National Student Nurses' Association

Publications - nsna promotes the positive image of nursing students, nsna uses its publication and digital media to promote professionalism through programs; brochures; role modeling; mentoring; btn projects; image of nursing project awards; nsna's guidelines for planning image of nursing activities to differentiate between negative and positive image of nursing; articles on educational programs at midyear and convention currently relevant to a variety of practice settings; program opportunities highlighting diverse viewpoints reflecting all populations; issues surrounding delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel; technology in nursing education and practice; economics of healthcare; self-care and prevention of illness; case studies re: interdisciplinary teams; collaboration and cooperation between medicine and nursing; service learning and shared governance for both students and faculty; promote ethics: nsna code of professional conduct; code of academic and clinical conduct; ana code of ethics

Membership - nsna offers expanded benefits for members: assessing member and potential member needs on an ongoing basis; cultivating relationships with deans and faculty to promote nsna membership by providing membership benefits that include certificates and plaques for display at schools and promoting sustaining membership; promoting a "package of memberships" for agency members; have a chapter in every state and territory; assess state needs and address issues including motivating students to be active at the state level; explore partnerships with snas and specialty organizations to increase the value of nsna membership by offering transitional membership, mentor programs and professional development.

Exhibits; convention & conferences - at the National Student Nurses' association conventions and conferences Student nurse leaders and faculty from throughout the us participate in a wide variety of educational, career, and professional development programs. The exhibit hall is one of attendees' favorite meeting events as nsna members -undergraduate nursing students - explore opportunities to develop leadership skills and prepare for lifelong involvement and continuing education in the nursing profession. Provide academic and career oriented opportunities; provide programs geared toward the transition from Student to professional, to include writing and the interview process, and include image and media training focus; incorporate meeting sessions on topics of critical thinking and study skills, managed care, and networking; nclex mini review courses; explore opportunities and methods to develop nsna chapters in distance learning programs.

Governance - governance captures all expenses related to board meetings, nominating & elections committee (nec) meetings, resolutions committee meetings, and all related publications. It includes the cost of bringing board, nec, resolutions committee and staff to nsna's annual convention; cost of bringing the board to its new york meetings; the cost of bringing board and staff to midyear annual conference; other board expenses for example: conference calls, board pins, other board-related expenses not associated with regular meetings. Design and production costs for the annual publication of nsna major annual publication, getting the pieces to fit which includes nsna bylaws, policies and procedures, etc. Parliamentarian travel expense and fee to assist in house of delegates; transcript of hod records - to record and transcribe house of delegates proceedings; house of delegates set up delegate seating and staging, av, microphone staffing; annual business book printing expenses house of delegates business book; resolutions printing printing of resolutions for delegate