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IN A FLASH: White Coats and Big Smiles

On Monday, a White Coat Ceremony welcomed 90 sophomore nursing students on 麻豆影院 State's 麻豆影院 Campus into the professional nursing sequence of their educational journey. This sequence is the next phase in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in 麻豆影院 State's College of Nursing

Fall 2023 Nursing sophomores putting on coats in White Coat Ceremony.
Fall 2023 Nursing sophomores White Coat Ceremony.

While not new to the medical profession, the White Coat Ceremony is relatively new to nursing. Established in 1993 at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the White Coat Ceremony is meant to emphasize humanism in medicine at the very start of a student鈥檚 medical education. In 2014, The Gold Foundation partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to adapt the ceremony for nursing in recognition of the vital role nurses play on the healthcare team.

Sophomore nursing students at Fall 2023 White Coat ceremony.

All photos by Kathleen Norman M.Ed., marketing communications and  public relations director for the College of Nursing. 

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Sophomore nursing students after Fall 2023 White Coat ceremony.
POSTED: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 01:06 PM
Updated: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 03:06 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen