California Nursing Students' Association

✨You’re invited to join CNSA for our next Council of Chapter Leaders meeting on May 30 @ 11:00 AM PST ✨

Come learn about creative fundraising ideas and about how other nursing students have been able to turn CNSA involvement and convention attendance into class/clinical credit. You might even leave with a gift card!

Join us via the link below (also in our bio)! We look forward to meeting with you!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZCu9075KRXKMxIN3m5lmIw #/registration

As we close out National Nurses Week, let’s not forget the major milestones it took to get us to where we are with today’s celebrations! To know history is to know self — here is some of the history behind how National Nurses Week came to be! 🧑‍⚕️📖

Let this week (and every week we work on the floor) be an example of how important advocating for the future of the nursing profession is. Your work is valued and appreciated, and you have the power to change the nursing workforce! ✊🏥😷

Happy Nurses Week! We hope you’re all taking the chance to thank your faculty, mentors, and yourselves for the incredible work you do not just this week, but every day! 🩵

Take part in CNSA’s Annual Compassion Initiative, “Cards for Nurses,” by creating cards for the nurses at your local hospitals and clinics. Let us highlight your chapter’s cards and other Nurses Week events by tagging ! 🩺

Join CNSA for our nurse leadership Q&A! Learn how to stand out, lead with intention, and shape your future in nursing! 🩺💚

CNSA is excited to host Jim D’Alfonso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. He is a nurse executive and leader in professional development at Kaiser Permanente, where he advances education, research, and leadership across healthcare.

With experience in leadership role including Chief Nurse Executive and international work in clinical development, he is widely recognized for his impact on nursing leadership and healthcare transformation. He also serves as faculty with UCSF and USF and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

CNSA misses Houston so much, we just had to recap our experience! Thank you NSNA for another incredible annual convention! 🫶🩺🩵🔭

FREE EVENT! 🩺💜

Sigma Theta Tau is an international nursing honor society that strives to empower nurses and nursing students to fulfill their true potential. Sigma’s San Diego Gamma Gamma Chapter is happy to announce its program for Spring 2026, Leverage Your Ikigai: Be Irreplaceable!

This FREE event is presented by Michael Taningco, San Diego State SON alum who’s dedicated his time beyond the bedside to mentoring nurses and students. Through this event and more, Gamma Gamma hopes to be a contributing factor to your professional growth through this program!

Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (1800-2000) PST
Format: Online (Scan the QR code for the sign-up link)

Calling all New Grad RNs! 📞‼️

Looking to gain valuable advice and connections as you start applying for jobs? Hosted by our Community Health Directors, Rajdeep and Alex, CNSA is hosting a New Graduate RN Panel this upcoming Thursday, April 2nd, at 7 PM (PST) over Zoom! Scan the QR code for the Google Meet link on the day of.

Can’t wait to see you there — good luck to all of our future RNs as graduation approaches! 🎓💛

February is Black History Month! 📖🤎📣

Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” created in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the achievements and contributions of Black Americans that were often ignored in mainstream history. He chose February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. In 1976, during the U.S. Bicentennial, Negro History Week was officially expanded into Black History Month and has since been observed nationwide each February.

Swipe to learn more about some of the notable contributions that Black nurses, both historical and fictional, have made to the nursing community! Their courage, resilience, and dedication to equitable care continue to shape and inspire our profession.

On behalf of the CNSA Board, we stand in solidarity with NSNA in honoring the life of Alex Pretti and reaffirming our shared commitment to a future grounded in compassion, safety, and care for all.

We recognize the profound impact that loss and trauma have on individuals and communities, underscoring the vital importance of strong, accessible support systems in times of grief.

Guided by the core values of nursing practice, CNSA remains committed to upholding care, dignity, and respect for all human life.

On behalf of the CNSA Board, we stand in solidarity with NSNA in honoring the life of Alex Pretti and reaffirming our shared commitment to a future grounded in compassion, safety, and care for all.  We recognize the profound impact that loss and trauma have on individuals and communities, underscoring the vital importance of strong, accessible support systems in times of grief. Guided by the core values of nursing practice, CNSA remains committed to upholding care, dignity, and respect for all human life.

CORRECTION: Awards and Honors deadline is February 20th.

Houston, we’re ready for takeoff! ⭐️🚀✨

CNSA is excited to be traveling to Houston, Texas for NSNA’s 74th Annual Convention. Still debating on buying your plane tickets? Learn more about what convention offers as well as important deadlines to make the most out of your chapter’s experience! 🩺💛📝

See you there! 😁

CORRECTION: Awards and Honors deadline is February 20th. Houston, we’re ready for takeoff! ⭐️🚀✨ CNSA is excited to be traveling to Houston, Texas for NSNA’s 74th Annual Convention. Still debating on buying your plane tickets? Learn more about what convention offers as well as important deadlines to make the most out of your chapter’s experience! 🩺💛📝 See you there! 😁