NORFOLK — Looking to the future, Northeast Community College nursing graduates were advised from one of their own to remember their past. Madison Hampton of Page provided the nursing address during commencement on Friday, May 9, which included a pinning ceremony.
Both Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and practical nursing students were honored during a ceremony that included the presentation of their diplomas. In addition, the tradition of nursing students receiving their pins from family members or a close friend who has helped them along their journey was part of the ceremony.
The nurse pinning observance is the culmination of the students’initial journey of professional nursing education. It is a bridge from nursing’s past to nursing’s future and is a timehonored nursing school tradition. It also signifies the official initiation into the brotherhood and sisterhood of nurses.
Each nursing school, at every level of education, has its own unique pin that is worn on the nursing uniform. The nursing school pin that graduates of the Northeast Community College’s associate degree nursing (ADN) and practical nursing program receive is symbolic of nursing’s heritage and tradition.
Leah Barrett, Northeast president, presented each of the graduates with their diplomas during the ceremony.
Students who graduate with an ADN are eligible to continue their studies for a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. The general education courses for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing can be taken at Northeast Community College.
Receiving a Practical Nursing Diploma was Grace Veik of McLean.
