Wisconsin Student Nurses Association Convention

To Help and To Heal

February 1-3, 2013Created By:Amanda Ball, Elisabeth Foti, Corinna Greenwood, Allison EpkerHeidi Lindroth,!!!

Exhibitors• 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 HealthLana 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 WorldWI Donor Network

Nursing Delegation In Wisconsin•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, 2013Charlotte, North Carolina

•Madison Student Nurses Association April 20th 2013 Edgewood College