NORFOLK — Deb Schmit, retired RN of Osmond, became a member of the Nebraska Nurse Honor Guard on Sunday, March 2. Deb served as a nurse at Osmond General Hospital from Jan. 1, 1973, to Dec. 31, 2019. She worked in the cardiac rehab unit starting in 1994. Ten nurses in total from northeast Nebraska joined the honor guard on Sunday at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. Others becoming members of the Nursing Honor Guard for this area were Julie Loberg and Joan Thies of Randolph. The Northeast Area includes West Point, Norfolk, Wayne and surrounding communities. The Nebraska Nurse Honor Guard provides a brief tribute at the funeral or memorial service of deceased active or retired nursing professionals. Honor guard services include a reciting of the Florence Nightingale Pledge, the placing of a white rose on the casket or urn signifying the nurse’s devotion to their profession, as well as the awarding of a nursing lamp to a living representative of the deceased.
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