One Semester Down 

Editor in Chief: Jenna Carvallo

It is almost the end of the semester and much has happened. By this time the class of 2016 is getting the routine down, the LVNs are blending in as if they were with us from the beginning,  and the class of 2015 (woo woo!) will have another semester under their belts. So far there has been great team work, bonding, and a sense of comradery among both classes.

Few Announcements

The Christmas party is coming up, Dec. 11, and it is always a good time to unwind and get to come together as peers. I want to thank everyone who sent pictures to chronicle our endeavors.  Also I will start to post more on the blog. Finally every nursing student is an NSA member, if anyone has any questions, suggestions, or concerns, any one of the NSA representative can be contacted.

Class of 2015 Officers

President: Arik Alba

Treasurer: Anthony Petrini

Newsletter Editor in Chief: Jenna Carvallo

Newsletter Team: Dagan Bruemmer, Mylene Magallanes, Jenny Nguyen

Student Advisory: Christina Lepe and Jenessa Mairs

NSA Representative: Dorey Ann Levi

ICC Representatives:Katherine Catahan and Stephanie Figueroa

Activities Coordinators: Joy Martin-Spriggs and Jennifer Merchant

Faculty Advisor: Janis Wisherop, RN, MSN

Class of 2016 Officers

Vice President: Josephine Morante

Secretary: Nolan Villamil

Newsletter Team: Aiko Garcia, Rosa Mendoza, Michael Wang

Student Advisory:Taylor Lehane & Michelle White

NSA Representatives:Jessica Holeman and Victoria Moore

ICC Representatives:Catheryn Hugo & Abhinesh Narayan

 

SCRUB LAB

Mylene Magallanes: News letter blogger

Scrub Lab by Mylene M

Scrub Lab at Skyline College

 

For the second year students we are now in our Medical-Surgical rotation. We were lucky enough to have a scrub lab at Skyline College with Alice Erskine and her students. Alice is the instructor for the surgical technician program. They have a very nice facility and lab we were able to see. Alice demonstrated many skills and we were able to practice. We practiced donning and doffing gowns, gloves and other PPE equipment. We were also taught how to scrub in for a surgical procedure. We were supplied with all the necessary supplies to do so. She was very informative and we learned a lot! Her students were the same and helped us throughout the entire process. I have to say it was a great opportunity and I am glad we were able to have that experience!

 

Mylene Magallanes

N211 Review day

Good luck First Years!!

Review day

 Oct 10, 2014

Final Test on Monday, Oct 13

Ebola: First Case in the U.S.

First U.S. Case Of Ebola Confirmed In Dallas 

 by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Tuesday that the first case of Ebola has appeared in the U.S.

A man in Dallas has tested positive for the virus, the agency says. The man flew to the U.S. from Liberia, arriving on Sept. 20, NPR has learned. He wasn't sick on the flight, and had no symptoms when he arrived.
He first developed symptoms on Wednesday, Sept. 24, according to the CDC, and first sought care on Friday. On Sunday, he was placed in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Health officials have already started searching for people who may have come into close contact with the man. Ebola isn't contagious until a person starts showing symptoms. And the virus is spread only through direct contact of bodily fluids

This isn't the first time somebody has been treated for Ebola in the U.S. Several American aid workers in recent months caught the virus while working in West Africa and were flown back to the U.S. for treatment.
But it's the first time the disease has been detected in a person in the U.S. The CDC is sending a team to Dallas to work with state and local health officials.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa continues to grow rapidly. As of Thursday, there have been more 6,500 cases across Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. More 3,000 people have died of the disease, the World Health Organization says.

Infectious diseases experts have predicted for weeks that a few Ebola cases would likely get imported into the U.S. And hospitals around the country have been preparing to detect and treat such a case.
Because Ebola only spreads through body fluids, officials have said that any case like this will likely be quickly identified and contained, and not lead to a widespread outbreak like the one happening now in West Africa.


Original Article here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/30/352815781/first-u-s-case-of-ebola-confirmed-in-dallas

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Open Skills Lab

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NCLEX Review for your Smartphone?

Wow!   Seems like there are tons of NCLEX apps for your smartphone - many of them free.  Are they any good?  Depends.  Our ace investigative team scanned the mobile world and found over 200 apps that might be worth downloading.  The free ones are not as robust as the $ versions, but they are free, so check them out!  At the very least you can train the brain in your spare time.

We're not endosing any of these, but here's a list of NCLEX apps for Android and iPhone from appszoom.  They seem to do a pretty good job of scanning the universe of what's out there and how much it might cost you.  Let us know which apps you found helpful!

Elsevier's NCLEX Practice Question of the Week

Did you know Elsevier offers an NCLEX question of the Week on their Facebook page?   They also have a blog on Tumblr that has even more NCLEX questions - all free!  The Tumblr site is nice because you can go to Archive and scroll back several years for lots of sampe test questions.

Addict, Heal Thy Self

-by David Hechim, SN

I’m a proponent of patient participation in their own care plan. I’m a firm believer in the medical team helping a patient help themselves. But the latest medical device to be released by Richmond, Virginia based manufacturer, Kaleo Inc., seems to put this concept into the hands of someone who may not be able to use it at all. Evzio, a hand-held auto-injector that delivers a 0.4mg single dose of naloxone and will be available this summer, according to medical journal reports. Naloxone, commonly called Narcan,

Nursing New Grad – Now What…?

-by David Hechim, SN

What kind of nurses will we be? The first answer, of course is “a good one!” But, where? Maybe not so easy to answer. Especially with the changing dynamic in which health care is delivered. Seems that hospitals aren’t exactly the “place to be”, like they once were. Home health is on the rise. There seems to be a demand for Research Nurses. There are private practices, skilled nursing facilities, community health centers, schools, the list seems to go on and on. But the first question a lot of us will be asking ourselves after our final is, “Where would I really like to work?” The answer to that question is probably a lot closer than we might think. For myself, I look back on all of our clinical rotations. Do I want to be a Psych Nurse? Pediatric Nurse? Work in Labor and Delivery? Med/Surg as a floor nurse? Oncology infusion clinic? Wound Care? Dialysis? OR? ER? ICU? Which one of these felt right for me?