Anyone want to car pool to any of the Hurst Reviews coming up?

Congrats to Everyone!

Well...we all finally did it! It was a long journey filled with twists, turns and bumps but it was so worth it. We supported one another during good and bad times. We were able to lend a hand when our fellow students needed us. I will always be grateful and honored to have completed this program along side each and everyone of you. I would like to send out my best wishes and Happy Holidays to everyone and their families! Please stay safe and squeeze your loved ones every chance you get!

Let's use this blog now as a way to stay in touch with one another!

Thanks you all again!
Angela Aistrup

So Close!

Oh my Gosh you guys, your time to graduation is so close. I am very excited for you! I wish that I could come and watch. I want to wish everyone the best. You are all going to be so awesome! Congratulations!

GRADUATION NEWS UPDATED

PINNING & CERTIFICATION SPEAKERS

Welcome: Jordan Billups

Reflection: Gabriel Jones

Pledge: Rowena Zabala & Sherri Schmidt

Acknowledgement: Debbie O'Sullivan

All the Invitations and Tickets are FINALLY In...See Mrs Neville in Locke 113 if you have not picked them up already (call if you're going to turn up late)!

Questions about Slideshow email Angela at aaistrup@sbcglobal.net
Questions about Music email Debbie at dopta@comcast.net

Ladies don't forget to pick up your caps if you have not done that yet...see Mrs Neville!

Dec 15th Schedule:
Rehearsal- 1pm to 3pm (MANDATORY!!)
Arrival-approx from 6:15pm
Ceremony Begins-7pm

Its Almost Over Everyone, Good Luck to everybody in the Future!!!

SNA Meeting & Kaplan Review

Just a Reminder !

Kaplan will be at the next SNA Meeting

Monday, November 16th from 1-1:30

We need 56 student minimum to attend from our class then they will raffle off a free NCLEX REVIEW that is worth $500.00!

So pass the word along.

When: Monday Nov. 16th

Time: 1:00-1:30pm

Where: Skills lab (Locke-229)

Extras: Lunch provided

If you have any questions call Debbie at 209-482-2707 or by e-mail at dopta@comcast.net

Bocce Ball Fundraiser

SNA Bocce Ball Tournament Sign-up!

Caps for Graduation

The decision was made to wear caps this year at the ceremony. Please email Mary Neville STAT and let her know if you want one. She will need to put in an order early next week for them to arrive in time, so she needs to know asap. Please let others who may not read the blog know that this is really important.

She hasn't yet spoken to our cap lady, but they are usually $20.00. She will be accepting cash for them any time you are able to provide it to her.

Open Curriculum Forum

Open Curriculum Forum

The Nursing Faculty would like to invite any students interested in hearing about and giving constructive advise about the new ADN Curriculum to attend the open forums!

When: Monday October 26th
Time: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Where: Locke-314

CPK Fundraiser

End of the rotation CPK Fundraiser

Please come and join us for some fun after your final exams. Bring your nursing class and this flyer to CPK to enjoy great food and to socialize! This is also a wonderful time to exchange books and notes with the other half of your class! We hope to see you all there.

CPK is open from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
SNA will receive 20% of all purchases (includes food, drinks, alcohol, dine-in & take out)

SNA Officers

Debbie, Angela, Sherri & Phil

Next SNA Meeting

Come to the next SNA Meeting
Monday September 21st
1:00pm to 2:30pm in Locke-118

Shari Garabaldi, an attorney, in Stockton will be our guest speaker about the legal paperwork within a patient's medical records...such as power of attorney, advance directives and more. In addition, Debbie and Angela will be answering all of your burning PDA questions. Remember that lunch is served so please come and join all the fun!

Fall 2009 SNA Board

SNA Meeting
Monday - August 31st 2009
1:00pm in Locke-229

Our meeting will include club news, club committees and Errisa & AJ will talk about the class blogs. In addition we will have 2 great guest speakers.

• Robin Shum from Student Success
• Ginger Manss from St. Joseph's Hospital on the NSNA
  

Please come and join the fun! We will have pizza for lunch!

Rush Week Volunteers

SNA's Rush Week Table
will be in the quad on September 4th

We need some volunteers to help out at the SNA table on September 4th from 8am until 11am.
If you are interested in having a great time with some of your fellow nursing students, please contact Angela Aistrup at aaistrup@sbcglobal.net or Debbie O'Sullivan at dopta@comcast.net!

ISBN No of Book from ATI Raffle

Hello everyone,

The ISBN and addt'l info abt the book won by Julie and Michelle is here:

978-0-7637-4096-2
NCLEX-RN Review Book
by Patricia McLean Hoyson
and Kimberly A. Serroka

Bought it from Amazon yesterday for $11.75 including shipping of 3.99 Maybe some of you are interested to buy it too.

Row

Skyscape Discount

Did you know that S.J. Delta College Nursing Students receive a 25% discount on Skyscape Software? This is a great deal for those of you that are purchasing PDA software. To receive this special discount, please use Delta's Portal at Skyscape.

www.skyscape.com/sjdc

We hope that this new information helps to make your student nursing career a little easier?

SNA - Fall 2009

Monday

Don't forget to check your Delta e-mail for updates about your classes- See ya'll on Monday! :)

The CPK Fundraiser was a great success!
A big thanks to all of you that participated and supported the SNA by showing up to CPK.
This event was a great way to begin a semester.
Old friends reunited and a lot of new friends made!
Our largest turn out was from the incoming Spring 2011 Class.

Debbie, Sherri, Phil and I appreciate everyone's suuport.
Thanks again!

Fall Semester for 2009

National Student Nurses Association Meeting

August 31st

• Meet Board Members, up and coming events
• Need Interclub Council Reps
• NSNA National Convention this October in Sacramento
• Guest Speakers: Robin Shum from Student Success Office, Ginger Manss R.N., MSN, AOCN From St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ginger is our Regional Director for the National Student Nurses Association. She will discuss the NSNA, Our National Convention this October in Sacramento
• Erissa Santiago and AJ Arriola on class blogs.

September 21st

• Committee Members and current events
• Bocce Tournament
• Guest Speakers Bonnie Boss on her Blog as a tutorial for NCLEX and N-1 thru 10 study info. Passing the NCLEX and Critical Care Specialist Certification she just passed. Trina Eagle on NCLEX Reviews, study tips she took to pass her boards with only 75qts. Interview questions she was given during her interviews
• Angela Aistrup and Debbie O’Sullivan on Palms and Software for them.

October 19th

• Come and learn how to write a resume for future employers. Learn how to answer and conduct yourself in an interview. Handouts will be given on possible interview questions for future employment and student nurse extern positions
• Guest speaker TBA

November 16th

• Elections for Spring Officers
• Award nominations
• Family Ties X-mas Fundraiser
• Guest Speaker from Stanislaus State University on their BSN and MSN programs
• Hurst and ATI Reviews

December 7th (Final Meeting)

• Announce new SNA Officers
• Family Ties X-mas
• Guest Speaker : Dameron Hospital (Roberta Boshers) Director of their Versant Program. Lori Hines Educational Director and Erin Shelby RN (recent SJDC 2008 & Versant Program graduate 2009)

Student Nurses' Association would like to invite you to our CPK Fundraiser!

When: Thursday August 13th 2009
Time: Beginning at 10am and lasting all day
Where: California Pizza Kitchen in Stockton (located across the street from the college)
*Please bring the attached flyer and present it to your server when ordering and the NSNA will receive 20% of your bill!

California Pizza Kitchen has graciously opened their restaurant to us 1 hour before they open to the public. This will give us time to order our food, catch up with each other/get to know new students, exchange books, buy uniform patches or learn some important information from more seasoned students. At this fundraiser the SNA will be selling uniform patches (3 patches for $15), SNA hooded sweatshirts $35, zipped sweatshirts $40 and fleece jackets $45. In addition, the SNA has been fortunate to have “Scrubs” (a uniform store located in Stockton) donate several items that we will be raffling off as door prizes at 11:00am for those student that are present at that time. We hope to see most of you there because events such as these is a great way to network with students in other semesters but also with some of your fellow classmates. Most returning students will tell you...”You need to have some friends in this program that will help you out when you need it the most!”

We look forward to see you all there!
Thank you!

Angela Aistrup - Vice-President (Fall 2009)

HURST REVIEW JULY 9-12, 2009 IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A LARGER ROOM TO ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE SIGNING UP LATE. MARC DEE OF HURST STATED HE WILL TAKE NAME UP UNTIL FRIDAY JUNE 26TH BY 2PM. BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND . IF YOU WANT TO POSSIBLY TAKE THE REVIEW AND BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST CONTACT DEBBIE AT 209-482-2707 BY 2PM FRIDAY JUNE 26TH

Announcement to all!!! Starting this Thursday, June 4th from 8-10 A.M. and until school starts we are having a NCLEX review in our computer lab on the second floor.  Kim Thompson purchased a new NCLEX review program that allows us to practice NCLEX questions and see the rational  for the answer in practice format.  We will start by pairing up with partners and progress our way up to answering a question in test format 1 min per qt. on your own. Please pass the word along, as the e-mails I have been trying to have Julie Lang send out some how are not getting to you.  In addition to this, starting Tuesday from June 16th on Gretchen one of the skills lab instructors will have the skills lab open from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. We will have a session from 9-11 time can be changed if we all agree,  to cover skills and have students do presentations on skills.  My e-mail is dosullivan418@deltacollege.edu  or I can be reached at 482-2797 You can also get ahold of Angela or Sherri for more information  See you all soon. Debbie

Hurst Review this Summer!

Please join us for the
Hurst Review Session

On July 9th - 12th, Hurst Review Services will be conducting a NCLEX Live Review at Delta College. We need everyone who is interested to please go to their web site and sign up ASAP! The 4 day in-service is normally $350 but for new 4th semester nursing students we will only pay $250. The Nursing Success Program will be paying the other $100. Thanks so much Kim. To hold your spot please pay the $50 deposit. Hurst's web site is www.hurstreview.com . At the top of their web page you can click on "Review Schedule". Then scroll down to July 9th and click on the Delta College Review Session for more information or to sign up. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please call or email Angela Aistrup or Debbie O'Sullivan.

Angela Aistrup: 209-477-6686 or aaistrup@sbcglobal.net
Debbie O'Sullivan: 209-451-4781 or dopta@comcast.net

We are looking forward to see you there!

The correct spelling for the review is HURST sorry, Debbie

Hi Everyone, As most of you are aware, the majority of our graduating class picked July 9-12th for the Huerst Review. That's Thursday -Sunday. The cost is normally $350.00 Kim Thompson was able to work out a deal for our graduating class.  The $100.00 that you would normally get after you graduate for one of these review classes, you can use for only the Huerst Review prior to graduation.  So your cost will be $250.00 You have to go to www.huerstview.com  Sign up for the review for Delta College July 9-12 Thursday -Sunday The sign up cost is $50.00  When you report to the review on July 9th you can pay the balance of $200.00 or you can pay $100.00 and post date a check for August 9th for the balance of $100.00  We need everyone who I spoke to to do this. We have just a little over 20 students and we need 20 to proceed.  If you know of any students who are graduating who would like to do this , pass the word along. Thanks for all your help.  If you have any questions call me at 482-2707 Debbie

HURST NCLEX REVIEW

Monday April 20th at 1pm in the Skills Lab Marc Dee will present the Hurst NCLEX Review that is available to all students.  Normally NCLEX reviews are only available to graduating students at the end of their final semester.  The cost for seminars range from$300 to 450.00 for a one time shot. Hurst's review is a four day seminar  and allows underclass students to take their seminar as many times after you have paid for your first session.  Marc will provide lunch for Delta College nursing students who attend our NSNA meeting this coming Monday. He will discuss the specific's of their program and how this program will help us pass our NCLEX exam.  Please spread the word and attend our meeting.  If you have any questions you can call Debbie at 482-2702.  C u Soon!

STUDENT NURSES HEALTHY AIR WALK!

Help Student Nurses Raise Awareness for Healthy Air!

Please support our Walk with your donation to the American Lung Association - California (ALAC). Even small amounts ($5, $10) add up!We've formed a team -- Student Nurses for Healthy Air. We'll be in the Healthy Air Walk on April 11 to promote greater awareness and raise funds for the ALAC.

Proceeds will benefit our county and our communities.It's easy to make a quick, online tax-deductible donation. Just follow the link below. Let me know if you have any questions about the walk. We'd love to have you join our team, too!Follow This Link to visit my personal web page and help me in my efforts to support American Lung Association - California

Copy and paste the following into your browser: http://alac.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=278068&u=278068-248741989&e=2323350966

For more information Contact Sue Barnes at susielynn@gmail.com

FAMILY TIES EASTER BOOK DRIVE!

Hi everybody,

The Student Nursing Association is organinsing a Book Drive for Family Ties on Wednesday April 8th (during Spring Break). We need a lot more support from everyone, not just for books but also spreading the word. The donation of books Used or New is greatly appreciated (for kids 0-7 years old). Please drop off any donations in our box placed in the Nursing Office, Locke 213, on campus by Monday the 6th. They will be dropped off by the students in the current Nurisng 5 Rotation. Thanks again for your help.

Ogechi Achunine, President SJDC SNA

SNA Fundraiser with California Pizza Kitchen

Next Thursday (03/12/09), the Student Nursing Association will be holding a fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen. Just show up to CPK and dine in or pick up! Hand them this flyer and 20% of the entire purchase (including alcohol) will go to the Student Nursing Association. The fundraiser was scheduled between the two classes so that it gives everyone time to relax and talk to other nursing students there about what to expect for the rest of the semester. It will be a great time to find out about the Nursing 6 and 7 classes and encourage the Nursing 2, 4,& 5 students. I tried to add a copy of the flyer at the bottom of this post. You should be able to click it to open it so you can print one yourself. If you can't print one, please email me and I can send you a copy of it. The Nursing Office should also be sending out a Word Document version to everyone soon. So check your school email account!

Angela Aistrup

aaistrup@scbglobal.net
SNA - secretary Spring 2009

SNA is having a PDA Party in February

Student Nurses Association Meeting Agenda
February 23, 2009
1:00pm in Locke-229

I. Call Meeting to Order
II. Welcome
III. Approval of January 26, 2009 SNA Meeting Minutes
IV. Old Business
V. New Business

1. CPK fundraiser for March
2. Easter Toy Drive for Family Ties (Easter April 12th)
   
3. Reimbursements
4. Reorder needed items
5. SNA Leadership Award
   

VI. PDA Party with Mr. Meza
VII. Raffle of T-shirts and Unbound Nursing Software
IX. Adjournment

N7 Hemodynamic Help

Hey guys, check out these helps from the previous semester.

Hemodynamic help

BLOOD DRIVE WILL TAKE PLACE ON CAMPUS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009 FROM 9:00A.M. TO 3:00P.M. UPPER DANNER HALL. IF YOU CAN PLEASE DONATE, THE BLOOD NEED ARE HELP!!

FRIST SNA MEETING FOR 2009

OUR FIRST SNA MEETING IS MONDAY,  JANUARY 26 FROM 1-2:30 P.M. IN THE SKILLS LAB. ANA IS BACK , SO COME AND WELCOME HER BACK!! GET INVOLVED IN YOUR STUDENT NURSES ASSOCIATION.  WE WILL DISCUSS VARIOUS  COMMITTEES YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR , OUR MENTOR PROGRAM, FUNDRAISING, CHANGES WITHIN THE SNA AND NSNA.  PLEASE TELL YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS ABOUT OUR FIRST MEETING.  INVITE CLASSMATES TO JOIN OUR CLUB.

 FUTURE DATES FOR UP AND COMING SNA MEETINGS ARE FEBUARY 23rd, MARCH 23rd, APRIL 20th, and MAY 18th ALL IN THE SKILLS LAB FROM 1-2:30.

Debbie's Supplemental Learning Sessions

Here are the links to the powerpoints from the Learning Sessions Debbie O'Sullivan so kindly set up for us.

Respiratory Powerpoint

Cardiac Meds Powerpoint

Nursing 5 at San Joaquin Mental Health for self defense training with Taffy!  If you didn't meet Taffy you missed out.  This past semester the Staff at San Joaquin Mental Health held a presentation on how to handle and avoid confrontations with patients.  While a good time was had by all, one must remember situations can arise where your life can be in danger or your patient is at risk of hurting someone or themselves.  Once again Jordon shows his true colors and gets a laugh from his fellow students.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

This past Christmas , the SNA had the privilege of sharing Christmas with Family Ties. 

 We would like to thank all of you who donated a present that we gave to the children of Family Ties.  It was a huge success!!  The following student nurses participated in this event, Ogechi, Angela, Sherri, Jessica and Debbie.  Our special guest was Santa, who gave the parents and children a happy holiday cheer.  This year Santa was Sherri's husband.  We took pictures of each child with Santa and gave their mother the framed photo.  Hope you enjoy our pictures as much as we enjoyed this experience.