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<br /> <br /> <br /> NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 • VOL. 58, NO. 5<br /> ©Thinkstock<br /> Imprint<br /> ®<br /> The Professional Magazine for Student Nurses<br /> National Student Nurses’Association®<br /> Departments<br /> & Columns<br /> pg. 10 60th Anniversary<br /> Convention and<br /> Alumni Reunion<br /> David L. 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You are invited t</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=14"> 12 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 Photo courtesy of th</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=15"> NEWS: MidYear Board Of Directors Meeting Highl</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=16"> NEWS: National HHS Hands Out $82 Million</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=17"> NEWS: Memphis Photo Recap 2011 MidYear Care</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=18"> UP CLOSE From Suits to Scrubs Cara Jordan It </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=19"> GLOBAL INITIATIVES in Nursing The Global Initiat</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=20"> NOMINATING AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE By Jennifer Du</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=21"> NEC Committee Members and NSNA® Election Areas by</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=22"> COMMUNITY HEALTH By Rhys Haydon, Director and Cha</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=23"> “i’m here to make a difference and turn somethin</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=24"> Screening Tool for Possible Hazing victims initi</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=25"> NSNA ALUMNI To celebrate the upcoming NSNA 60th </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=26"> Frank J. Lang (center) shown with Florence huey, </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=27"> as a recruiter. That change allowed me to enter a</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=28"> F O U N D A T I O N of the NSNA® In Memory of F</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=29"> Apply for FnsnA nursing scholarships! The 2012 FN</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=30"> RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE ©Thinkstock Resolutions a</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=31"> get to Know the 2011-2012 Resolutions Committee! </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=32"> Kirsten e. Williams Chair Zachary Fuhm</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=33"> IMAGE OF NURSING The Image of Nursing column ex</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=34"> 32 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=35"> NSNA IMPRINT® y www.nsna.org 33</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=36"> HAPPENINGS Morgan Reaves The “Happenings” colu</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=37"> Debika Ghose Above: Members of the UAA SNA at Re</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=38"> What an exciting time it is to be in nursing! Why</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=39"> patients stable and out of the hospital, preventi</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=40"> A word of caution: Be careful whom you take advic</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=41"> For many years, nurses have made practice decis</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=42"> (Continued from page 39) Marge is now faced with </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=43"> between two or more variables (Fain, 2009). Marge</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=44"> (Continued from page 41) This finding would supp</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=45"> NSNA IMPRINT® y www.nsna.org 43</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=46"> You are entering the nursing profession during a </a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=47"> education The Campaign aims to strengthen nursing</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=48"> (Continued from page 41) Leadership As the healt</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=49"> susan hassmiller, PhD, rn, FAAn, is the Robert Wo</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=50"> A D V E R T I S I N G Index AVALON HEALTH CARE G</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=51"> Advertisement Removed</a> <a title="Imprint 2011 November/December page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7747b12d?page=52"> </a>