With a membership of 60,000 nationwide, the National Student Nurses’ Association mentors the professional development of future registered nurses and facilitates their entrance into the profession by providing educational resources, leadership opportunities, and career guidance.
The Student Nurses’ Association, popularly known as SNA, is a nation-wide organization of nursing students. It was established in 1929 at the time of annual conference of the TNAI in Madras. The main purpose of forming the Association by TNAI was to provide vanities to the nursing students, facilitate their all round development and accredit them to join TNAI as qualified nurses.
Student Nurses Association is one of the best platform for the student nurses to participate actively in curricular and co-curricular activities, community health related activities, communicate issues and concerns relevant to nursing. The SNA unit of Pushpagiri College of Nursing was established in the year 2002. SNA unit aids in the development of the personality of student nurses, his or her professional role and responsibility for health care of people in all walks of their life. SNA works to provide opportunity for personal, intellectual, professional and social growth of its members. SNA unit conducts various educational and cultural programmes on special health days, monthly gathering and various clubs. Students are actively participating in Unit, Zonal and State educational and cultural competitions.
SNA during academic year 2023-2024
The SNA elections of the 2023-2024 was conducted on 03rd June 2023, Saturday and new members were elected.
The Following are the Newly Elected Members of the Students Nurses Association:
President
Prof. Vineetha Jacob
SNA Advisor
Mrs. Linju Prasad
SNA Vice Advisor
Mrs. Irene Elsa
| Chairperson: Mr.Jomy Roy | Vice Chairperson: Mr. Amith Anil | |
| Programme Chairperson: Ms. Thressiamma Joseph | Secretary: Ms. Divya Ann Saji | |
| Joint Secretary: Ms. Jesty Sajan | Treasurer: Ms. Nini Susan Antony | |
| Faculty Advisor: Mrs. Linju Prasad |
Pushpagiri College of Nursing actively participated in the Pushpagiri day celebrations held on 1st of October 2022 from 4pm to 10pm. Three food stalls were put up by the college at the venue. One by SNA, another by Third years and a third by the staff welfare committee of PCON. The students added color to
Zumba is a fitness program that involves cardio and Latin-inspired dance. It strengthens the core with cardio and aerobic total body workout. Zumba engages every muscle in the body and involves lunges, squats, and jumping jacks too. Around 85 students, First year and Fourth year BSc Nursing Students of Pushpagiri College of Nursing, participated on
The National Service Scheme unit (NSS/FU/PNT/KUHS/2) of Pushpagiri College of Nursing observed the International Nurses day on 12/05/2022 at Pushpagiri college of Nursing, Thiruvalla. The programme was conducted in collaboration with SNA unit. There were around 225 volunteers participated in the programme. The programme helped to make aware about the role of nurse in the society.
As a part of the World Aids Day Celebration, we the Community Health Nursing in collaboration with the Medical Surgical Nursing and SNA UNIT conducted an awareness programme on December 1st 2021 .The theme for the 2021 World Aids Day was ‘END INEQUALITY; END AIDS’. The programme was conducted in the OP Department of OBG
The NSS unit and SNA unit of Pushpagiri College of Nursing observed Essay competition in relation to National Unity Day. The programme helped to develop patriotic feeling and enrich the knowledge on thoughts of sardar Vallabhai Patel and significance of celebrating National Unity Day currently. This Programme also helped develop writing skills of the volunteers.
Poster Competition on the subject ‘No to Dowry’ was was conducted on 03-09-2021 at 1.30 pm by the SNA/students union at Pushpagiri College of Nursing as per the instructions from KUHS. The winners are- Ms. Honey K. H (2nd year B.Sc) Ms. Minnu Mathew (4th year BSc) Ms. Serin Joshy (3rd year BSc)
