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Student Nurses Association (SNA)
The Student Nurses Association, popularly known as SNA, is a nation-wide organization of nursing students. It was established in 1929 at the time of annual conference of the TNAI in Madras. Ms. L.N. Jean, the Nursing Superintendent of General Hospital, Madras was instrumental in forming this association.
The main purpose of forming the association by TNAI (Trained Nurses Association of India) was to provide vanities to the nursing students to facilitate their all-round development and accredit them to join TNAI as qualified nurses. It is remarkable achievement that the growth of SNA units has been persistent ever since its inception.
SNA is a major source of enrollment of TNAI Life membership. A wide variety of activities are encouraged at all levels for the SNA members, keeping in view aims and objectives of the association. The diversity of activities are derived from the professional, social, cultural and recreational spheres to strengthen curricular and extracurricular activities of the student nurses. SNA unit of JDT Islam College of Nursing is an active association formulated in the year 2005 at the beginning of College of nursing.