At the Lincoln ceremony, are nursing students: Travis Barkmeier, Robert Brackle, Richard Carstens, Eliot Schwer, Joseph Uridil, Anthony Heidtbrink. Photo by Agnes Natale. |
Melanie Boden signs her pledge sheet during the College of Nursing induction ceremony Sunday in Kearney. Lending her guidance is Kearney Assistant Professor Jo Miller. Photo by Diane Feldman. |
UNMC College of Nursing students, from left, Sybil Raney, Blake Renner, and Cydnie Robinson in Omaha, read an oath during the recent Induction ceremony. Photo by Dan Brick. |
Birtukan Mengistu is congratulated by UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division Assistant Dean, Gloria Gross, Ph.D., during an induction ceremony in Scottsbluff. Photo by Kate Steinbock. |
The ceremony also reiterated some the most important values for the professional nurse and for the profession of nursing: responsibility, trustworthiness, honesty, fairness, and respect of others.
Ceremonies were held in Omaha, Scottsbluff, Kearney, and Lincoln. During the ceremony, students recited an oath of professionalism and signed a pledge. They also received the college’s badge to be affixed to their uniforms.
Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, said the formal ceremony is important to hall-marking the students’ entry into the profession of nursing and their assimilation of the values and behaviors of a professional nurse.