Southwestern College

The Southwestern College Association of Nursing Students (SCANS) attended the 57th annual Kansas Association of Nursing Students (KANS) Convention in Wichita.  SCANS had several individual recognitions.

Three SC students were elected to state office positions:  Jill Beistline,

nominations/elections chair, Heather Helsel, breakthrough to nursing chair, and Christina Ellis, vice-president of convention-planning.

The three students ran for office and were elected by the students from across the state. About 200 nursing students attended the event.

“We have an active student nurse association and always have leaders from SC step forward to these leadership roles,” said Jane Schlickau, associate professor of nursing at Southwestern.

At the convention, the students were able to meet other students, network, and listen to current nursing and health issues, in order to become active learners about legislation.

KANS strives to promote the profession of nursing through aiding nursing students in the development of responsibility for the health care of people in all walks of life.