HOTLINE. FNSA 2013 Convention Hotline NSNA s 31st Midyear Career Planning Conference November 7-10, 2013 Galt House, Louisville Kentucky

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HOTLINE

FNSA 2013 Convention Hotline

NSNA’s 31st Midyear Career Planning Conference

November 7-10, 2013 Galt House, Louisville Kentucky

FNSA Executive Board Meeting

FNSA’s 59th Annual Convention was held at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort

October 24-26, 2013. Over 1000 of Florida’s nursing students came to take part in the event. There were guest speakers including Marcus Engel with the “I’m Here” movement. There was also much to learn at the House of Delegates meetings. Focus sessions were held to involve students in a specific aspect

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INTRODUCING YOUR 2013-2014 FNSA

EXECUTIVE BOARD!

Hello FNSA!!!

!

My name is Blake Lynch and you have selected me to be on your team as the

2013-2014 FNSA President. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to work

with you so we can make a positive impact on the individuals and families of

Florida. I am currently in my fourth semester of the Seminole State College/

University of Central Florida concurrent BSN program. My experiences in

nursing school have inspired me to be a full-time patient advocate. As future

nurses we have a responsibility to be the voices of our patients. The FNSA

organization is a platform for you and your local chapter to use for ideas and

ways to be involved in the community. This year my goal is to promote

collaboration between the local chapters within your respected regions. I

encourage your chapter to work with other chapters by hosting community

events and fundraisers together. This will not only promote collaboration but it

will make a larger impact on the community. The board and I are excited to be

representing each one of you. If you have any questions or

comments please reach out to us. We are here for you and

your chapter!

!

Thank you for your hard work,

!

Blake Lynch

!

FNSA President

!

FNSAPresident@Gmail.com

!

Blake Lynch

FNSA President

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Hello Florida!

"

I’m Anthony King, your newly elected 1

st

Vice President!

I could not be more honored

to be able to represent Florida and be here

as a resource to everyone this next year on

the FNSA Executive Board.

I am currently in

my second year in the concurrent nursing

program at Valencia College and the

University of Central Florida in Orlando.

I

really would love to work in pediatrics once I

graduate this upcoming summer.

I had the

pleasure to serve on the FNSA Executive

Board since this past August as Region 2

Director and the Resolutions Committee

Chairman.

Convention this year was

amazing and I enjoyed meeting everyone

there!

I am so happy all of the resolutions

passed and cannot wait to see all the

success that will come from them.

I have a

lot of goals for this upcoming year for Florida

and am excited to accomplish them with all

of you.

"

If you have any questions at all please do

not hesitate to e-mail me or find me on

Facebook!

"

!

Anthony King

!

FNSA 1st Vice President

!

FNSA1stVP@Gmail.com

Hello, fellow nursing students!

"

!

I am absolutely thrilled and honored to

serve as your 2

nd

Vice President for

the 2013-2014 year! I am currently in

my second semester at Palm Beach

State College, and I serve as the Vice

President of our chapter’s NSA Junior

E-Board. As you probably already

know, next year’s convention is going

to be our 60

th

Diamond Anniversary!

Wow! My plan is to make this a

truly

memorable event! I’m really

looking forward to selecting several

amazing speakers and vendors to

ensure that this is our best conference

to date! You won’t want to miss it!

Good luck with all of your classes,

and I can’t wait to see each and every

one of you at the convention next

year!

"

Kristen Stewart

!

FNSA 2

nd

Vice President

!

FNSA2ndVP@gmail.com

Anthony King

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Hello fellow Florida Nursing Students!

"

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be your recording

secretary for the up coming year! I am currently in my last year of school

at Palm Beach State College. I hope that we're able to have an active,

productive, and educational year! Please feel free to contact me with anything

that you all may need.

"

Tiffany Massey

!

FNSA Recording Secretary

"

FNSARecordingSecretary@gmail.com

!

Hello fellow nursing students,!

My name is Derek Eiflander and I am proud and honored to serve as the Corresponding Secretary for FNSA throughout the 2013-2014 year. I am currently attending the University of Central Florida as a BSN student and I am also involved in my local chapter on the Public Relations committee. I am in my first semester of nursing school but I am very excited for this opportunity to serve the nursing students of my home state. My goals for the year include improving communication and using the newsletter as a vector of information to all of you. The rest of the board and I are very motivated to represent you well and I want to make sure you know what is going on in our state at all times! I am available to you any time and I

appreciate all ideas and input. Thank you and I am looking forward to a great year!"

Derek Eiflander!

FNSA Corresponding Secretary!

FNSACorrespondingSecretary@gmail.com - 407.792.8201

Derek Eiflander

FNSA Corresponding

Secretary

Tiffany Massey

FNSA Recording

Secretary

Future Nurses!"

My name is Arielle Ripley, and I’m so excited to have the privilege to serve as your Treasurer for FNSA for 2013-2014. As a concurrent nursing student, attending Seminole State College and the University of Central Florida, I look forward to a year of growing and learning as I press on in the program and get to

know nursing students state-wide. I have a passion for creativity, and as

treasurer I want to help stimulate and encourage ideas for fundraising that will excite everyone into action. With the help of a wonderful executive board of students, I know we will accomplish great things together as we strive to provide each of you with another great year of support and events. Thank you, and I look forward to working

together with each of you this year."

!

Arielle Ripley! FNSA Treasurer! FNSAtreasurer@gmail.com

Arielle Ripley

FNSA Treasurer

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Hello- my name is Sarah Thomas, and I am serving as the FNSA Region 1 Director and Resolution Committee Chair for FNSA 2013-2014. This is my second year in the BSN program at the University of Central Florida, where I participate locally as our Community Health Director. I am truly excited to see the energy and continued growth in our local NSA chapters this year. Public health is a huge passion of mine! I love to hear from students who are passionate about their journey through nursing school and stay in tune with the needs of their community. My goal for this year representation back to the region; I want to increase Region 1 participation in state-wide projects, policy making, legislative process, representation at our conventions, and ultimately, ownership of their state board position next year. I am here to offer assistance in development of small chapters and encourage larger chapters to share their success with other chapters in the region. This will be a successful year-

let’s start with strong communication!"

!

Sarah Thomas!

FNSA Region 1 Director/Resolutions Chair!

Email: FNSAregion1@gmail.com

Sarah Thomas

FNSA Region 1 Director

Resolutions Chair

Hello fellow nursing students!"

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Geraldine Martinez. I feel very privileged to be elected by our constituency as Region 3 Director and appointed by our FNSA President Blake as the

Nominations and Elections Chair. During our 59th_{Annual FNSA Convention in Daytona Beach}

this past October I was honored to serve in the 2012-2013 FNSA board as Region 4 Director and Community Health Chair. I am currently a BSN nursing student at the University of Central Florida where I serve as Vice-President for our SNA school chapter in Orlando. I will be graduating in May

2014. Our 59th_{Annual Convention was awesome! The nursing students of our sunshine state}

came together to learn and discuss important issues; four resolutions and updates to our bylaws were approved by our House of Delegates, and let’s not forget the election of our FNSA Board! Many chapters took home our prestigious awards, and several of us made new nursing friends!

We hope you loved convention as much as we did!"

I look forward to another wonderful year for FNSA!"

Geraldine Martinez !

FNSA Region 3 Director/Nominations & Elections Chair!

FNSAregion3@gmail.com - 407.314.2718!

Geraldine Martinez

Nominations/Elections

My name is Courtnie Johnson and it is an honor to serve as your Region 2

Director and Membership chair for the 2013-2014 year. I am an ADN student at

the College of Central Florida graduating in May of 2014. I anticipate

starting the BSN program at my school in the Fall of 2014. I currently serve as

the Vice President of my local SNA chapter. My main goal for this year is to increase communication between FNSA and local chapters to assist them in increasing membership. This is not something that can be accomplished single

handedly. The board has many great ideas to help make this year amazing but we need your help. I encourage you to reach out to us if you have any questions or ideas. We

are here for you! Thank you and this is going to be a great year!"

!

Courtnie Johnson!

FNSA Region 2 Director/Membership Chair!

FNSAregion2@gmail.com

Courtnie Johnson

Membership Chair

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Greetings fellow nursing students! "

My name is Maura Gonzalez and I feel privileged to be serving you as Region 6 Director and

Breakthrough to Nursing (BTN) chair. I am currently a BSN student at Florida Atlantic University

and in my second semester of nursing school. Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be able

to attend the NSNA's summer leadership conference. That experience plus meeting so many

great students from around our state at this year's FNSA convention inspired me to run for this

position. I look forward to working alongside you to improve communication between the chapters

in Region 6 and the Executive Board. It is my goal to be a resource for you and hope that you feel you

can reach out to me with any questions, concerns or suggestions. Also, if you would like to be involved with

the BTN committee, which works on recruitment, retention, and support of nursing students, I would love to

hear from you. Please do not hesitate to contact me at FNSAregion6@gmail.com. Together we are going

to make this a great year at FNSA! "

!

Maura Gonzalez!

FNSA Region 6 Director/BTN Chair!

Hello fellow students,"

My name is Mike Bautista. I’m a senior at South University-Tampa and, prior deciding to pursue a second career in nursing, I completed degrees in Political Science & Business Administration and interned a half-a-year for a U.S. Representative, who until the start of 2013 was the sixth most senior member of both Houses of Congress; as well as, served in the U.S. Army deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently, I’ve recently became Region 4’s Director (representing St. Pete, Hillsborough, Polk, Pasco-Hernando and Sarasota County nursing programs (12 schools at present); as well as, have been recently appointed by the FNSA board to also be the Chair for the Legislative Committee. Ideally, it’s my desire to connect to as many nursing students in Region 4 as I can; first and foremost, to hear students ideas and concerns and second, to relay at how the FNSA might be able to facilitate some of those dreams into reality or, maybe help resolve issues that throw a nursing student’s life into turmoil. Region 4 FNSA chapter officers and/or, consultants, I’m more than willing to SKYPE to make face-to-face contact to address your inquiries and/or concerns. We have a superlative group of people on this 2013-14

FNSA board that will do their best to serve our fellow nursing students to the utmost of our collective abilities to make a better tomorrow for nursing and for nursing students."

Mike Bautista!

FNSA Region 4 Director/ Legislative Chair!

FNSAregion4@gmail.com - 941.504.842

Hello Florida Nursing Students,"

!

My name is Lauren Coldren. I am a wife to Aaron for 10 years and a mother to four beautiful children (Adam, Aden, Amelia and Liam)! I come from a long line of Nurses. My grandmothers, great grandmothers, and a few aunts, were and are still nurses. I found my passion in nursing after taking care of my husband's mother and grandmother. My passion was confirmed when my youngest was born early and then diagnosed with a chronic disorder. After spending a month with him in the hospital The nurses and I formed a special bond. Not only did they take care of my little boy they took care of me. I want to have that special bond with my patients

one day! I earned my AA degree from Palm Beach State College in 2011. I took some time off from school to take care of my son. Once he was nice a healthy, I applied to the BSN program at South University in January"

2013. I was accepted into the 22nd Cohort that started in April. Shortly after orientation i joined the NSNA and I loved it. I am currently Co- Captain for the Light the Night Walk this November. I look forward to being your Region Director. My goals are to improve communication between the state and local chapters. I also have some great

ideas to help us grow as Region. As Community Health Chair I am looking forward to getting us out into the community to do great things! Together we can make this the best year!"

!

Laurent Coldren!

FNSA Region 5 Director/Community Health Chair!

Lauren Coldren

Community Health Chair

Maura Gonzalez

Michael Bautista

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Hello future nurses, "

!

My name is Kelsey Hall and I am honored to be your Region 7 Director of the Florida Nursing Students Association for the 2013-2014 year. I am originally from Stafford, Virginia, but moved to Fort Myers, Florida with my family to begin my college career in 2010. I am a 3rd semester BSN Student at Florida Gulf Coast University. I serve locally as the Breakthrough to Nursing (BTN) chair at my chapter. This year I want to focus on bringing the schools in my region together, as well as getting Region 7 more involved with statwide and national events. I am available at any time for questions or input via phone or e-mail, and I encourage anyone who would like to reach out to me to do so. I hope you all are as

excited as I am for this year, it's going to be a good one! Thank you for your time and dedication!"

!

Kelsey Hall!

Region 7 Director/Communications Chair!

FNSARegion7@gmail.com - 540.846.6215

Kelsey Hall

Communications Chair

Hello Florida Nursing Students!"

My name is John O’Leary and I am your 2013-2014 FNSA Liaison Coordinator.

It is my job to get nursing students involved in Florida and that’s just what I’m going to

do. FNSA needs YOU to keep us informed of what is going on in nursing organizations

around Florida. FNSA liaisons keep in contact with these organizations via email,

conference calls and webinars. With some organizations the student nurse will have the

option of attending meetings and conventions. This can provide excellent opportunities for

networking and resume building. Student nurses are not limited to the nursing organizations that

FNSA is currently affiliated with. FNSA encourages students to find a nursing organization that

sparks their interest and report back to us on it. If you are interested please call, text, or email

me. The possibilities are limitless!"

Sincerely,"

John O’Leary!

FNSA Liaison Coordinator!

FNSAliaisoncoordinator@gmail.com - 407.931.634

John O’Leary

FNSA Liaison Coordinator

My name is Alexis Bosque and I am privileged to be serving as the FNSA Image of Nursing Chair for this upcoming 2013-2014 year. I am currently pursuing my BSN at the University of Central Florida with plans to graduate in May of 2014. In my local SNA chapter, I am serving as Corresponding and Recording Secretary. My number one goal for this year is improving the public's perception of what nursing is all about. I want to facilitate this goal not only on a local level but on state and national levels as well. I can't do this without your help, though! Please send me information and pictures of the activities and good you're doing in your individual communities. Also, please contact me with any concerns you have about the portrayal of the nursing profession. These can be things you see on TV that concern you, misconceptions you've heard from the people around you, or many other issues. This board and I have some exciting ideas for the year ahead of us and would love to hear any and all suggestions you have! Thank you and I am looking forward to an amazing

year!"

Alexis Bosque!

Alexis Bosque

FNSA Image of Nursing

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Submit an article of interest,

chapter article/activity,

personal experience, or let us

know what your local

chapter is doing! Ideas for the

Hotline are always welcome!

Look forward to hearing

from you!

Email to:

Derek Eiflander

FNSAcorrespondingsecretary

@gmail.com

A word from one of your FNSA consultants:!

I am so excited to see this wonderful new E-Board for 2013-2014. Everyone brings diverse strengths/gifts/ talents/and enthusiasm. I know it will be fantastic under Blake’s direction- and how exciting that next year, it

will be the 60th_{convention! We will all try to make sure everything is updated, correct, and included in the}

handbook that you receive at the Preconvention Workshop and that the convention program is included so you can plan with your school on what you want to attend and when. Please know who your Region Director is and stay in close communication with him/her. We appreciate any feedback and we continually strive to be the best state with the largest participation of students. We can only do this with your passion for your organization. As we are rotating board meetings around the state, we look forward to seeing you

during at least one meeting. All of the board meetings are open to you. Have a wonderful year!"

Jill E. Winland-Brown, EdD, APRN-BC, DPNAP

$how me $ome money:

We want your fundraising ideas! As we all know, fundraising can make a huge difference in the success of each chapter. Send in your fun and creative fundraising ideas so that we can

share them and promote growth of other chapters to make us better as a state! FNSAcorrespondingsecretary@gmail.com

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AND THE WINNERS ARE…

MAKE A CHANGE-WRITE A RESOLUTION!

A resolution is a written statement that, when adopted by the House of Delegates, is the basis for the policies and actions of the Florida Nursing Student Association. Resolutions are presented on matters of importance to FNSA, its members and constituent associations, nursing, and the health needs of the public. The 4 resolutions below were presented to the House of Delegates at the 2013 FNSA Convention. All 4 of these resolutions were voted on and passed by the House of Delegates and will be implemented during the next year.

Dean/Director of the Year!

! Patricia Leli- UCF!

Newsletter Award!

! Polk State College!

Scrapbook Award!

! University of Central ! ! Florida!

Project Award !

! University of Florida!

Community Health Award!

! University of North Florida!

Community Award For Faculty!

! Jacqueline Napoli- UF! CAPS Award! ! Pasco Hernando ! ! ! ! Community College! ! Melissa McNulty- PHCC! NIMS Award! ! University of Central ! ! Florida!

Preceptor of the Year!

! Shannon Bearsley!

BTN Award-Most Original!

! Seminole State College!

BTN Award-Most recruitment!

!

Membership Award- Greatest % Increase!

! Adventist University of ! ! Health Science!

Membership Award-Most Members!

! Palm Beach State College!

Membership Award- Greatest Increase in Members!

Legislative Award!

! University of North ! ! Florida!

Penny Wars!

! $518 Raised- Polk State ! ! College! Challenge Winners! ! 1st:$401-University of ! ! ! Central Florida! ! 2nd:$300-Barry ! ! ! ! University! ! 3rd:$225- University of ! ! ! North Florida!

Chapter of the Year!

! Seminole State College!

Jeopardy Game Winner!

! Florida Gulf Coast ! !

! University!

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Nursing Relay Winner!

! 7min 26sec:! ! Polk State College!

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FNSA Scholarships!

Maura Gonzalez-FAU!

Kelsey Hall-FGCU!

Alejandro Acevedo- South University Tampa! !

Heather Scaglione Scholarship-Jessica DiPietro-UCF!

Claydell Horne Scholarship-Sarah Thomas-UCF Orlando!

Mary Tittle Scholarship-Norma Salgado-FGCU!

Paula Massey Scholarship- Taylor Hoover-UCF- Cocoa!

Willa Fuller Scholarship- Rikki Ragland-FGCU!

Helen Ann Dean Scholarship –Rose Marie Lawless- South University Tampa

The awards ceremony at the 2013 FNSA Annual Convention was conducted on Saturday, October 27, 2013 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, Florida. The award winners were honored over lunch along with the appointment of the new executive board.

Mandating healthcare providers to incorporate

HIV testing into routine medical exams

Written by:

Hannah Zinman and Kayley Tool (UCF)

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In support of raising awareness of the unregulated sale of E-cigarettes to minors in

the state of Florida

Written by:

Sarah Kopriva (UF)

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Enhanced standardization and admittance on ovarian

cancer education and awareness by practicing

nurses

Written by:

Lilian Canamo (UCF)

Challenging members to complete introductory emergency

management institute courses in order to

better serve our communities in times of