探花视频 nursing students will celebrate the completion of the nationally-recognized program in a formal nurse鈥檚 pinning ceremony on Thursday, December 19, beginning at 5 p.m., to acknowledge their graduate status as professional nurses.
鈥淥ur traditional pinning ceremony is meant to welcome our new nursing graduates into the nursing profession,鈥� said LSC Nursing Program Director Deborah Amys. 鈥淭he graduates are presented with nursing pins by the faculty or a loved one聽chosen聽by the聽graduate.鈥�
Forty-eight students will graduate this December from LSC鈥檚 nursing program, which is nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), completing their professional nursing A.S. degree. This qualifies them to take the Minnesota state nursing exam to become registered nurses. Family and friends are invited to attend the pinning ceremony which will be held in the Commons on LSC鈥檚 main campus, with an informal reception to follow.
