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<br /> <br /> <br /> Imprint<br /> The Professional Magazine for Student Nurses ®<br /> JANUARY 2013 • VOL. 60, NO. 1<br /> National Student Nurses’Association® ©Thinkstock<br /> Departments<br /> & Columns<br /> Editorial………………………………………………………… 4<br /> Membership Benefits & Highlights………………………………… 6<br /> News:National………………………………………………… 10<br /> News:NSNA………………………………………………… 11<br /> News: MidYear Conference Recap……………………………… 13<br /> Images of Nursing……………………………………………… 21<br /> Legislation Education………………………………………… 23<br /> Up Close……………………………………………………… 25<br /> Global Initiatives in Nursing…………………………………… 27<br /> Nominating and Elections Committee…………………………… 30<br /> Reflections…………………………………………………… 32<br /> Meeting<br /> Highlights<br /> & Previews<br /> 30th MidYear Conference Highlights ………………………………<br /> 61st Annual Convention Preview …………<a title="Imprint 2013 January page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=1"> </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=2"> </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=3"> Imprint </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=4"> 2012-2013 Board of directors President </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=5"> VISIT OUR ADVERTISER WEBSITES. 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ACTIVE LINKS FLASH</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=14"> N E W S : NSNA MidYear Board of Directors Meeti</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=15"> N E W S : MidYear Conference Recap Career Plann</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=16"> During the Foundation of the NSNA (FNSNA) MidYear</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=17"> 2012 MidYear Conference Keynoter Donna Car</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=18"> 2012 MidYear Conference The Nomi</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=19"> VISIT OUR ADVERTISER WEBSITES. 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ACTIVE LINKS FLASH</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=23"> IMAGE OF NURSING The Image of Nursing column e</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=24"> Have you ever been in a long line at a store and </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=25"> LEGISLATION EDUCATION ©Thinkstock The Legislati</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=26"> As a graduate nurse and NSNA member, you have bee</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=27"> UP CLOSE By Alice Abreu Up Close Reporter ©T</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=28"> Tiffany and her siblings grew up in a very rural </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=29"> </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=30"> Breakout groups investigated the barriers to inte</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=31"> Some of these programs have implemented classes t</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=32"> NOMINATING AND ELECTIONS CO ©Thinkstock</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=33"> The first step to running for national office is to</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=34"> REFLECTIONS ©Thinkstock Footprints Left on</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=35"> Listen to a patient. In a world full of chaos and</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=36"> VISIT OUR ADVERTISER WEBSITES. ACTIVE LINKS FLASH</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=37"> © Thinkstock Skip to next section 35</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=38"> COME JOIN US! </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=39"> PLENARY SESSI</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=40"> FACULTY/CONSULTANT/ ADVISORS PROGRAM Topics to in</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=41"> Focus Sessions On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=42"> Foundation of the NSNA Events At NSNA’s 61st Annu</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=43"> ©Thinkstock Skip to next section 41</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=44"> Career Center List Nursing Positions Available Hi</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=45"> Nursing Organizations Imprint presents a sampling</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=46"> ©Thinkstock Nursing Organizations Academy o</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=47"> American Psychiatric Nurses Association www.apna.</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=48"> National Association of Hispanic Nurses www.thehi</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=49"> Infusion Nursing: Experience, Expertise, and Exce</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=50"> Twenty-two years later, when my father was diagno</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=51"> ©Thinkstock frequently remaining in place for</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=52"> ©Thinkstock The Standards provides the framew</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=53"> • Developed the Infusion Nursing Standards of Pra</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=54"> 52 JANUARY 2013 y NSNA IMPRINT®</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=55"> Transcultural Nursing: A Presentable and Unpresen</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=56"> 26 May 2007 - The morning began with a motorcycle</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=57"> NSNA 2012 MidYear Conference Vy Truong (left) wit</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=58"> My years of nursing in third-world nations gave m</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=59"> I presented the above story during NSNA’s 2012 Mi</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=60"> ©Thinkstock NURSE PRECEPTORS By Beth Ulrich </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=61"> the school, the organization, the faculty advisor</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=62"> Generally, not all good nurses make good precepto</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=63"> The Preceptor’s Role in the Success of New Nursin</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=64"> By Katie A. Andrews and Julie A. Moss ©Thinkstoc</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=65"> In July 2010, a team of 17 nursing students from </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=66"> The people arriving at Pan de Vida were thrilled </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=67"> day, we continued grow as futures nurses, from di</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=68"> ©Thinkstock 66 JANUARY 2013 y NSNA IMPRINT®</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=69"> It is imperative for us, as nurses, to realize ho</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=70"> While fixed ratios seem to offer a concrete soluti</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=71"> REFERENCES American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=72"> NAVY NURSING: An Interview with Navy Commander To</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=73"> What is the “Navy way?” Cdr. BaldwinVoeks: “The N</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=74"> In the late 1980’s, I looked at the job market an</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=75"> Since nursing procedures are intricate and comple</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=76"> What do you envision as the culmination of your c</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=77"> More Career Planning Resources! Reviewing pa</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=78"> CHIEF NURSING OFFICERS “Is Being a Chief Nursing </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=79"> </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=80"> PARISH NURSING “What is Parish Nursing?” By Carol</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=81"> Practicing Out of the (Acute Care) Box The sky’s </a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=82"> Public Health Nursing Public health nurses integr</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=83"> Just a School Nurse – Reflections of the First Yea</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=84"> (Continued from page 10) The program will operat</a> <a title="Imprint 2013 January page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd22c878?page=85"> A D V E R T I S I N G Index CALIFORNIA BAPTIST </a>