Induction ceremonies for College of Nursing





























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At the Lincoln ceremony, are nursing students: Travis Barkmeier, Robert Brackle, Richard Carstens, Eliot Schwer, Joseph Uridil, Anthony Heidtbrink. Photo by Agnes Natale.


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Melanie Boden signs her pledge sheet during the College of Nursing induction ceremony Sunday in Kearney. Lending her guidance is Kearney Assistant Professor Jo Miller. Photo by Diane Feldman.



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UNMC College of Nursing students, from left, Sybil Raney, Blake Renner, and Cydnie Robinson in Omaha, read an oath during the recent Induction ceremony. Photo by Dan Brick.


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Birtukan Mengistu is congratulated by UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division Assistant Dean, Gloria Gross, Ph.D., during an induction ceremony in Scottsbluff. Photo by Kate Steinbock.

The UNMC College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across Nebraska Feb. 27 to recognize 144 new nursing students as they commit to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse.

The ceremony also reiterated some the most important values for the professional nurse and for the profession of nursing: responsibility, trustworthiness, honesty, fairness, and respect of others.

Ceremonies were held in Omaha, Scottsbluff, Kearney, and Lincoln. During the ceremony, students recited an oath of professionalism and signed a pledge. They also received the college’s badge to be affixed to their uniforms.

Virginia Tilden, D.N.Sc., dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, said the formal ceremony is important to hall-marking the students’ entry into the profession of nursing and their assimilation of the values and behaviors of a professional nurse.