Nursing Club Newsletter Spring 23

In this Issue:

Nursing Club goes to Nashville!

Prohealth Care Cancer Walk Congrats to our Awards Winners!

Nursing Club SeminarPost Traumatic Success Congrats Class of 2023!!!

Get your Nursing Club Merch!

Congrats to our Fall 23 Board Members!!

President: Tate Stoeckmann, level 2

Co-President: Holly Knight, level 2

Vice-President: Felicia Hudson, level 2

Secretary: Mollie Huebsch, level 2

Treasurer: Amber Davis, level 3

Marketing: Gabby Vasquez, level 3

NSNA Annual Convention, Nashville, TN

On April 12th, 2023, the WCTC Nursing Club made history attending the first ever annual convention of the National Student Nurse Association in Nashville, TN. In total, 11 students across all levels attended with club faculty Cassie Prohaska and Amber Gonzalez Grant. Students left the conference with new friendships, broadened horizons, and an invigorated passion for nursing. Check out the video re-cap here. Thank you, Holly Knight for creating this awesome video!

Here's what students had to say:

"I learned so many different avenues to nursing and how broad it truly is and that the sky is the limit. We had amazing keynote speakers, along with getting to know other students from other schools around the country and how we are all very diverse and unique in our own way."

-Holly Knight, level 2.

"Thank you again for this wonderful opportunity. I gained a lot of inspiration from this conference, and it allowed me to realize that I am so close to being done and so close to being able to really put some of these lessons and inspiration into play and make real changes for my patients."

-Jordan Anderson, Level 4.

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L-R: Cassie Prohaska, Jordan Anderson, Sherry Drinan, Katie Pekrul, McKenzie Wyskochil, Tate Stoeckman, Felicia Hudson, Gabby Vasquez, Alysha Newkirk, Jennifer Schilling, Amber Gonzalez Grant, Amber Davis

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARDS WINNERS....

Congratulations to Sherry Drinan, winner of the Outstanding Student Award in our School of Health and Nursing Program and Jennifer Schilling, Outstanding Club Member for the Nursing Club!

Sherry is a member of the WCTC Nursing Club, the National Student Nurses Association, and the Phi Theta Kappa and National Technical Honor Societies. She is also doing us the honor of speaking at our afternoon commencement ceremony.

PROHEALTH CARE CANCER WALK

Our WCTC Nursing Program hosts many clinical rotations at WMH- ranging from labor and delivery to cardiology units- every semester, with many students choosing them as their first career after graduation.

Level 2 student and Secretary Mollie Huebsch took the initiative to organize a volunteer opportunity for WCTC Nursing students.

Jennifer is a 2-time board member of the WCTC Nursing Club, a member of the National Student Nurses Association. Jennifer has been involved in countless club and campus activities, from open house, to various events hosted by SGA Jennifer is current President of the Nursing Club. We are so proud of all her accomplishments and grateful for the time, effort, dedication, and so deserving of this award.

On Saturday, May 6th, 9 nursing students gathered at Frame Park in Waukesha to volunteer for this fundraiser which supports cancer services at ProHealth.

A huge thank you to all of the students who participated:

Amber Davis, level 3

Mollie Huebsch, level 2, Secretary

Felicia Hudson, level 2

Holly Knight, level 2

Tabitha Mortensen, level 1

Katie Pekrul, level 4

Tate Stoeckmann, level 2

McKenzie Wyskochil, level 1

Cassie Prohaska, faculty co-advisor

*Special shout out to level 4 Jordan Anderson, who volunteered as a police officer for the event. Great Job Nursing Club!!

Michele Nelson, Dean School of Health & Sherry Drinan

Jennifer Schilling, President, Nursing Club

Amber Gonzalez Grant, Club Faculty, Jennifer Schilling, President, Nursing Club, Sherry Drinan, Colleen Nuckolls, Associate Dean- Nursing, Michele Nelson, Dean School of Health

NURSING CLUB SPONSORED SEMINAR: POST TRAUMATIC SUCCESS A VETERAN'S PERSPECTIVE

The Nursing Club Board & members spent countless hours planning, preparing, and organizing the seminar entitled "Post Traumatic Sucess, A Veteran's Perspective" Nursing students developed and hosted this seminar to help students, nurses, and community members understand trauma from the veteran's perspective.

Keynote speaker Jerry Smith provided a history of his experience, and shared many photographs that brought his story to life.

End note speaker Brigette Bendzka, MSN, RN-BC, gave an inspiring speech about how their experience in the military shaped their career as a nurse.

Guest Speakers included:

Jerry Smith, of Cedarburg- a Vietnam Veteran and retired Physician Assistant.

Brigette Bendzka, MSN, RN-BC, is an Army Veteran of the Persian Gulf Era She currently works as a Patient Care Services Nurse Recruiter at the Clement J Zablocki Medical Center

Chad Wetterneck, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as the clinical director of Trauma Recovery services at Rogers Behavioral Health, where he developed various adult trauma recovery programs.

Colonel (Retired) John Janiszewski, Veteran, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Mike Malloy, Veteran- a total of 37 years of service with the US Army.

Glen Perry, Veteran- was in the Army 1966 to 1969, Vietnam 6869, and was a combat engineer equipment operator

THANK YOU'S:

The Nursing Club members who worked very hard to plan the event

Mary Ann Burzynski, Admin Assistant, Nursing Dept for the assistance for the event

Our guest speakers for coming together to support our cause.

WCTC Faculty: Cassie Prohaska, Amber Grant, and Colleen Nuckolls, for supporting the Nursing Club Board Members in planning and coordinating this event

Our participants for taking action in becoming empowered through education on trauma and mental health.

Jennifer Schilling, President, Nursing Club, Tate Stoeckmann, nursing club, Lori Feurstein, Counselor, Michele Nelson, Dean-School of Health

Mollie Huebsch & Felicia Hudson, Nursing Students/Nursing Club Mollie Huebsch, McKenzie Wyskochil, & Felicia Hudson, Nursing Students/Nursing Club

Tate Stoeckmann & Allison LaPorte, Nursing Club members, facilitating the panel discussion

Brigette Bendzka, MSN, RN-BC, End Note Speaker

ABOUT THE LAST MEETING....

On Monday, May 1st, Nursing Club had it's last meeting of the semester. During this meeting, we learned about the NextGen and pro-tips on how to decifer the new NCLEX from our very own students who attended the NSNA conference in fall. Attendees of the Spring NSNA conference shared their take-aways from the experience and finally we celebrated our 2023 grads!

Thank you to each and every student who participated, attended and volunteered the Nursing Club this past year It has been an awesome experience to watch you grow professionally and support you on your journey in the Nursing Program We wish you all a restful summer and can't wait to see you in Fall 2023!

We have some exciting things lined up for Fall!:

Guest speakers

Fundraisers

Volunteer Opportunities

Flu shot clinics

And Much More!

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2023!!

Congrats to our 2023 Nursing Graduates!!! We are SO proud of you! A special shout out to our Nursing Club Members, past and present board members who are graduating. Thank you for your contributions to the Nursing Club, you have made a true difference in the lives of many.

NSNA ANNUAL CONVENTION

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STUDENT & FACULTY PORTRAITS FROM NSNA NATIONAL CONVENTION

HOW WAS THE CONFERENCE?

"Thank you again for this wonderful opportunity. I gained a lot of inspiration from this conference, and it allowed me to realize that I am so close to being done and so close to being able to really put some of these lessons and inspiration into play and make real changes for my patients " Jordan Anderson, Level 4

"I just want to say how awesome the conference was and that I learned quite a bit

The biggest takeaway for me was that nurses suffer from discrimination along with the patients that we see Several of the speakers from the “Different Minds Different Perspectives Different Partners” session have witnessed and experienced it and stressed that this new generation of nurses needs to be the ones to change this... We can be the change that healthcare and patients need!"- McKenzie Wyskochil, level 1

NURSING STUDENT TO HOST FUNDRAISER FOR CANCER PATIENTS

Class of '23 Graduate Sherry Drinan is organizing a fundraiser on July 22nd, 2023. Sherry is a breast cancer warrior, and is teaming up with the This Time Tomorrow foundation for: BAGs Fest for Cancer. Proceeds go towards their Random Acts of Kindness program benefitting cancer patients

Come out & enjoy Music, car & motorcycle show, food, raffle baskets, 50/50, Cornhole tournament There are many ways to participate: Sponsor, donate items for raffle/silent auction, volunteer, or just attend and support this worthy cause! Connect with Sherry for more info: sherrynoeldrinan@gmail com See you there!

Saturday, 7/22 @ 11am

Never Ending Cycles N58W38900 Industrial Road, Oconomowoc

Jordan Anderson Sherry Drinan Amber Davis Amber Gonzalez Grant Holly Knight

Katie Pekrul

Jennifer Schilling Tate Stoeckman

Cassie Prohaska Gabby Vasquez

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2023!!

SAVE THE DATE!!

NURSING CLUB DATES FALL 23

Club Meetings

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"A couple weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend a leadership conference in Milwaukee that was hosted by Aurora Medical Center – Sinai. About 50 student nurses and nurse leaders gathered for a night of listening to panelists discuss ways in how nurses can become better leaders in their workplaces and in the communities that they live in.

One panelist stated, “a title is just something that gives me a paycheck.” She went on to say that “people don’t care what you know until they know how much you care.” She taught our group that it was more important to establish a level of trust between the nurse and the patient and also between the nurses on the unit.

Staying curious, asking many questions, and actively listening are some of the ways that nurses can better educate themselves in the workplace. It is important to show up to work as your authentic self and to strive to represent someone, whether that be a patient, community member, or fellow nurse It will make you a more confident person and a better advocate for your patients." -Tate Stoeckmann, Level 1