Feb. 16, 2010

Nursing student convention at DWU this week

MITCHELL — The Nursing Student Association of South Dakota Convention will be on Dakota Wesleyan University’s campus this week for the first time.

DWU has hosted this two-day event seven times, but this will be the first time it will be on campus. The convention begins at 8 a.m. Friday and runs until 2 p.m. Saturday. The convention brings more than 300 potential and current health professionals to campus and acts as a major networking source for South Dakota student nurses.

Pre-registration has passed, but participants may still register at the door for $60 for both days.

Various speakers from area hospitals and clinics present individually and in panels on preventing compassion fatigue, experiences of specialty nurses and current issues in the nursing profession, organ donation, and preparation for the RN licensing exam. There will be representatives from various health care fields, hospitals and clinics both days, as well as a silent auction on Friday. Also, DWU Outstanding Nursing Students Lizz Waldow, Mitchell, and Sarah Grings, Huron, will represent their classmates at the state ONS competition on Saturday.