Council of State Presidents

Genevieve Salas
Ex-Officio Director
Chair, Council of State Presidents
Santa Fe Community College
​Santa Fe, NM
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What is the Role of the Council of State Presidents Committee?

The NSNA Council of State Presidents Planning Committee plans and conducts the Council of State Presidents (COSP) meeting at the MidYear Conference and Annual Convention. The members of the planning committee are state presidents elected at COSP. The COSP Committee's responsibility is to discuss the priorities of the association, activities for the year, accomplishments, problems and to share ideas.  The committee allows for the interchange and consultation between state presidents, the NSNA Board of Directors, and staff (see NSNA Bylaws).

Genevieve Salas, Ex-Officio, Chair,
​Council of State Presidents Winter/Spring Memo

We are so excited to work with you all at Annual COSP that we’ve already started planning. Happy New Year everyone!!

Mark your calendar for the next COSP on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 during the
NSNA 68th Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida
 
I hope you plan to Apply for NSNA Awards. Many states plan certain activities with the awards in mind.
It is not too late to start getting the awards applications ready for Annual Convention. 
Here is the link for all awards, NSNA Awards.
 
Deadline: March 16, 2020                         
Awards & Honors Booklet

ISABEL HAMPTON ROBB LEADERSHIP AWARD
 
DEADLINE: RECEIVE BY February 19, 2020
Open to current or immediate past state presidents
 
The 2020 Isabel Hampton Robb Leadership Award commemorates Saunders' first nursing author, Isabel Adams Hampton. In 1893, Saunders published, Nursing: Its Principles and Practice, by Isabel Adams Hampton (later Isabel Hampton Robb) which may have been the first medical/surgical nursing textbook in the United States. Miss Hampton was superintendent of nurses and principal of the Training School for Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland when she wrote this important text. Read More
Seasonal Memos​
COSP Connection

COSP Planning Committee
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West
Genevieve Salas, President
New Mexico Student Nurses’ Association, NM

East
 Jessica Alvarado, President
Nursing Students’ Association of New York State, Inc., NY

South
Bethany Ghen, President
Student Nurses’ Association of South Carolina, Inc.

North
Caroline Wagner, President
Wisconsin Student Nurses’ Association, Inc.

Douglas Davis, NSNA President

COSP RESOURCES

COSP Presentations
State Association and School Constituency Requirements
Bylaws and Constituency
IRS 990 Requirements and Constituency
Responsibility and Accountability
Board Transitions 
COSP Eligibility

COSP VIDEOS AND PRESENTATIONS

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Regina Leonard, 2011-12 Ex-Officio and Chair of the Council of State Presidents shares her thoughts on the role of COSP in meetings and the many resources available for state presidents.