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. Ashamol M B
SNA Vice Advisor
Miss. Ann Merin Alex
| Chairperson: Ms. Aleena Reji | Vice Chairperson: Ms. Andrea Thomas | |
| Programme Chairperson: Ms. Jyolsna Joshy | General Secretary: Mr. Jobin Joy | |
| Joint Secretary: Ms. Neha Keni | Treasurer: Ms. Jiza Varghese | |
| Faculty Advisor: Mrs. Ashamol M B |
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)
SNA unit of Pushpagiri college of nursing has celebrated International Nurses day on 18th May 2019 at the college auditorium. On this occasion a message was delivered by Sr. Serena CMC, Asso. Professor, Pushpagiri college of nursing and students conducted various cultural programs. All students and faculties actively participated in this celebration.
SNA/ COLLEGE UNION Arts fest of Pushpagiri College of Nursing for the academic year 2018 – 2019 was conducted on 6 th and 7 th March 2019. Rev. Fr. Mathew Mazhavancheril, Academic Director inaugurated the fest. Competitions were started by 10 a.m. Second day (7 th March competitions were started from 8.30 a.m. Students from
Annual sports meet for the academic year 2018-2019 was conducted at Municipal stadium Thiruvalla on 16/02/2019. Competitions were started from 7 am onwards. The inaugural function commenced by Pariyarath(Hospital administrator and Director IT and Marketing,Pushpagiri Medical College). Ms.Feba Daisy John, Sports secretary delivered the sports oath to the students. Students exhibited their talents in all
