Amanda Rossman earns national nurse anesthetist student writing contest

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YORK, PA (04/27/2011)(readMedia)-- Amanda Rossman of Franklintown, a graduate student in the York College/WellSpan Heath Nurse Anesthetist Program, wrote the winning manuscript in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Student Writing Contest. Her manuscript was titled "The Physiology of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and its Importance in the Administration of Anesthesia."

As winner of the national contest, Rossman will be recognized at the AANA's annual meeting in Boston in August, her paper will be listed as a continuing education offering by the Association, and she will receive a cash award. There are 111 CRNA programs in the United States that enroll some 2,500 students. Rossman's was the only student chosen for the writing award.

Located in southcentral Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The College also offers master's programs in business, education and nursing, and a doctorate in nursing practice. A center of affordable academic excellence, York is dedicated to the intellectual, professional and social growth of its students. The College helps them develop a concrete plan to attain academic growth and career success; encourages them to try in the "real world" what they learn in the classroom; and prepares them to be professionals in whatever career they pursue.