Written by Public Relations
The Harding University Nursing Student Association’s newsletter, the “Pulse,” was awarded the 2010 Most Outstanding Newsletter in the nation at the National Student Nurses’ Association convention in Orlando, Fla., April 7-11.
The 58th annual NSNA convention was an opportunity for thousands of nursing students from across the nation to develop their leadership and professional skills, hear from nationally recognized speakers and participate in the House of Delegates, the association’s student legislature.
Speakers included Jennie Chin Hansen, president of AARP; Rebecca Patton, president of the American Nurses Association; and Beverly Malone, CEO of the National League for Nursing.
Chapters sent delegates to be part of the House of Delegates to run for national office, discuss health care policies and learn parliamentary procedures as they formed and proposed resolutions concerning health care issues.
Harding senior Kevin Lillis, representative for the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association as legislative chair for the 2009-10 board of directors, presented a health care proposal to increase the availability of healthy foods in health care facilities. The House of Delegates passed the proposal.
Other delegates from the Harding chapter included senior Micah Walden, NSNA president-elect and 2010 NSNA scholarship winner; senior Tessa Markum, current NSNA president; junior Brittany McDowell; senior Brad Houtchens; post-baccalaureate student Daniel Ramberger, co-editor of the “Pulse;” senior Karen Hill; and senior Amber Bellcock.
Patty Smith, College of Nursing instructor, and Dr. Cathleen Shultz, dean of the College of Nursing and president of the National League for Nursing, also attended the convention.
The “Pulse” is a newsletter produced by the HNSA, containing articles and student and faculty spotlights. Co-editor Ramberger accepted the certificate and cash award presented to the Harding chapter.
The HNSA is the largest chapter in Arkansas with 442 members and was founded in 1975 as an organization dedicated to the development of ethical, leadership and professional skills of nursing students preparing for licensure, offering opportunities for service and further education.
