Wisconsin Student Nurses Association Convention
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Wisconsin Student Nurses Association
Convention
To Help and To Heal
February 1-3, 2013
Created By:
Amanda Ball, Elisabeth Foti,
Corinna Greenwood, Allison Epker
Heidi Lindroth,!!!
Exhibitors
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Froedtert Hospital
UW Hospital & Clinics
Ministry Health Care
Mayo Clinic
Holy Family Memorial
Marian University
WNA
Viterbo University
Alverno College
Grand Canyon University
Hurst
Keynote Speaker
• Julianne Carbin, Executive Director of NAMI WI
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.namiwisconsin.org/
Should not define people by mental
illness….should say
“Sally” who has Bipolar Disorder.
Patients with a Mental Illness
• Use the 3 C’s in your Nursing
▫ Build a positive Connection
▫ Patient feels a sense of Control
▫ Patient believes in their own Competence
NURSES
• Stretch base of knowledge about mental illness
• Advocate for Patients
• NEED for Mental Health Nurses!
• Nurses are the beginning and end of all mental
health treatment
Understanding PTSD
• Dr. Carrol Berndet
• PTSD can occur when a person experiences any
kind of trauma….loss of CONTROL, SAFETY,
and SECURITY.
• Best to undergo treatment with Support Groups
and get Feedback from other people to develop
Rational Explanations- Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy
Care of the Caregiver
• Teri Vega-Stromberg
• Defined nurse burnout and compassion fatigue
▫ Nurse burn-out: Periods of prolonged stress
Nursingburnout.net
▫ Compassion fatigue: emotional stress and
burnout combined.
• Importance of self-care
▫ Find an outlet! (Exercise, outdoors, etc.)
▫ Have a best friend that will tell you when you are
overextended.
▫ Communicate your needs to others!
Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health
Lana Cheslock
• Treatment for Mental Health Patients include
MEDICATION AND THERAPY simultaneously
• Currently there is a massive shortage of
child/adolescent psychiatry units available in WI
• Diagnosis Strongly Depends On….
Insurance
Route of Medication
Availability of Mental Health Locations
Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health
• Children often go after things/behave badly
towards things they love the most (pets, siblings)
• Privacy is different concerning adolescents
Records and Treatment are PRIVATE for ages 14
and older INSTEAD of 18 years old
Organ Donation in Today’s World
WI Donor Network
Nursing Delegation In Wisconsin
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Thomas Neumann MS, RN
History of the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
2006 NCSBN & ANA Joint Statement on
Nursing Delegation:
The RN assumes overall accountability for
delegation
Delegated to staff must demonstrate abilities
“If you can’t educate, don’t delegate”
House of Delegates
• Parliamentary Procedure
• Edgewood: 4 Delegates out of 7 possible
• WSNA Board will be at Nurses Day at the
Capitol Tuesday March 5th
• Constituent School Reports
▫ Many schools instituting mentor programs
▫ Community blood pressure clinics, checking blood
sugars at health fairs, blood drives
▫ WSNA President was impressed with ECSNA’s
Report
SUNDAY
• WSNA Board of Delegates Elections
▫ 18 positions
▫ Most of them filled by three different schools that
have a much lower membership and less delegates
than us
▫ Only one person was running for each seat
▫ A lot of 1st, 2nd and 3rd semester students filled
these positions
▫ Edgewood students could easily get on the board
WNA PULSE
• Now Available to NURSING STUDENTS
▫ Wisconsinnurses.org
Click PULSE logo to then sign up
▫ Deactivates when you graduate, however you get
50% off your first year dues
Upcoming Events
• National Student Nurses’ Association
61st Annual Convention
April 3-7, 2013
Charlotte, North Carolina
• Madison Student Nurses Association
April 20th 2013 Edgewood College