Supporting Nursing Education and Promoting the Nursing Profession!
[March 18, 2020] Important message from the NSNA President: In light of current events, I am saddened to inform you that the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) has canceled and will not be rescheduling the 68th Annual Convention that was scheduled to take place April 15-19, 2020, in Orlando, FL. Read more. . .
March 22, 2020 NSNA/FNSNA Headquarters will be closed until further notice as per New York State requirements. The entire NSNA staff will be working from home and will be available to take phone calls, respond to inquiries, and answer emails. Please be sure to regularly check your email for important messages for members, state and school chapter leaders, delegates and faculty. Take good care and be vigilant in observing all COVID-19 restrictions.
The world has gone to war. From countries to local communities, people and groups are fighting a microscopic enemy that some predicted but few imagined could be real. The COVID-19 pandemic has now cancelled events across the globe and promoted social distancing, a concept alien to human culture. The impact upon nursing education and nursing students has been profound, as theory and clinical courses have suddenly gone on-line, in- person contacts have been all but eliminated and campuses have been evacuated. Nurses, physicians, all health care workers, nursing students in tech positions, and all those in “essential services” have been valiant as they care for people with Covid-19 and other conditions during the pandemic. The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” The title that began as a recognition, now defines a call to action to ensure that nurses and midwives can continue to be educated.
Now, more than ever, NSNA and the FNSNA are needed. NSNA is the only national pre-professional association for nursing students. Nursing students have unique insights, experiences and potential for leadership and contributions to health care within and beyond the pandemic. Joining NSNA or renewing membership brings virtual networks, learning and opportunities for nursing students. Membership has increased in value during these isolated times. NSNA also offers Sustaining Membership for non-student individuals and agencies/schools to help support the work of NSNA.
Now, more than ever, the FNSNA is needed, and your contributions are essential. Affording a nursing education has always been a challenge. Now, with the pandemic, more students and their families are suffering in unique and ever more devastating ways. Loss of income from jobs affecting nursing students and those who help support them in school, food insecurity, unstable home situations or lack of homes, lack of access to environments or technology to participate in on-line education, and threats to the viability of their nursing programs and graduations have hit hard.
Scholarships and faculty fellowships available through the FNSNA provide financial help to students. The pandemic has brought enormous need for more nurses. Will you help ensure that nursing students can graduate, and that the nursing shortage is addressed? Contributions of any amount are needed and appreciated.
Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF
President, Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association
Now, more than ever, NSNA and the FNSNA are needed. NSNA is the only national pre-professional association for nursing students. Nursing students have unique insights, experiences and potential for leadership and contributions to health care within and beyond the pandemic. Joining NSNA or renewing membership brings virtual networks, learning and opportunities for nursing students. Membership has increased in value during these isolated times. NSNA also offers Sustaining Membership for non-student individuals and agencies/schools to help support the work of NSNA.
Now, more than ever, the FNSNA is needed, and your contributions are essential. Affording a nursing education has always been a challenge. Now, with the pandemic, more students and their families are suffering in unique and ever more devastating ways. Loss of income from jobs affecting nursing students and those who help support them in school, food insecurity, unstable home situations or lack of homes, lack of access to environments or technology to participate in on-line education, and threats to the viability of their nursing programs and graduations have hit hard.
Scholarships and faculty fellowships available through the FNSNA provide financial help to students. The pandemic has brought enormous need for more nurses. Will you help ensure that nursing students can graduate, and that the nursing shortage is addressed? Contributions of any amount are needed and appreciated.
Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF
President, Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association
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