THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Student Organizations 2007-2008
Latin American Nurses Student Association (LANSA) |
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Student Body Organization | top
This organization develops and sponsors programs and activities for students of the School of Nursing and encourages and promotes cooperation with other schools of the Health Science Center in achieving a unified student community. Through the organization, students are represented on committees and campus activities. All students in the School of Nursing are eligible for membership.
National Student Nurses' Association | top
The local chapter is affiliated with the Texas Nursing Student's Association. Both work with the American Nurses Association to promote a professional consciousness on the part of students and to facilitate nursing activity.
Graduate Nursing Students' Association | top
This association:
- Improves communications among graduate students within the community and the Health Science Center faculties and administrators,
- Assists in development and improvement of policies related to the graduate nursing students, and
- Coordinates the various graduate nursing student activities in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Through this group, graduate students are represented on committees in the School of Nursing and the Health Science Center. All nursing graduate students are members and officers are elected each fall.
Mary Mahoney Nursing Students' Association (MMNSA) | top
The purpose of MMNSA is to foster an academic environment that will enhance the recruitment and retention of African-American students into the school and into the nursing profession. Goals include promoting academic and personal excellence, serving as a liaison and advocate for ethnic nursing students networking with other nursing, campus, and community associations or groups, and promoting and encouraging leadership and communication opportunities for African-American students. The organization was established in honor of Mary Mahoney, the first African-American professional nurse in the United States.
Nurses' Christian Fellowship (NCF) | top
The NCF was begun in 1948 and is both a professional organization and a ministry of and for nurses and nursing students. Its members are concerned for the nurse as a whole person and are advocates of quality nursing care. Our vision is to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to nursing education and practice.
NCF goals are to:
- develop a network of nurses who listen to God and pray with expectation,
- equip nurses with a biblical worldview which prepares them to represent Jesus Christ in nursing education and practice,
- proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ so that others will hear the good news of Christ's relevancy to people and issues in nursing,
- demonstrate Christ's righteousness and justice through teaching biblical and ethical standards and advocating health care for the poor and underserved, and
- develop leadership qualities and skills in Christian nurses who will communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ in nursing locally, nationally and internationally.
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