LHSON Student Organizations

Baylor Student Nurses’ Association (BSNA)
Baylor Student Nurses’ Association is a local chapter of the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA), the national organization for nursing students. NSNA’s mission is to mentor students preparing for licensure as registered nurses, and to convey the standards, ethics, and skills that students will need as members of the profession. BSNA holds monthly meetings, social, and service events. Each spring, a group of members is selected to attend the NSNA National Convention. The organization helps facilitate the transition to the American Nurses’ Association upon graduation. It is also intended to enhance the educational experience at Baylor LHSON. Membership is open to all undergraduate students. For more information, please contact the faculty advisors: Courtney Brandt and Melissa Hollis. 

Bears for the Cure (BTC)
Bears for the Cure at LHSON is a student organization focused on pediatric oncology: raising awareness, fundraising for pediatric cancer research, and helping kids at the Children's Hospital Dallas Oncology unit feel better through our donations and love! BTC has monthly meetings, donation drives, and social events. Our primary purpose is to spread awareness about pediatric oncology and the lives that it can affect, but more importantly, what we can do to help, not just as nursing students, but as people. For more information, contact the staff advisor Dr. Keith Wickliffe.

Bears Helping Hearts (BHH) 
Bears Helping Hearts (BHH) is a nursing student organization for nursing students interested in learning about congenital heart disease and defects and raising awareness of the mission of The Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of congenital heart defects (CHDs) by funding the most promising research. BHH supports CHF by planning and joining events that will create awareness about CHD to family members, friends, and others within the nursing community. These events include and are not limited to toy drives, fundraisers, hospital visits (when possible), speaker events, and walks. For more information, contact the faculty advisors: Dr. Kathryn Osteen or Dr. Laura Zebreski.

Catholic Nurses Association (CNA)
The Catholic Nurses Association (CNA) is a student-led organization that creates a space for students to grow in faith, community, and purpose. Our mission is to form nurses who care for both the body and the soul, rooted in the love and truth of Jesus Christ. CNA provides opportunities for spiritual growth through prayer, Scripture study, and discussion, while also offering mentorship, community service, and fellowship events. Whether you’re a lifelong Catholic, newly rediscovering your faith, or just curious about what it means to live out your calling through Christ-centered care—you are welcome here. Come as you are…we’re here to grow together. For more information, contact the staff advisor: Dr. Keith Wickliffe.

Future Nurses Association 
The Future Nurses Association at Baylor is dedicated to cultivating community within the nursing cohorts, primarily pre-nursing students. FNA provides students with social, spiritual, and academic support, as well as volunteering opportunities, to prepare them for nursing school. With study groups, social events, and ways to get involved around the Waco community, FNA is a safe haven for nursing students, providing not only academic, but emotional support. At the end of each meeting, there is an optional devotional and prayer for those who need spiritual guidance. As prospective nurses, we have a heart to serve others, and we don't have to wait until nursing school! Join us at soup kitchens, Compassion Waco, homeless ministries, and more to learn how to love the community we will be serving!  To learn more please contact Dr. Laura Butler or Dr. Katy Vogelaar.

Healing Hands
Healing Hands for Women and Children is a student-led organization dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence and supporting survivors. We partner with women’s shelters and child advocacy groups across the Dallas area to provide essential supplies, resources, and encouragement. Through monthly meetings, social events, and service projects, Healing Hands brings students together to learn, advocate, and make a meaningful impact in the lives of women and children in our community. For more information, please contact the faculty advisors: Dr. Jessica Muncey or Dr. Katy Bartlett.

Multicultural Student Nurses’ Association (MSNA)
The Multicultural Student Nurses’ Association (MSNA), charted in 2022, supports pre-nursing and nursing students from diverse cultural backgrounds. MSNA aims to enrich the academic experience of nursing students, unite students, develop leadership, address health disparities, promote culturally congruent care, and connect members with diverse nursing leaders. For more information about MSNA, please email msnaatbaylor@gmail.com. 

Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF)
Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF) is both a Christian professional organization and a ministry of and for nurses and nursing students. NCF is a ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In response to God's love, grace, and truth: The Purpose of Nurses Christian Fellowship, as a ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, is to establish and advance in nursing, within education and practice, witnessing communities of nursing students and nurses who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture and God's purposes in the world. The Baylor NCF chapter faculty sponsors are Dr. Melissa Neathery and the LHSON Chaplain. 

Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
Sigma is the National Honor Society for Nursing. The Eta Gamma Chapter at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing was established in 1984. The purpose of the organization is to recognize the achievement of quality scholarship, develop leadership qualities, foster high professional standards, encourage and support research and other creative work in nursing, and strengthen individual commitment to the ideas and purposes of the nursing profession. To be eligible for membership, students must rank in the top 35% of their class/cohort and demonstrate evidence of academic and professional integrity. Eligible students are inducted at the end of Level 3 for traditional students, and just prior to graduation for FastBacc and DABSN students. To learn more, click here.