Fifteen nurses recently graduate from Wayne Community College
By From staff reports
Published in News on August 24, 2016 1:46 PM
Wayne Community College recently recognized the 15 members of its Practical Nursing class of 2016 in a formal pinning ceremony.
The annual service included presentation of nursing pins specific to the college that were designed by some of its first graduates, nurse's creed scrolls and roses by the faculty of the program; lighting of lamps (symbolic of Florence Nightingale going into the battlefield with a lantern); and recitation of the "Practical Nurses Pledge." It denotes the graduates' passage from students to professionals in the practice of nursing.
This year's graduates included Joy Anderson, Diana Aycock, Maverick Barnes, Cecilia Esparza, Zaira Galvan, Maria Garcia, Brandy Jones, Kathryn Luper, Anna Mose, Mindy Nichols, Erin Olson, Brooke Smith, Brittany Yelverton, Mary Westbook and Ashley Wilson.
Ms. Mose earned the 2016 Practical Nursing Outstanding Student Award for achieving high standards in both the classroom and clinical components of the program.
Barnes, class president, addressed his fellow graduates.
"It is not a test that measures a nurse but the compassion within us," he said. "That's why I truly believe nursing is a calling.
The graduates can begin work as licensed practical nurses once they pass the National Council Licensure Examination.