PROJECTS

Event Title: BOX OF LOVE 2024

Objectives: To cultivate a sense of empathy, social responsibility, and generosity among student nurses and to extend help through simple deeds of giving to UA’s adopted community

Description: Box of Love is a donation drive activity within the nursing program that is a wonderful way to show compassion and true spirit of giving. This in-kind donation collects the basic toiletries that will benefit those who are victims of calamities.

Evaluation: As the nursing program considered the Box of Love as an annual event or a continuous initiative, it became a permanent feature of disaster response and a staple activity in the nursing program's service-learning curriculum. By collecting basic toiletries for victims of calamities, it provides essential support to vulnerable individuals during times of need and it exemplifies the ultimate expression of compassion and empathy.

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Event Title: ECO-BAG FOR SALE 2024 (FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY)

Objectives: To raise the amount of funds that will be useful for future events or activities while also protecting the environment to minimize the use of plastic.

Description: Eco-friendly bags are used for the BOX OF LOVE activity. These eco-friendly bags helped collect the funds while being a sustainable alternative to plastic bags, by our commitment to ecologically conscious practices. We also promote a greener lifestyle in our community members by promoting reusable bags, and we emphasize that sustainability should be incorporated into all our activities. We are not only looking to generate the necessary funds for future projects but also instill a culture of environmental responsibility that resonates with the core values.

Evaluation: This activity successfully promotes sustainability by using eco-friendly bags, reducing plastic waste and encouraging reusable ones. This approach not only supports fundraising efforts but also raises environmental responsibility among community members, fostering a culture of stewardship and ethical practices.

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Event Title: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING SHIRT

Objectives: To offer a comfortable, recognizable, and unique CHN shirt that students may use as they roam around their respective communities doing their purpose and tasks.

Description: The Community Health Nursing (CHN) Shirt Project was pursued for students to sport a common, professional identity during exposure to the community while performing community health duties. Thus, the UA NSC took the lead in creating the CHN shirts for student nurses as an official unique uniform while on duty. Early preparations, including securing approvals from the Dean, Level Chairpersons, EAMO Director, and OSA Director, ensured smooth implementation. Students made orders through Google Forms, and payments were taken care of under all individual accounts. The shirts were on time and distributed on time to students. This enabled not only the nurse students to be informally visible and recognized in the community but also increased professionalism among students while on field duties.

Evaluation: The Community Health Nursing Shirt Project was highly successful, achieving its objective of establishing a professional and recognizable identity for student nurses during community exposures. Planning early and executing accordingly by the UA Nursing Student Council assured it was not late in the designing, processing, and distribution of shirts among students. They thanked the NSC for the shirts as it would further set them apart from the community while enhancing their professionalism. Students, faculty, and administrators really embraced this project as a manifestation of the collaboration between NSC, the Dean, Level Chairpersons, and the university offices. The smooth implementation and positive impact show the importance of such projects, thus making it worthy to consider continuing in future years.

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Event Title: NURSING PROTÉGÉ

Objectives: To help and guide nursing students who are in need when it comes to academic and personal assistance and to improve understanding of different concepts that are essential to nursing students.

Description: The Nursing Protégé program is a monthly event created to nurture and encourage partnerships and sharing between nursing students of all levels of education. Levels I, II, III, and IV create marks of student groups that meet either virtually or live to discuss the assigned topics. This initiative serves as a platform in which participating individuals share the realities of their lives, questions, and possibilities of adding other answers to inspire and ease the experience of nursing school. All sessions were conducted online this semester due to busy schedules; however, the program brought so much more life into learning from one another while developing an entourage team. Reports and documents of learning were to be submitted at the end of each month as accountability and productivity measures. The UA Nursing Student Council plans to include this impactful activity among its activities for the next semester.

Evaluation: The Nursing Protégé program has really been successful in meeting the objectives of promoting inter-student collaboration and sharing amongst nursing students regardless of year level. There are several participants who were lively involved in the program and reported that this program provided wonderful pieces of information, real life experiences, as well as camaraderie that lessened the hurdle of taking majors and clinical setting. Its virtual format fitted perfectly into students' busy schedule, thereby making it accessible and flexible to everyone. Monthly report submission creates accountability and measurable learning outcomes, further validating the program's effectiveness. Definite positive feedback from students and very clear observed benefits prove that the Nursing Protégé is a significant activity worthy to be pursued by the UA Nursing Student Council in the future.

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