END OF SEMESTER REPORT

CLUB ORGANIZATION: Molloy Nursing Student Association (MNSA)SEMESTER: Fall 2015

FUNDRAISING EVENTS:

MNSA GEAR SALEDates: September 29th & 30th and October 1st Was this cosponsored? : NoBrief description of the event: Various items were sold to benefit the Molloy Nursing Student Association. This included T-shirts, hoodies, yoga pants, and fleece sweatshirts. Shirts that said “There’s Something Special about a Molloy Nurse” and “I’m a Molloy Nurse, What‘s your Superpower? were also sold with all proceeds from that purchase going towards the Ronald McDonald house. -Distribution was on 11/20, 11/23 and 11/24

COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT/CLUB INCENTIVE EVENTS:

MNSA’S PARTY WITH A PURPOSEDate: Friday December 4th Was this cosponsored? : Yes, this event was Co-Sponsored with the Education Club and Red Cross Club (RCC). Brief description of the event: MNSA’s Party with a purpose was a celebration of a collection of presents for Cohen’s Children’s Hospital. Students volunteered to bring toys to the party or give a $2.00 donation to the cause. (See Image 2)

REASON FOR THE SEASON:Date: Sunday December 6th Was this cosponsored? : Yes, this event was Co-Sponsored with the Education Club and Red Cross Club (RCC). Brief description of the event: Extension of MNSA’s Party with a purpose to collect presents for Cohen’s Children’s Hospital. Students volunteered to help with crafts and activities for children and families who came to support the cause. (See Image 3)

MNSA OCTOBER MEETING CLUB INCENTIVE Date: October 15th Was this cosponsored? : Yes, this event was Co-Sponsored with the Psychology ClubBrief description of the event: This meeting was co-sponsored with the Psychology Club to raise awareness for mental health issues, especially suicide. Talita Ferrara from the Counseling Center and Dale Camhi, the Long Island chair of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Walk, presented about these issues as well. Magnets were sold, and all proceeds were donated to AFSP.

MNSA FUNDRAISER AT SWIRL BLISS FROZEN YOGURT COMPANYDate: October 22, 2015 Was this cosponsored? : NoBrief description of the event: 20% of the proceeds made from the store were given to MNSA to be donated for AFSP.

MNSA CARDIO KICKBOXING FUNDRAISER TO “KICK SUICIDE OUT OF THE QUESTION”Date: October 23, 2015 Was this cosponsored? : NoBrief description of the event: Lucille Roberts women’s gym held a cardio kickboxing class for men and women who wanted to donate and support the cause. Magnets were also sold here. All proceeds were donated to AFSP.

*Altogether, MNSA raised $340.00 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

MNSA EXECUTIVE BOARD:

CO-PRESIDENTS:JACLYN MALONE, SAMANTHA BISHOP

CO-VICE PRESIDENTS:KATELYN FINNEGAN, KARINE BRISSON

CO-TREASURERS:EMILY ROSEN, RACHEL WHITE

CO-SECRETARIES:PHIL DESENA, JULIA WHITE

CO-COMMUNICATIONS’ DIRECTORS:TERESA MCDAVID, STEPHANIE JORGENSON

ADVISORS:DR. MOORE, DR. EMEGHEBO, & PROFESSOR MULLARKEY

**SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO ON NATIONAL AND STATE NURSING STUDENT ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATIONS:

JACLYN MALONE- RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL STU-DENT NURSES’ ASSOCIATION (NSNA)

SAMANTHA BISHOP- VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NURSING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE (NSANYS)

RACHEL WHITE- TREASURER OF THE NURSING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE (NSANYS)

EMILY ROSEN- METROPOLITAN REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NURSING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE (NSANYS)

KATELYN FINNEGAN- HAPPENINGS’ REPORTER FOR NATIONAL STUDENT NURSES’ ASSOCIATION (NSNA) AND MIDHUDSON REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE NURSING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE (NSANYS)

ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS MNSA PARTICIPATED IN:

JULY 31, 2015- NATIONAL STUDENT NURSES’ ASSOCIATION (NSNA) SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

AUGUST 2015- MNSA VOLUNTEERED AT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015- SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DEPAUL’S WALK FOR THE HOMELESS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015- MNSA WELCOME BACK MEETING WITH DR. MOORE, DR. EMEGHEBO, AND DR MULDOON AS SPEAKERS

JUNE 29- 30, 2015- INCOMING FRESHMEN CLUB FAIR (MNSA DID BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015- TRANSFER STUDENT ORIENTATION/ CLUB FAIR

MSG MEETINGS:SEPTEMBER 17, 2015- MSG CLUB PRESIDENTS & ADVISORS MEETING

NOVEMBER 24, 2015- ATTENDED MSG MEETINGDECEMBER 8, 2015- ATTENDED MSG MEETING

OCTOBER 7, 2015- CLUB INCENTIVE BAKE SALE WITH THE BUSINESS CLUB/DEPARTMENT- MNSA donated $20.00

OCTOBER 17, 2015- HOMECOMING- SOLD T-SHIRTS TO SUPPORT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FUNDRAISER, AND SOLD MAGNETS TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION

SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 1, 2015- MNSA GEAR SALE

OCTOBER 18, 2015- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S BREAST CANCER WALK

OCTOBER 15, 2015- OCTOBER MEETING/CLUB INCENTIVE WITH PSYCHOL-OGY CLUB FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (SPEAKERS:DALE CAMHI, AND TALITA FERRARA)*MAGNETS WERE SOLD TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (AFSP)

OCTOBER 22, 2015- SWIRL BLISS FROZEN YOGURT FUNDRAISER FOR THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION’S OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK

*$50 WAS DONATED (20% OF TOTAL PROCEEDS FROM 4-9PM AT SWIRL BLISS)

OCTOBER 23, 2015- CARDIO KICKBOXING FUNDRAISER AT LUCILLE ROBERTS TO “KICK SUICIDE OUT OF THE QUESTION”FUNDRAISING FOR THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION’S OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK*ONE FREE, THREE MONTH GYM MEMBERSHIP WAS GIVEN OUT IN A RAFFLE COURTESY OF LUCILLE ROBERTS’ DISTRICT MANAGER, ALONG WITH FREE GUEST PASSES FOR THE GYM TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT.

OCTOBER 25, 2015- AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION’S OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK

OCTOBER 27-29, 2015- TOTAL SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP TABLE TO COLLECT REGISTRATION FEES TO ENABLE MOLLOY TO HAVE THE NUMEROUS BENEFITS OF TOTAL SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP

NOVEMBER 11-12- BOOKS ARE FUN FUNDRAISER- RAISED $340.00

NOVEMBER 12, 2015- MNSA MEETING WITH A SPEAKER FROM GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE REGARDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND A TRAVEL NURSE TO SPEAK ABOUT TRAVEL NURSING. IN ADDITION, MNSA MADE CARDS FOR VETERANS FOR VETERANS’ DAY

NOVEMBER 12, 2015- NURSING ASSOCIATION OF THE COUNTIES OF LONG ISLAND (NACLI) NURSING AWARDS DINNER- PROFESSOR MULLARKEY AND FORMER MOLLOY STUDENT, KELLY LAMATINA, RECEIVED AWARDS

NOVEMBER 17, 2015- EAT TO HELP END HUNGER- CLUB INCENTIVE. TWO DISHES OF PASTA WERE CONTRIBUTED FOR THIS EVENT

NOVEMBER 20, 2015- VOLUNTEERING AT THE MARY BRENAN INN

DECEMBER 23, 2015- MNSA VOLUNTEERS AT THE PINNING CEREMONY

DECEMBER 4, 2015- PARTY WITH A PURPOSE

DECEMBER 6, 2015- REASON FOR THE SEASON CLUB INCENTIVE WITH THE EDUCATION CLUB

MNSA’S MINUTES FOR THE SEMESTER:

MNSA Board Meeting: May 28, 2015Those Present: Julia White, Phillip DeSena, Rachel White, Dr. Moore, Stephanie Jorgen-son, Samantha Bishop, Jaclyn Malone, Katelyn Finnegan, Karine BrisonExcused Absences: Emily Rosen (internship), Teresa McDavid (work), Dr. Emeghebo (France)

Old BusinessItem Discussion/Outcome

Job Requirements Each position is assigned a group of requirements they are obligated to fulfill.

Check Requests/Money

$16,499 in our account.An advisor must sign the check request as well as Treasurer

Gear Sale 3 colors in long sleeve shirts (pink, maroon and white) and fleeces. (maroon, navy and grey)

New BusinessItem Discussion/Outcome Task

Meeting Topics for the 2015-2016 school year

Men in nursing, minorities in nursing, medical mission, psych nursing, medica-tion safety, past student panel, travel nurs-ing, nursing recruitment,

Certificates for getting involved in MNSA

Each event we hold MNSA will create certificates for attending such event.

Creation of a cal-endar

(see below)

Creation of a contact list

sent out to MSNA board

Welcome Back Meeting

Including a “How to survive nursing school” piece.

$600 left over from last year's budget

Potential solutions: spend $600 on Ronald McDonald House OR buy $500 worth of toys for Christmas party

Party with a Pur-pose

Potential donation sites including Ronald McDonald House, Mama’s House, or other shelters

Research potential donation sites to donate toys for un-derprivileged children.

MNSA SCHEDULE 2015-2016

Meeting Date Time Location Topic

July 31 7am-4pm City NSNA Leadership Conference

September 22nd 3:30pm Madison The-ater Welcome back meeting

October 15th 3:30pm Madison The-ater Mental Health/ Psych Nurse

October 18th 8am Jones Beach Breast Cancer Walk

October 25th 8am Jones Beach Out of Darkness Walk

November 10th 3:30pm Larini Room Veterans Day

December 4th 5pm Larini Room Party With a Purpose

Feb 2nd 3:30pm Madison The-ater Minorities in Nursing

March 1st 3:30pm Madison The-ater Recent Graduate panel

April 5th 3:30pm Madison The-atre Nurse Recruiter

Minutes 9/8/15Time of Meeting: 430 - 545Attendees: Samantha Bishop, Jaclyn Malone, Rachel White, Teresa McDavid, Philip De-Sena, and Professor Mullarkey.

Financial Budget for the school year has been received.

Tuesday, September 22 is the "Welcome Back" Meeting which will be held in Madison Theatre from 430-530

Total School Membership:- An initiative taken on by the MNSA for all nursing students to register to be NSNA members.- Dr. Moore will be consulted before any plans are put into action.

Dr. Moore has gathered the EKG calibrators for one of our future meetings.

The Gear Sale dates have been finalized, a doodle document will be created for each MNSA Board Member to sign up for a time in which they can volunteer. The dates are:September 29, Tuesday; September 30, Wednesday; October 1, Thursday

Potential "Party with a Purpose" ideas in honor of Jaclyn Moore:1. An animal shelter since she was a lover of dogs. 2. "The Cope Foundation" which is a non profit geared towards parents who have lost a child.

Good Shepherd Hospice Care is looking to partner with MNSA for students to become volunteers. They also agreed to speak at one of our meetings.

The Peer Mentorship in the nursing lab was discussed. Mary Lane is the new director of the Nursing Lab, Sam had reached out to her and a meeting will be held with Phil, Kate-lyn, Sam, and Mary Lane regarding Peer Mentorship in the lab sometime in the coming weeksMinutes for Welcome Back Meeting 9/22/15Present: Julia, Phil, Emily, Rachel, Jackie, Katelyn, Karine, Sam, Steph.Not present: Teresa (work)

Introduction of the current board:Jackie Malone and Sam Bishop Co- PresidentsKatelyn Finnegan and Karine Brison Co- Vice PresidentsRachel White and Emily Rosen Co- TreasuresJulia White and Philip DeSena Co- SecretaryTeresa McDavid and Stephanie Jorsegon Co- Communication Director  

Beginning of Meeting started with a “Year in Review”: Sam & Jaclyn both explained all of the events and opportunities the MNSA has to

offer to students, including specifically what was done last yea as in;o Ronald Mcdonald Houseo Party with a Purposeo Volunteering at Mary Brennan Inno Nurse Recruitment attending one of our meetingso State Convention which includes Kaplan courses and Resume Reviewo Nursing Speakers coming to meetingso National Conventiono Peer Mentoring

Dr. Muldoon spoke about the importance of getting involved in MNSA, including an in-troduction to the new building and the buildings up to date technology. The new building will include 63 computers and double the amount of simulation dolls and hospital beds. Including a birthing mother simulator. On the first floor of the Barba Hagan building there will be all labs. Second and third floors will be offices and doctoral information. The basement will be classrooms with stadium seating. All classrooms will include the newest technology.

Total School Participation was also addressed. 1. Molloy is looking for total school body participation in NSNA.2. This will include discounted rates for all new and existing members3. the more enrollment within the NSNA from Molloy the greater the delegates for

the school.4. MNSA will email the applications to all nursing students5. Giveaways will be given to the first students who apply to NSNA and send back

their application.

Ki Eta Phi speaker attended the meeting: Crystal Johnson She spoke about building the organization within Molloy, and increasing the en-

rollment. The Molloy College Chapter is Kappa Eta Betta The sorority is open to both men and women; they are involved in many commu-

nity events. The sorority only accepts enrollment from Sophomore level students and above.

The meeting ended with a video about the Top Ten Reasons to get involved in NSNA & a giveaway was done!

Meeting Date: 10/15/15

Meeting Topic: Suicide Prevention Awareness

Speakers: Talita Ferrara, Dale Camhi, Maggie Kammerer

Committee and Faculty Attended: Jaclyn Malone, Samantha Bishop, Philip DeSena, Katelyn Finnegan, Rachel White, Teresa McDavid, Emily Rosen, Dr. Moore, Professor Mullarkey

Students Attended: 56

Topic 1: Counseling Center InformationSpeaker: Talita Ferrara - Counselor at Counseling Center

Molloy College Counseling Center Kellenberg Room 207 Phone # 516 - 323 - 3484 Center provides mental health counseling for all issues Counseling is free of charge and confidential Provides short term counseling (1 - 8 sessions) with a solution geared approach

OR Assessment and Referral if long term counseling is required Best way to make appointment is through calling the office Counselor available Monday - Friday with various hours each day

Topic 2: Suicide Prevention Information/ Ways to Help & Get InvolvedSpeakers: Jaclyn Malone, Samantha Bishop, Maggie Kammerer – Psychology Club

American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Walk: October 25, 2015 @ 8am Jones Beach

Ways to help support individuals suffering from mental illness: aware of signs and symptoms, good listening, offer words of encouragement

Avoid snap out of it and cheep up statements Ways to get help: encourage person to call MD for mental health referral, coun-

seling center, school counseling, 911 Venting to friends is not a substitute for treatment, untreated anxiety/depression

will get worse if left alone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1800 273 8255 ended with informational video about suicide/depression

Topic 3: American Foundation For Suicide PreventionSpeaker: Dale Camhi - Metro - NY Director of American Foundation For Suicide Pre-vention

reach out for help, be a person who will offer help bring awareness to suicide prevention New “Truth About Suicide” Documentary being released in 2016 AFSP does not have a hotline, they raise money for research in all fields of sui-

cide prevention, treatment, and survivorship AFSP provides education through community and school programs AFSP provides advocacy for suicide related issues through legislation Out of the Darkness Walks funds go to: National Organization and into local

communities for teaching, outreach, and survivorship networks, etc.. AFSP provides interactive online screening tools for suicide/depression which are

anonymous

Topic 4: Total School Membership All MNSA members will receive an email regarding information on Total School

Membership sometime this week.

Magnets were sold at the meeting for the MNSA Suicide Prevention WalkSwirl Bliss and Kick Suicide Out of the Question fundraisers announced

MNSA Meeting 11/12/15Number of students attended: 30MNSA Board Members/Officials Present: Philip DeSena, Katelyn Finnegan, Dr. Moore, Samantha Bishop, Teresa McDavid, Rachel White, Jaclyn Malone, Emily Rosen

Speakers: Suzanne D. Sova & Pam Brenner

Samantha Bishop: Volunteer Opportunity for all MNSA members at the Ronald McDonald House

on 2/06/2015 December 4th is Party with a Purpose where toys will be collected and donated to

Cohen’s Medical Center National Convention sign up is not open, but those should be aware that it is com-

ing up MNSA is accepting excerpts on first clinical experience for  The Pulse

Pam Brenner: Good Shepherd Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Good Shepherd Hospice is both an inpatient unit and a community outreach Patient’s being taken care of t Good Shepherd Hospice require 2 medical doctors

to agree that if the disease follow its natural progression, without treatment, the patient will pass away in 6 months.

The goal of Good Shepherd is comfort care Good Shepherd prides itself on its multidisciplinary teams Volunteer opportunities are being sought after at Good Shepherd 1. In Office Volunteers: requires volunteers to take phone calls, and put together in-

formational packets2. Community visit allows volunteers to visit the homes of hospice patients and

spend time with them3. Comapssionate Shepherds allows volunteers an opportunity to sit one on one with

a patient in Good Shepherd Hospice.4. Bereavement Volunteer allows volunteers the opportunity to make personal phone

calls to family members who have just suffered a loss of a loved one. Good Shepherd has a 16 bed inpatient facility for the acutely ill patients. Good Shepherd will take hospice patients treated at home for a maximum of 5

days to give the family a break from care. Each volunteer is not required to meet a minimum amount of hours Process to get setup as a volunteer is long, requires application, background

checks, and training

Suzanne D. Sova: Cross Country Staffing Employee - Travel Nursing Suzanne had been a travel nurse for 5 years Travelers are of all ages and experiences Incentives are given to traveler’s depending on the need and the type of assign-

ment they are given Travel jobs are increasingly popular and are in high demand Nurses have a say in their jobs and can pick where they would like to travel to.

The need for nurses is greatly increasing therefore, more nurses have greater op-portunities to pick the assignments they want to go on.

Travel nurses do receive benefits: dental, health, and life insurance, plus free housing and housing subsidies.

Some assignments have completion and referral bonuses Each traveler is paired with a recruiter where they will work together to match a

nurse to an assignment

Each traveling nurse must apply for licensure in the state in which they are travel-ing to. Cross country will reimburse the nurse for the cost of licensure in the cho-sen state.

Cross Country staffs nurses at hospitals, clinics and even schools. On average, the travel time for an assignment is 13 weeks If you enjoy an assignment it is possible to reapply to prolong your stay.