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Nursing Department to Induct First Class of Honor Students The Nursing department is fulfilling its journey to bring scholarship, research and ultimately stature to National University.  It has long been the goal for Nursing at NU to preside over its own chapter of the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society nursing.  The journey begins when Nursing develops and implements a student nurses honor society . By following closely the bylaws and guidance of STTI headquarters we must maintain a full honor society for one year before requesting chapter status. We began this process in February and will be welcoming our first group of inductees in the honor society this Friday, June 29 th . The inductees consist of students who have achieved at least a 3.00 GPA as well as demonstrated a commitment to community, academic excellence and nursing scholarship. Membership is open to nursing faculty and alumni. There will be 45 new inductees from the Rancho Bernard

The 10th Annual American Medical Student Association (AMSA) American River College/Universityof California, Davis (ARC/UCD) Pre-Medical and Pre-Health ProfessionsConference will be held October 6-7, 2012 at the University of California, Davis. 

Jacobson IG, Horton JL, Smith B, Wells TS, Boyko EJ, Lieberman HR, Ryan MAK, Smith TC. Bodybuilding, energy, and weight loss supplements are associated withdeployment and physical activity in U.S. military personnel . Ann Epidemiology, 2012 June; 2012;22:318–330. Nearly half of the population studied reported use of energy, body building, or weight loss supplements, with energy supplements being the most highly endorsed (38%) supplement type. Deployment experience, physical activity, problem drinking, and suboptimal sleep emerged as important characteristics associated with supplement use, which may be of importance to medical planners and military policy makers in targeting adverse event monitoring and for future research determining how supplements affect performance and health over time.

Conlin AS, DeScisciolo C, Sevick CJ, Bukowinski AT, Phillips CJ, Smith TC. Birth Outcomes Among MilitaryPersonnel Following Exposure to Documented Open-Air Burn Pits Before and DuringPregnancy . J Occupat Environ Med, 2012 June; 54(6):689-697. Jones KA, Smith B, Granado NS, Boyko EJ, Gackstetter GD, Ryan MAK, Phillips CJ, Smith TC, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Newly reported lupus and rheumatoid arthritisin relation to deployment within proximity to a documented open-air burn pit inIraq . J Occupat Environ Med, 2012 June; 54(6):698-707. This study examined the incidence lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in relation to Army and Air Force personnel deployed within a 3- and 5-mile radius of documented open-air burn pits located in Iraq at Joint Base Balad, Camp Speicher, and Camp Taji. Overall, the results indicate no elevated risk of newly reported lupus or rheumatoid arthritis in the combined three-camp analysis. However, possible exposure at Balad was individually