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New Nightingale Ceremony honors
incoming nursing students



On Aug. 19, the KU School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Nightingale Ceremony for incoming undergraduate students. The purpose of the event, which was generously underwritten by the Kansas University Nurses Alumni Association, was to instill the history and significance of the profession of nursing in the School’s newest members.

Each of the 104 new students recited an Oath of Commitment and was welcomed into one of four Academic Societies, which were named in honor of luminaries of the School: Pearl Laptad, S. Milo Hinch, Henrietta Froehlke, E. Jean M. Hill. Students also received copies of Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing and a customized pin commemorating Academic Society membership.

Plans call for the ceremony to be held at the beginning of each academic year. Along with the School of Nursing, both the KU School of Medicine and the KU School of Pharmacy hold annual transitional ceremonies that mark entrance to those respective health professions.

 

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