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Message of the Week
January 21, 2009

TIPS TUTORS NEEDED FOR SPRING!
To be eligible, you must have a GPA of 3.4 or higher, and you must have earned an A or a B in all your nursing courses. Tutors are paid $9 an hour for 3 hours a week throughout the semester. You also have the option of earning community service hours in lieu of pay. If interested, please contact Dr. Shelton at eshelton@hsc.wvu.edu as soon as possible.

TONS OF GREAT USED BOOKS IN THE HEALTH RESTORATION CARELS!
Loads of new books were added over the holidays - many current editions, great reference books, great variety of psych, med surg, ob, peds, study guides. This is a great opportunity to stock up on some research material. Please stop by and give these books a new home at your place! The books will be available for the next 3 weeks and then will be shipped out. These books are totally bargain-priced - free to a good home!




YOU'RE INVITED TO THE 2009 WVU RURAL HEALTH FAIR, MONDAY, JANUARY 26
Click here for more information:

PHARMACOLOGY MADE INSANELY EASY!
The Alderson-Broaddus College Student Nurses Association is presently a workshop to help you tackle the NCLEX. Click on the link for more information

IF THE SPRING SEMESTER IS HERE, CAN SUMMER BE FAR AWAY? WHAT WILL YOU be doing this summer? How about checking out a couple extern programs through West Virginia's only Magnet Hospital? Be a Surgical Tech Extern or Nurse Extern with Ruby. Deadline to apply: February 9, 2009 - click here for more information - apply online at www.wvuh.com

UPMC - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMER STUDENT NURSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Please click on the link to learn more about UPMC's summer internship program. UPMC is headquartered in Pittsburgh and is comprised of 20 tertiary, specialty and community hospitals employing over 50,000 people. UPMC's 10,000 nurses have opportunities to serve the profession and patient care in every setting from home health to critical care to international nursing. The summer program is a paid 11-week internship for the best and brightest students who live and attend nursing schools outside the Pittsburgh region. Housing is provided at no cost to the student. Check out the website www.upmcnurses.com. The application process begins Dec. 8 - application deadline is January 30, 2009. Click here for more information.

FREE NCLEX WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY RUBY HOSPITAL
Saturday, February 21 - Registration at 8:30, workshop will run from 9a - 3p - please click on the link to learn more

RNs INVITED TO MAKE A HUMANITARIAN TRIP TO HONDURAS - APRIL 18 - 25
WVU, working in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and the NGO Shoulder to Shoulder, will be providing primary health care to the residents of various villages in Honduras. Additional information and costs can be found in the Volunteer Hours section of the Message.

TIPS SCHEDULE FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER
Course Day/Time Tutor Room
NSG 241

Tuesday 1200-1250

Thursday 200-250
Brittany Dickert

7601
7605 (Jan 27th)
7605
NSG 322 Wednesday 300-350 John Huber 7601
NSG 334

Monday 400-450
Tuesday 400-450
Vanessa Smith

7606
7606
NSG 351

Wednesday 200-250
Thursday 200-250
Jessica Pforr

7606
7606

WVU MEDICAL STUDENTS SPONSORING BOOK DRIVE
Students for Global Health of the WVU School of Medicine would like to invite you to participate in an international project called Operation Medical Libraries, which exists to help shrink the educational gap in the health sciences of developing countries.

We will be holding a book drive beginning January 26th to collect health science textbooks, published after 2001. Once the books are collected, we will send them to WVU alumnus Dr. Wes Farr's former naval post in Afghanistan, as well the Solomon Islands. Our military will then distribute them to the local hospitals and medical schools. More information: http://opmedlibs.medalumni.ucla.edu/

PriorityTextbook Requests:

ANA Hospital & Medical School in Mazar-e Sharif
Internal Medicine
Surgery
Emergency Medicine

Solomon Islands
Pediatrics
Tropical Diseases
Midwife/OB training
Basic & Emergency Nursing
Pharmacology
Anatomy
Medical & Technical Dictionaries

(ANY texts will help!)

Drop off boxes located outside HSC library, cafeteria, & bookstore.
Your support will go a long way and would be greatly appreciated!


EMPLOYMENT, SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER HOURS/OPPORTUNITIES!
This section is not an endorsement by WVU or the School of Nursing for any of these opportunities or their sponsors/requestors. Students are advised to carefully explore any opportunity prior to engaging in any volunteer, community service, or employment activity.
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/son/academicPrograms/currentStudentInfo.htm or http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/son/opportunities/volunteer/volunteer_index.htm

KEEP BRINGING YOUR USED PC CARTRIDGES TO HEALTH RESTORATION
We continue to raise funds for the Humane Society – The small pc cartridges we are donating are worth around $1 and the large cartridges bring in $4 each – This continues to be a worthwhile project, saving the animals and the landfill as well. The Humane Society truly appreciates your efforts! This is a year round project! Unfortunately, the need never goes away!

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