent coin drive that will go until Dec 2^nd. SNA may potentially match the money that is raised, so please donate if you can! Thanks!

-A few cards are going around for Kyle Nota’s family. Please sign them.

12. Meeting Adjourned at:  12:55 p.m.