About Us

The Nursing Student Association or NSA is San Francisco State University's chapter of the larger organizations, the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) and the California Nurses Student Association (CNSA). Both associations work to improve the development of nursing students by bringing up to date information on nursing practices, ethics, legislation, and much more.

Our student organization is run by elected officers that hold different responsibilities to help in improving the experience of pre-nursing and current nursing students. Our organization participates in blood drives, student body functions, faculty meetings, mentoring, sharing information on community service and volunteer opportunities, attending conventions, and improving the quality of our program experience.

 

Our Purpose:

• To aid in the educational development of students who choose Nursing as their major and profession.

• To contribute to the educational standards of the University in general, and the Nursing Department specifically, with emphasis upon maintaining the high education standards of the Nursing Program.

• To promote a positive image of the School of Nursing and its student body.

• To address student issues concerning their Nursing education.

• To be an advocate for Nursing students.

• To sponsor events that will benefit SFSU students, and the larger community of our region.

• To promote interdisciplinary collaboration in furthering our objectives and purpose.

 

Membership:

    * The best way to learn more and get involved with our organization is to attend our frequent student meetings held on Friday’s during the month.

    * Membership is open to all Pre-Nursing Students enrolled in at least one Pre-Nursing major course and Nursing Students currently enrolled in School of Nursing SFSU.

    * Visit our website homepage for postings about upcoming meetings or events. Also, our website host orgsync has groups made for campus organizations and our nursing program is one of them! So please, if you have an orgsync account join the Nursing Student Association Orgsync page! It's a great way for us to connect.

    * Intrigued about NSNA? Become a Member! 
        * Current membership fees are as follows:
        * Nursing Student: $45/one-year or $90/two-year membership
            * For Current Nursing Students please email: OrientationDirectorsSFSU@yahoo.com
        * Pre-Nursing student: $35/one-year or $70/two-year membership 
            * For Pre-Nursing Students please email: BreakThru2NursingSFSU@yahoo.com

    * With your NSNA membership you automatically are made a member of the CNSA and the NSA at SFSU. As a member you receive benefits such as updates in the nursing field, scholarship information, convention updates, and coupons for medical journals, books, scrubs, and more! 

    * Also, by joining NSNA, you are helping our local chapter expand and increasing our ability to be involved in conferences held by the NSNA (which is a fantastic opportunity for nursing students)! So join and become a member today!