Volunteer Opportunities

BSNA Newsletter

Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences

February Edition 2016

Build-A-Bear Build a Bear was a huge sucess

this year, we made 206 bears and

donated them to the Specialty

Clinic and Urgent Care, Memorial

Hospital and Penrose children's

centers. We would like to thank

everyone that was able donate to

the event and for all of your help in

brightening up a child's day.

NSNA/CSNA

Join NSNA Today!

Join 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

If you are interested in joining, attend our membership drive February 15th from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Anyone who sings up as a new member will be entered in a drawing for two thirty minute message

sessions. If chosen, winners must be present at the monthly March meeting to receive prizes.

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!

Colorado Student Nurse Association State

Convention

The Spring CSNA Convention will be March 5 at Colorado State University -

Pueblo. We hope that you will consider being a part of this event by

registering at http://www.coloradostudentnurses.org/convention.html .

Registration before February 5th

for NSNA members is $40 ($45 non-

members), and Beth-El will be carpooling to the event (email

cdamron@uccs.edu for details on carpooling). The keynote speaker, Kelley

Johnson represents the Miss Colorado Organization in the community as Miss

Colorado 2015. She is an ICU nurse and rocked the nursing nation with her

monologue about nursing at the 2016 Miss America Pageant!

NSNA National Conference

The NSNA convention is coming up on March 30th-April 3rd! Details for

the conference have been posted on convention.weebly.com. If you are

interested in joining Beth-El on this trip, there will be a brief informational

meeting on February 1st right after the BSNA meeting. Also, search for the

Facebook page “NSNA Convention 2016” and join to see updates as we

plan out the details!

Sign up to be an NSNA member on February 15th! From 12-1pm, there will

be a table out in the Beth-El atrium where students can sign up for new

memberships (memberships are $35 per year). Come check out all the

benefits of being part of NSNA- Everyone who joins will be entered into a

drawing for one of two sets of two 30-minute massages at Elements!

High School Visits

Mentorship Program

Widefield High School Visit Wednesday February 17th! We will also be

going to Air Academy High School this month. High school visits re are

great way to get more students interested in attending nursing school. If

you would like to attend or would like more information please email

Michelle Dunlap at mdunlap2@uccs.edu!

Sophomores! It is not too late to

sign up for student-student

mentorship! For more information

contact Johnny at

jhawks@uccs.edu!!

Careers

Career Fair

Students! Save the date for March 14th! BSNA is proud to

present the annual career fair! Bring your resume and come

dressed for success as there will be several corporations

here at UHAL from 1130-230 looking to hire CNA's,

EMT's, new grads, and more! Lunch will also be provided-

so come hungry and leave employed!

Upcoming Meetings

March Meeting Attention all students, please join the BSNA board members at the March

7th meeting at 12:30 in room 141. Sigma Theta Tau society will be

providing lunch and will talking about how to become a member. We will

also be conducing elections for next year's board, which will take over

duties for the May 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 students and relax

those study worries away!

Any student who attends any of the BSNA meetings automatically

becomes a member of BSNA, no membership dues required, just show up!

Elections

BSNA Board Elections

If you are interested in becoming a board

member for the BSNA please e-mail Christa

Radka at cdamron@uccs.edu. Please

include what position you would like to run

for and prepare a 1-2 minute speech to be

given at the March meeting. Being

involved with BSNA is very rewarding and

is a great way to boost a resume.

For more information about each position

and what it entails please contact the person

currently holding the position. Contact

information is listed below.

Mom Squad Cooking Corner

Creamy White Bean Chili

2 lb boneless skinless chicken (or any desired

meat or none)

2 medium onions chopped

3 tsp garlic powder

2 tbsp vegetable oil

4-14.5 oz cans northern beans rinsed & drained

(vegetarian- add 2 cans)

2-14.5 oz cans chicken broth

4-4 oz cans chopped green chilies

2 tsp salt

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp oregano

1 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

2 cups sour cream

1 cup cream

Cook meat, onion, and garlic powder in oil until

meat is fully cooked. Add beans, broth, chilies,

and seasonings to meat mixture.

Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer (low),

uncovered for 30 minutes.

Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream and

cream. Serve.

Pumpkin Bread

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

7-8 oz. can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)

1/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 9x5 loaf pan.

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt,

and cinnamon together in large bowl.

In a separate bowl, beat together sugar, oil,

eggs, water, and pumpkin puree. Stir pumpkin

mixture into flour mixture and pour into loaf

pan.

Bake in oven for 60-70 minutes. Check with

skewer or toothpick in the middle.

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