Tri-C SNA Newsletter-Final

It has certainly been a produc ve and exci ng
semester for me as the Tri‐C SNA advisor. This has been the most
dynamic group of students, that I have worked with in my 10 years
as advisor, who were interested in making a difference in the
community, in the profession of nursing, themselves, and even
globally! The enthusiasm to par cipate in the numerous
opportuni es available was contagious.
The team of Student Leader Representa ves took on the
challenge of involving the other members of the Tri‐C SNA to be
part of the many events the student organiza on was able to
organize and par cipate in over the past several months.
Professionalism, collabora on and caring was certainly
exemplified with each of the events from community health
screenings in the summer to volunteering for the recent fall
pinning ceremony. Please be sure to read the following ar cles to
see what the SNA members have been up to during the Summer/
Fall semester.
Thank you to all those who par cipated and I look forward to
another successful semester in the Spring! See what you can do to
make a difference!
ADVISOR’S THOUGHTS
2 WHY I BECAME A NURSE
3 TRI-C NURSING STUDENTS
PROVIDED HEALTH SCREENINGS TO
MAYFIELD VILLAGE RESIDENTS
4 THANK YOU LETTER FROM
CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH
5 CONNECT-2-CAMPUS
7 ONSA’S 7TH ANNUAL NCLEX
BRAIN BOWL
7 SCORES THAT PLACED TEAM TRI-
C INTO THE FINAL ROUND
9 OHIO NURSING STUDENT’S
ASSOCIATION 2014 ANNUAL
CONVENTION
10 NSNA’S 32ND MIDYEAR CAREER
PLANNING CONFERENCE
PORTLAND, OREGON
11 CLOTHING DRIVE
12 ONESIE CHALLENGE: ACTS OF
LOVE FOR HEALING CHILDREN
14 FREE THE GIRLS BRA DRIVE:
GIVING WOMEN A WAY OUT OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
15 CAMPUS SERVICE: 2014 FALL
PINNING CEREMONY
15 NCLEX TIPS FROM NSNA
17 MEET OUR TEAM
CARING. COLLABORATION.
Professionalism.
IN THIS ISSUE
Ms. Linda Strong, SNA Advisor
FALL‐WINTER 2014
NEWSLETTER
TRI-C SNA Fall-Winter 2014 Newsletter 1

Many jobs exist in
which we can discover a
talent we have and
contribute to society. Then
there are some occupations that
are more than a job, they are a
calling. Honorable positions which
only those who are willing to
sacrifice for the sake of the greater
good can excel at. Nursing is one
such calling.
I served my country in the
military for 10 years. After my time
in the military I worked in the field
of engineering, and while I was
successful in it, my engineering
career lacked the higher calling and
greater purpose that my work in the
military fulfilled.
I considered nursing as a
career for reasons both
philosophical and practical. Most
engineering jobs, it seemed like
overnight, moved overseas to China
the rest to Mexico. I found myself
like many other engineers looking
any and everywhere for anything I
could find to pay bills and keep
food on the table. I noticed after
years of struggling to find an
employer with a sense loyalty to his
employees, that all of my friends
who were engineers were
unemployed. I also noticed that
none of my friends who were
nurses were unemployed.
Many people are
understandably reluctant to retrain
into a new field after they have
worked for years in a profession,
where schooling alone was one of
their greatest challenges. Retraining
takes courage and the ability to
notice when your current skill set
just isn’t working for you anymore.
However, retraining into a field that
is more than just another job, but a
field which is a calling provides its
own unique kind of motivation.
Retraining to become a nurse was
definitely the most challenging
schooling I have yet encountered.
There were many days I did not
want to wake up so early to go to
clinical training in the hospital. It
would have been much easier to
stay in bed, as I would have in a
different occupation. But turning
over in my half-awaken self-debate
as to whether or not to call off that
day, I found myself thinking about
the patients needing my help. It was
no longer about me, a paycheck, or
school. It was about someone’s life
who needed me and was in a time
of need.
Why did I become a nurse?
I could have made a
paycheck at something much easier.
I became a nurse because I wanted
more than a job. Nursing is a
calling that I would do even if I was
not paid to do it, because I see how
very important and vital it is in the
lives of people in their time of
suffering. Whenever you find
yourself doing something that you
would do for free, you find yourself
fulfilled. Benjamin Franklin said
concerning financial gain, “Do
well, by doing good”, this sums up
nursing perfectly.
I could not truly appreciate
what a nurse was or meant until I
was in a nursing role. While a
doctor orders a treatment for a
patient, most times it is a nurse who
carries out the doctor’s treatment
regiments with tailored
interventions the nurse has
implemented to aid the doctor’s
treatment to give it the greatest
chance of successfully healing a
patient. It is this collaboration of
nursing and medicine which bring
about healing.
Life is the greatest mystery
in our Universe and its beauty has
no equal. So why not use your life
every day to save a life, change a
life, and touch a live as a nurse.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
STUDENT LEADER
REPS NEEDED
We are searching for a President Elect to work alongside the President and train into the position
over the course of the spring semester, taking over once Ms. Yuryev graduates in May. We are also
in need of Vice Presidents and Student Leader Representatives from each campus (Metro, East,
Westshore) to assist the Tri-C SNA president with activities for the upcoming Spring semester.
Please contact Ms. Ildiko Yuryev (SNA president): ildiko.yuryev001@acad.tri-c.edu or Ms. Linda
Strong (SNA advisor): linda.strong@tri-c.edu with a short bio, and your plans of involvement with
the SNA.
Sign up for our email list by sending us a message to tricsna@gmail.com.
WHY I BECAME
A NURSEBy Jeremy Caldwell, TRI-C SNA
Student Leader Representative
FALL‐WINTER 2014 NEWSLETTER

A team of highly
energetic Tri-C nursing students
provided free health screenings
Saturday, June 14th
to
participants at the Mayfield
Village Cruise-in-Night. The
event was a first collaboration
between Cuyahoga County
Board of Health and Tri-C’s
Student Nurse Association.
“Your team brought an
enthusiasm and engaging spirit
that made attendees feel
welcome” said Susan Krippel
program manager EPH Services
at Cuyahoga County Board of
Health. “We realize it was a
long evening and can’t thank
you enough for providing helpful
public health information in a
way that truly spoke to our
audience. Hundreds of families
cruised by our booths and many
mentioned how nice it was that
Tri-C could provide health
screenings”.
The Tri-C student nurses
provided the Cruise-in-Night
participants with manual blood
pressure readings, pulse
oximetry check, heart rate
monitoring, weight
measurements, BMI calculation
and health advice. “We had the
time to sit down and talk to
people and answer their
questions. We also got a chance
to screen many who walked by,
encountering some dangerously
high blood pressures. Some of
the attendees just weren’t taking
their medications, and some had
no idea that their blood pressure
was so high. If our efforts saved
at least a kidney and a life --
which we are sure they did --
our time was worth it” recollects
Ildiko Yuryev Tri-C’s Student
Nurse Association President.
“My team members
showed such professionalism
that it was truly heartwarming to
watch, they are the ones who
made this evening a highly
successful collaboration”. Tri-C
SNA is excited to hear that the
Cuyahoga County Board of
Health representatives are
looking forward to collaborating
with our students in the future,
and are keeping us in mind for
upcoming community outreach
events.
T ‐C N S
P H S
M V R

From left: Lisa Sheppard, Suzanne Krippel CCBH,
Kelsey Schuerger, Laura Rudary, Olena Stetsura,
Ildiko Yuryev and Kevin Brennan CCBH.
THANK YOU LETTER
FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH

The Connect-2-Campus event is a fun-
filled day at Cuyahoga Community College. It is the
Student Life Office’s annual student engagement
fair taking place in the Metro Campus Courtyard.
This event aims at welcoming students back to
campus and connecting them to people and
resources across campus.
Every student organization from Tri-C has a
chance to showcase their offers and recruit new
members by having individual booths set up to
attract new candidates. There is free food, popcorn,
candy and live entertainment.
Many of our members showed up to
represent the Tri-C SNA and talk to potential
students. We had pens, nursing pins, first aid kits as
little giveaways at our booth and a lot of visitors. It
was an excellent opportunity to recruit students to
the nursing program, and answer their questions.
- Ildiko Yuryev
C ‐2‐C
Dr. Michael Schoop, Metro Campus President
and our nursing student representa ves.
9/10/14

Ms. Kris Walz, Project
Manager Division of
Nursing, Ildiko Yuryev SNA
President and Jeremy
Caldwell Student Leader
Representative.
Students signing our petition
in the campus courtyard

Team Tri-C participated
in the 7th
Annual NCLEX Brain
Bowl for the first time in the
school’s history. It all began in
March 2014 after some of us
attended the ONSA’s Leadership
Conference, and we were inspired
to start a team. We worked on
recruiting the best students to our
team, and met some amazing
people along the way. We trained
the entire summer answering
NCLEX-style questions, teaching
and competing with each other.
The Brain Bowl is a
friendly statewide competition
among nursing students at Ohio
colleges and universities. It consists
to several rounds of state board
exam style questions, with sixteen
multiple-choice questions per
round, and four select all that apply
style questions. Teams are given
thirty seconds to discuss their
thoughts before submitting one
final answer per team. The
questions become more difficult as
the competition advances. After the
first twenty questions the top four
finalists are selected, and they
compete in final rounds of five
questions. The lowest scoring team
after each round leaves the
competition.
On the day of the
competition Team Tri-C was tied
for first place after the first twenty
questions, scoring an impressive
19/20. Unfortunately we lost in the
final round, but the experience of
participating was uplifting and
energizing. At the end of the day
we were proud of each other, and
left feeling like winners too. Our
personal performances on nursing
school tests improved, and our
grades proved it. The friendships
made here will last a lifetime.
ONSA’ 7 A
NCLEX B B
The nurse is caring for
a client with anorexia
nervosa. the nurse is
monitoring the
behavior of the client
and understands that
the client with
anorexia nervosa
manages anxiety by:
1. Engaging in immoral acts.
2. Always reinforcing self‐approval.
3. Observing rigid rules and regula ons.
4. Having the need to always make the right
decision.
Find the correct answer and ra onale on page 13.
(Please place answer on a diﬀerent page)
We are proud to have been
the only Brain Bowl team
that had the right answer to
the following NCLEX
question:
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From left: Lisa Sheppard 2501, Laura Rudary 2300,
Ildiko Yuryev 2300, and Kelsey Killmer 1600.
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T T ‐C!
Scores that placed Team Tri-C
into the final round.
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Tri-C SNA
members and
delegates
participated in
the ONSA’s
Annual
Convention. The event ran
Friday the 26th to Saturday the
27th, at the Wyndham Hotel
downtown and Cleveland State
University. After the 7th Annual
NCLEX Brain Bowl
Competition on Friday night,
ONSA hosted a social for
nursing students at the Corner
Alley located at 402 Euclid Ave.
We enjoyed food, drinks,
bowling, and had a lot of fun!
Saturday’s events
happened at Cleveland State
University. Mike Linares known
for his YouTube videos for
Simple
Nursing was
the keynote
speaker. We participated in
focus sessions on holistic
nursing, oncology, forensic
nursing, community and public
health, NCLEX and
pharmacology critical thinking
seminars, and professional
career development sessions.
O N S ’ A
2014 A C
9/26-9/27/14
ONSA MARKETPLACE
TRI-C SNA MEMBERS AND MIKE LINARES:
www.simplenursing.com
Congratulations to Tri-C SNA and its
elected members to the ONSA 2014-
2015 Board of Directors,
Kelsey Killmer Nurs. 1600,
Communications Director
Ildiko Yuryev Nurs. 2300, Breakthrough
to Nursing Director

NSNA’ 32 M Y C P
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The National Student Nurses’
Association (NSNA) 32nd
Annual MidYear Career
Planning Conference was held at
the
Hilton
Portland & Executive Tower in
Portland, Oregon from Nov. 6 to
Nov. 9, 2014. More than 500
nursing students, faculty,
exhibitors and alumni attended
educational workshops, listened
to renowned speakers and spoke
with exhibitors about career
opportunities and services. The
two-day NCLEX® Mini-Review
focused on test taking skills and
major NCLEX content areas.
The Opening Session speaker
was Brenda Brozek, MAOL,
RN, Consultant, Speaker, Coach
and Author of You’re Hired! A
Nurse’s Guide to Success in
Today’s Job Market, and
Surviving & Thriving: Your 1st
Job as an RN. On Thursday,
November 6, and Saturday,
November 8, the American Red
Cross offered a course designed
to prepare pre-licensed nursing
students to volunteer during
disasters. Attendees received a
course certificate and an
American Red Cross Student
Nurse pin. There were a variety
of workshops on writing
resolutions, career progression,
acing school exams, and resume
management. It was an excellent
opportunity to network with
fellow nursing students,
specialty nurses, recruiters and
leaders in the nursing field.
NSNA is a membership
organization representing 60,000
students in Associate Degree,
Diploma, Baccalaureate, generic
Masters and generic Doctoral
programs preparing students for
Registered Nurse licensure, as
well as RNs in BSN completion
programs. By joining NSNA
you automatically become
member of OhSNA and Tri-C
SNA.
Join NSNA at:
https://nsnamembership.org/
Nov. 6-9th, 2014
NSNA Nursing Specialty Showcase Panelists: Nurse‐Midwives, Infusion Nursing, Forensic Nursing, Rehabilita on Nursing,
Nurse Educators, Hospice and Pallia ve Care Nursing, Cri cal Care Nursing.
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“A:s part of our
psychiatric clinical experience
at the Louis Stokes Cleveland
Veterans Affair Medical Center
we were able to tour the
Domiciliary for Veterans also
known as The DOM. This
beautiful facility provides a
place for veterans to live and
learn while they seek help with
problems such as substance
abuse, homelessness, PTSD and
joblessness. Classes are held,
resume and interview help,
computer assistance, and meals
amongst other services to help
them get back on their feet.
During our tour it was
mentioned that they get many
clothing donations for the men,
but very little for the women.
Our clinical group was able to
collect and deliver more than ten
large bags of clothing, shoes,
coats and jewelry for these
amazing women. It was pure joy
watching them “shop” for items
that will certainly help them
reach their goals”, recollects
Laura Rudary Tri-C SNA
Student Leader Representative.
“The VA’s Domiciliary
is truly a hidden treasure for the
veterans of Cleveland. As one of
the female residents showed us
her room, she spoke of the staff
at the DOM acting as her new-
found family. The residents
were truly thankful for the
support and resources they
needed to get back on their feet.
We were also able to speak to
some of the nursing staff that
works within the DOM. As
students, it was interesting to
hear how different their roles as
nurses are within the facility.
They spend a lot of time holding
educational classes for the
residents ranging in subjects
from blood pressure regulation,
to creating nutritional meals on
a budget. At the end of our tour,
we picked tomatoes from a
courtyard where the residents
have learned
to garden. It
was a
wonderful
experience,
and we were honored to be able
to give back,” states Kelsey
Schuerger, Student Leader
Representative.
Our clothing drive
benefited the mental health
clinical rotation sites, including
the Veteran’s Hospital and St.
Vincent Charity. The majority of
this population is homeless or
living in group-homes. Tri-C
SNA donated over twenty bags
of clothing and everyday
necessity items. With the threat
of a long winter coming to
Cleveland every pair of shoes
and warm coat was appreciated.
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11/2014
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Tri-C SNA gathered gently used
clothing and toys for
Metrohealth Hospital’s pediatric
unit. The initiative was called
the Onesie Challenge, Acts of
Love for Healing Children, and
benefited underserved children
in the metropolitan area. Our
drive donated
five bags of
clothes, toys and
diapers to the
community
hospital.
“When an unmet
need is
observed, those
of us who want
to make the
world a better
place must
respond to meet
that need. For
many of us in
nursing school
our pediatric
rotation is one of
the most
memorable and
emotionally
challenging
times. Even if
we know that pediatrics is not
the area of nursing we would
like to work in, there is always a
special place in our hearts for
our young patients,. We leave
this rotation wishing we could
do more for healing children in
their time of need. This is why
the Onesie Challenge was
started” recollects Jeremy
Caldwell Tri-C SNA Student
Leader Representative. It allows
us to continue to treat and aid in
the healing process for these
children even from a distance.
Often times hospitalized
children remain in the hospital
for months at a time. For many
of these children who are not
even a year old, a hospital bed is
the extent of their world.
Hooked up to multiple invasive
tubes and wires, these children
long to experience a moment of
comfort. They often have delays
in reaching developmental
milestones such as walking,
talking, social interaction and
feeding. What may be the most
heartbreaking about a
hospitalized child is when the
child is discharged from the
hospital, they have no clothes to
fit them, so they leave the
hospital wrapped in a blanket.
Sometimes the medical
conditions these children battle
are the result of neglect and
abuse. While an extended
hospital stay for a child may not
be ideal for their
development,
for abused
children, it may
be one of the
few times they
feel safe and are
shown proper
care, and love.
On a regular
basis, pediatric
nurses buy
clothes for their
patients out of
their own
money.
Comfortable
clothes and
onesies help
hospital staff
keep these
children
comfortable
during their
hospitalized treatments. Onesies
which button down both legs for
example, give doctors and
nurses easy access to all parts of
the child’s body when needed,
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Answer to the NCLEX question (from page 7)
Answer: 3.
Ra onale: Clients with anorexia nervosa have the
desire to please others. their need to be correct or
perfect interferes with ra onal decision‐making
process. these clients are moralis c. Rules and rituals
help the clients manage their anxiety.
Test‐Taking Strategy: Use the process of elimina on and focus on the
subject, managing anxiety. Eliminate op ons 2 and 4 because of the closed
‐ended word always. Op on 1 is not characteris c of the client with
and help prevent the child from
pulling at femoral central lines or
removing telemetry leads. A
walker or jumper helps develop
the ability to walk in an infant who
is bedridden 20 hours of the day.
And an art set helps a 6 year old
pass the time as they wait for a
heart transplant.
By providing clothing and toys to
area children’s hospitals, The
Onesie Challenge efforts let these
children know they are loved and
valued in this world, which is the
most important treatment of all.”
- JEREMY CALDWELL -
From left: Ildiko Yuryev, Lisa Sheppard, Jeremy Caldwell and Laura Rudary
O C A L H C con nua on

To make an impact on a global
level Tri-C SNA got involved in
the Free The Girls Project that
provides victims of human
trafficking in Mozambique with
resources for rehabilitation and
educational opportunities.
During this drive we gathered
gently used or new bras that are
still a luxury item in that area of
the world. The sale of a pair of
bras will provide an honest
living to many of these brave
women who were able to escape
the grasp of prostitution, and
enables them to break away
from their past.
9/2014 - ongoing
F G B D
Giving Women a Way out of Human Traﬃcking

Tri‐C SNA members volunteered to distribute
programs, act as host/hostesses for the
pinning ceremony and recep on and
performed miscellaneous tasks at the Wolstein
Center. It was an excellent opportunity to gather
some campus service credit hours. Thank you for
your service!! Congratula ons Class of Fall 2015!!
December 16th‐17th
Wolstein Center
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NSNA
DO
Review content in an organized way.
Review the hardest material ﬁrst and
last.
Prac ce test ques ons.
A end free NCLEX reviews.
Use DVDs, Apps, Quizlet.
Prac ce test ques ons.
Restudy material.
Prac ce MORE test ques ons.
During your study me do not become
anxious if you are answering prac ce
ques ons incorrectly. remember that
you are learning from all of the
ques ons that you answer!
DON’T
Plan a major life event just before or
a er the test.
Schedule the test for a meframe when
you’re PMS‐ing.
Think you know it all.
Think that if you graduated or
graduated with honors you don’t need
to study.
Don’t for a moment think that the way
you will prepare for the NCLEX is to
reread all of your class notes and
textbooks cover to cover. prepare by
answering prac ce ques on a er
prac ce ques on a er prac ce
ques on!

FORMS Find our documenta on of service
form on the group site under Student
Nurse Associa on.


I am a Cleveland native, and graduated from Shaker Heights High
School back in 1996. I joined the Ohio Air National Guard and
attended Kent State University and received my bachelor's degree
in biology. During my time at Kent State I was also a member of the
Air Force ROTC. After college I accepted a commission in the U.S.
Marine Corps where I entered the flight training. During training I
sustained a serious injury which ended my military career.
I went on to work in the Chemical engineering field working in the
automotive, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries. As
the economy took a turn for the worst, many engineering jobs left the
country. I knew I didn't want another job, but an occupation that was more
of a calling than job, just like the military. My mother and sister are both
nurses, and having observed the low unemployment rate among nurses and
high unemployment among engineers, I chose to retrain as a nurse.
My nursing goals are to one day become a nurse practitioner who
specializes in teaching patients how to cook and eat healthy for medical
conditions and general healthy living. I feel that the future of healthcare
will rely heavily on nurses and practitioners who can use pharmaceutical
treatments, but also implement effective lifestyle and nutritional therapies.
I am looking forward to beginning my nursing career, and am very grateful to Tri-C, specifically Mary Jo
Boehnlein for giving me the chance to prove myself in their nursing program. I hope to contribute to the overall
success of this program through being a part of the National Student Nurses Association and Tri-C SNA.
Jeremy Caldwell, TRI-C SNA
Kelsey Schuerger
I was born and raised in
Cleveland, but graduated from
Cuyahoga Valley Chris an Academy
in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. My
interest in nursing began there,
when I par cipated in my ﬁrst
mission trip to the Dominican
Republic with my high school class.
During that trip I was able to work
in a makeshi medical clinic within
the rural sugarcane ﬁelds, and
quickly felt that this is what I was
called to do with my life. I ini ally
looked into a pre‐medical degree,
but a er speaking with both
doctors and nurses, I realized
that nursing would allow
me to have closer
encounters with my
pa ents. Throughout
high school I par cipated in
several volunteer programs and
mission trips.
A er applying to eight
colleges with the inten on of
star ng a BSN program, I decided
to take a gap year. I spent six
months working, and six months
with Opera on Mobiliza on, a
missions organiza on that works
within South Africa. I was given
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extensive training in both
interna onal missions
work/ministry, as well as
training in HIV/AIDs care and
counseling.  In small teams, we traveled to rural
areas to provide sustainable farming and AIDS care for
both the elderly and the orphaned children of the
community.  I also led a team on an inner city outreach
to Pretoria, where we worked with pros tutes, homeless
men, drug addicts, and within prisons.  My experience in
South Africa only increased my excitement to start my
journey of becoming a nurse.
Before leaving for South Africa, I decided to secure plans
to a end Malone University for the BSN program when I
returned.  The college was able to grant me their first
ever deferment of scholarships so that I could start the
nursing program shortly a er my return from South
Africa.  I a ended Malone for a year, and transferred in
2011 to Tri‐C for financial reasons.
My ul mate goal is to travel, using my nursing degree in
underserved popula ons. I have a special interest in
working with humanitarian organiza ons that focus on
women’s health and the fight to eliminate human
trafficking.
During my me at Tri‐C, I have been able to join the
NSNA and Tri‐C SNA as a Student Leader Representa ve.
This provided me with the opportunity to be part of a
team that offered free health screenings in conjunc on
with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health at the
Mayfield Cruise Night.  During my psychiatric rota on I
was also able to help collect clothing dona ons to give
to the female veterans at the VA Domiciliary.
I am very passionate about serving others, and I have
found nursing to be truly rewarding in that way.  I have
truly enjoyed my me in Tri‐C’s nursing program and am
looking forward to being challenged in my last semester
this spring.  When I’m not studying nursing you can find
me working as a full‐ me server at Yours Truly
Restaurant, enjoying the outdoors, or drinking coffee.

Kelsey Schuerger
I am a life‐long Clevelander,
having graduated from Mayfield
High School. I a ended the
University of Toledo and earned an
Associates of Applied Science in Medical
Assis ng.
As a medical assistant, I have been able to
experience several rewarding posi ons in
the medical field. I have been fortunate to
work alongside some amazing nurses.
With the encouragement of many of these
nurses, my family and a wish for myself, I
decided to return to school to pursue my
degree in nursing.
While a ending Tri‐C, I have been
involved with the Honors Program, Phi
Theta Kappa Interna onal Honor Society
as well as the Na onal Student Nurses
Associa on. I was a part of Cruise‐In Night
in Mayfield Village offering health
screening to a endees. As a member of a
team represen ng Tri‐C in the Brain Bowl
at the Ohio Student Nurses Conven on,
we made it to the final round and ed for
first place, compe ng against many
formidable teams from around Ohio. I
organized and collected dona ons of
clothing for our women veterans staying
at the domiciliary facility at the VA.
I am married and a mom to two
amazing young men that are currently
away at college. When not studying, I am
an avid reader, playing golf or enjoying
the outdoors.
Laura Rudary

I came to the United
States 17 years ago from
Ukraine. One of the first
decisions I made short after I came was to go to school
and to learn English. First, I enrolled in English as
Second Language program. Later, my employer
encouraged me to explore my interests and to
pursue a new career in the field that would
optimize my abilities and utilize my previous
knowledge and expertise as an accountant and CFO
for many years back in Ukraine.
Therefore, my student career at Cuyahoga
Community College continued beyond the ESL program
and in 2004 I obtained my Associate of Applied
Business degree in Business Management. I used to
work at one of the local immigration law offices. The
firm represented clients who came from other countries
and assisted them in obtaining non-immigrant and
immigrant visas as well as citizenship. I enjoyed
providing legal assistance to those in who’s shoes my
family and I were some years ago. I am fluent in both,
Ukrainian and Russian languages and it helped me a
great deal to carry my duties at the firm.
Later on I opened my own business where I
gained more customer service experience. In a course of
a all those years of work I realized that my true passion
is taking care of others, and the more personal care it
was, the more satisfaction I had as a specialist.
I come from a family where nine of my closest
siblings are medical health professionals, medical
doctors, dentists and nurses. Medical professions unlike
any other callings provide a lifetime of learning, which I
am always striving for. They also offer an opportunity to
show caring, which I
am so passionate
about. I am pursuing
a career in nursing as
it is the unique helping
profession which will
combine skillful and
knowledgeable care I
am learning to
provide, and my
personal traits --
compassion, courage,
tolerance, honesty and
constant recognition of
a person’s dignity.
My goal is
to become a
Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner. This career will provide me with an
opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives
of those who suffer from mental illness. The care that
psychiatric nurses provide helps patients ward off
disability, poverty, social isolation and other
complications associated with these conditions. I would
like to help patients master mental illness and the
stigma that surrounds it, so that they can live fulfilling
and productive lives. Leonardo Da Vinci said that
learning “ is the only thing that mind never exhausts,
never fears and never regrets”. Every day of being a
nursing student and a member of NSNA proves it to me.

Olena Stetsura
Kelsey Killmer is the Ohio Student Nurses Associa on’s 2014‐2015 Communica ons
Director. She is from Brunswick, Ohio and a ends Cuyahoga Community College’s
Eastern campus. She is expected to graduate in December 2015 with her ADN and
will con nue her educa on to become a nurse prac oner.
Kelsey was a member of the BrainBowl team, making the ﬁnal round with Tri
‐C. She is ac vely involved in the campus and community service events, never missing
an opportunity to represent Tri‐C SNA.
She has worked closely with pa ents in her former job as a chiroprac c assistant.
She decided to become a nurse because she wants to make a diﬀerence, be that a small
interac on with pa ents or something on a much larger scale. She decided to join the
OhSNA to network with other nursing students, and connect them with many tools and
resources for success throughout
school. Kelsey Killmer
Vice President of Service -Eastern Campus


Lisa is a native Clevelander and the only one of
her siblings to graduate from high school, which
she did in 1997. After high school she worked in
an adolescent chemical dependency treatment
center until she got married in 1999. She married
a Sergeant in the Air Force and over the next 10
years raised two kids and traveled the country. During
her time as an Air Force wife she spent her time
volunteering in the communities she lived in. After her
divorce she needed a career to support her family and
Nursing was a natural fit. “I have a passion for helping
women and children, and feel pulled into obstetrics and
neonatal nursing, with a plan to become a Nurse
Midwife and Lactation Consultant”.
Lisa has volunteered extensively over the past
14 years, with a heavy focus on mothers, babies, and
children. These volunteer experiences include:
American Red Cross, Langley Air Force Base Hospital,
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor; Bellies to Babies New
Parent Support Group Co-Founder; Certified Child
Passenger Safety Technician, SAFE KIDS, U.S.A Senior
Checker; Safety Town, Safety Educator; Menlo Park
Academy, and Cuyahoga Heights Elementary, volunteer
coordinator and classroom volunteer; Senior Team
Member NCLEX Brain Bowl; and Mayfield Heights’,
Cruise-In, Health Screener.
While completing her nursing education at
Cuyahoga Community College, she quickly became a
leader among her peers, and after her third semester
she was actively recruited to become the Vice President
of the Student Nurse
Association. “It’s my
lifelong passion to
learn, teach, and
serve, and as the SNA
Vice President I have
rallied students,
volunteered,
recruited,
encouraged, cheered,
tutored and provided
a shoulder to cry on”.
Lisa has a
natural ability to build
rapport with people
and that’s been an asset in every aspect of her life. She
is graduating on December 17th, 2014. She is
passionate about service to others and academics,
earning impressive scores in her classes and on her
NCLEX predictor exam. During her final semester at
Tri-C she competed in the ONSA's Brain Bowl
representing Tri-C and placed in the final round, tying
for first place and then eliminated in the finals.
In addition to full-time mothering and nursing
school, Lisa also works part-time as a caregiver for the
elderly and volunteers throughout the community. Lisa
is an asset to the Student Nurse Association, Tri-C, and
our community. She will be an amazing nurse!
Congratulations on your graduation!
Lisa Sheppard
Vice President of Academics
Metro Campus
A Hungarian minority growing up in the communist era of
Romania, Ildiko Yuryev knows how going to bed hungry feels.
She is also used to hearing the many things she will not be able
achieve do due to her na onality, her gender, her status. This
never deterred her from seeing the silver lining in every bad
event, that li le piece of good that she could salvage to build
something new upon.
Yuryev is a former kindergarten and elementary school
teacher from Transylvania, Romania pursuing her ﬁrst passion at
Ildiko Yuryev , President Con nua on on next page

Cuyahoga Community
College, healthcare.
Enneagram Type 8
personality, the Leader/Challenger she values
teamwork and effec ve communica on. She is
energe c, charisma c and fair, excellent in se ng and
achieving goals, seeing and grabbing the poten al in
every opportunity.
Member of the Honors Program and Phi Theta
Kappa Interna onal Honor Society, Yuryev is the
President of Cuyahoga Community College’s Student
Nurse Associa on being responsible for three campuses.
She is also the Ohio Student Nurses Associa on’s 2014‐
2015 Breakthrough to Nursing Director.  As a student at
Tri‐C she has received eight awards recognizing
academic excellence and intellectual rigor combined
with leadership and service that extends one’s educa on
beyond the classroom to benefit society. As a 2014
Frank Lanza Memorial Scholar she is one of the twenty
outstanding community college students of the country
enrolled in health careers and sciences. She is also a
Bronze member of the All‐State Academic Team and
First Team member of the All‐Ohio Academic Team
administered by Phi Theta Kappa Interna onal Honor
Society and sponsored by Coca‐Cola. Yuryev is 2013
Leaders of Promise scholar, one of the 180 promising
students of the country. Locally she is recipient of a
College Now of Greater Cleveland, Margaret W. Wong,
Honors Accomplishment and Tri‐C Founda on’s
Presiden al scholarship. Her journey at Tri‐C has been
an amazing experience helping her grow immensely as a
student and a professional.
Her passion is community service. She fell in love
with volunteering in her teenage years finding great joy
in it ever since. Ildiko believes that service is one of the
most selfless, yet rewarding acts one can perform, and
that giving back is what makes us truly superior as
human beings. Her community service is broad,
including Soles4Souls, St. Augus ne Hunger Center’s
Holiday Meal Program for the less privileged, Susan G.
Komen, Healthy Kid’s Day, Earth Fest, Cuyahoga County
Board of Health collabora on, Acts of Love for Healing
Children, Free the Girls Bra Drive against Human
Trafficking and mission teams to Hungary, Transylvania
and Italy.
Her ul mate dream is to take on new challenges
by traveling to underserved areas of the world and
volunteering with humanitarian organiza ons to help
the world be a calmer, more peaceful and be er place.
A er gradua ng from Cuyahoga Community
College in May 2015 Ildiko plans to transfer to a four‐
year university in order to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
Her goal is to become an advance prac ce nurse
focusing on pediatric nursing and nursing educa on.
Ildiko hopes that her leadership builds the
promise of a be er future for all who follow. Through
brightness, strength and idealism she is chasing great
dreams, finding diamonds in the rough, and carefully
polishing them to a sparkling shine that will be hard to
miss by anyone.

Ildiko Yuryev
President
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