{"id":17521,"date":"2026-09-19T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=17521"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:34:51","slug":"more-than-nursing-lvcs-snap-club-builds-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/09\/19\/more-than-nursing-lvcs-snap-club-builds-community\/","title":{"rendered":"More than nursing: LVC\u2019S SNAP club builds community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Madison Moyer \u201929, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With LVC nursing students having a busy schedule, LVC's Student Nursing Association of PA (SNAP) chapter gives them another way to connect with their peers while preparing for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">life beyond college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationwide, SNAP has 50,000 members and was built to bring nursing students together while also preparing them for their future careers. LVC\u2019s SNAP club gives students opportunities to build a strong connection with fellow nursing students while also providing opportunities to strengthen their academic career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI decided to join SNAP because I wanted to become more involved in the nursing community and learn more about nursing outside of just my classes.\u201d Kelly Aydelotte, a sophomore nursing student, said. \u201cSince joining, I have been able to make so many connections with other nursing students in all cohorts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a support system in nursing school is important to a lot of students who feel overwhelmed or even discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cIt reminds me that I have support and that I am never going through the nursing program alone because we always encourage one another and celebrate each other\u2019s successes.\u201d Aydelotte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The members of SNAP have plenty of opportunities to be involved in the board and help run and manage the club to improve for upcoming cohorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI like collaborating with other members and coming up with new ideas and ways to get the SNAP club more well-known because it really is such an important club.\u201d Riley Metz, a sophomore nursing student and club liaison for SNAP, said. \u201cI also like being able to help others around me, especially the underclassmen because I know how stressful it can be coming into a difficult major.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For LVC students SNAP is more than an organization or a club, it\u2019s a family supporting each other.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Madison Moyer \u201929, staff writer With LVC nursing students having a busy schedule, LVC's Student Nursing Association of PA (SNAP) chapter gives them another way to connect with their peers while preparing for life <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/09\/19\/more-than-nursing-lvcs-snap-club-builds-community\/\" title=\"More than nursing: LVC\u2019S SNAP club builds community\">[...]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-campus-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17861,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17521\/revisions\/17861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}