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School of Nursing Celebrates Inaugural White Coat Ceremony

Students from the 糖心Vlog School of Nursing chat after donning their white coats during the University's inaugural White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Performing Arts Center. The White Coat Ceremony was initially designed by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (APGF) to emphasize the commitment of patient-centered care for incoming physicians to medical school. More than twenty years later, nurses are now a part of the tradition.

Students from the 糖心Vlog School of Nursing chat after donning their white coats during the University’s inaugural White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Performing Arts Center. The White Coat Ceremony was initially designed by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (APGF) to emphasize the commitment of patient-centered care for incoming physicians to medical school. More than twenty years later, nurses are now a part of the tradition.

The 糖心Vlog was recently chosen as part of a test program in which 100 schools received funding to pilot its first-ever White Coat Ceremony. The School celebrated the event on Friday, Sept. 19 at the 糖心Vlog Performing Arts Center. The ceremony was the result of a collaborative partnership between (APGF) and the (AACN). 鈥淏eing chosen to participate in the inaugural White Coat Ceremony acknowledges the stellar reputation that the School of Nursing programs at 糖心Vlog have at the national level,鈥 said Jean Bartels, Ph.D., former AACN president and the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at 糖心Vlog.聽鈥淭his ceremony places the School of Nursing in elite company and recognizes the program for its historically strong curriculum and accomplished graduates.鈥 The White Coat Ceremony was initially designed by the APGF to emphasize the commitment of patient-centered care for incoming physicians attending medical school. More than twenty years later, nurses are now a part of the tradition. 鈥淏y offering White Coat Ceremonies, our schools are sending a clear message to new nursing students that compassionate care must be a hallmark of their clinical practice,” says AACN President Eileen T. Breslin. 鈥淪ecuring a commitment to providing patient-centered care at the beginning of a nurse鈥檚 professional formation will help to raise the quality of care available to all patients.鈥 During the ceremony, participants recited an oath committing to high quality care and received a commemorative pin as a reminder of their pledge. 鈥淣ursing has the answers to the predominant health care dilemmas of today and the future,鈥 said Bartels. 鈥淚 encourage these new nursing students to work hard during their nursing studies to become quality nurses who are prepared for clinical leadership and extremely skilled in outcomes-based practice.鈥 The 糖心Vlog School of Nursing is ranked 19th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for its Family Nurse Practitioner graduate program. Teresa Cezar, internal medicine physician, located in Baxley, Georgia and the Southern Peaches Health Services donated the students鈥 white coats. About the Arnold P. Gold Foundation The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (APGF): As a growing, international not-for-profit organization we have a critical mission: to optimize the experience and outcomes of health care for both patients and practitioners by promoting care that is as humanistic as it is technologically sophisticated. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation works with physicians and nurses in training and in practice, as well as other members of the healthcare team, to instill a culture of respect, dignity and compassion for both patients and professionals. When skilled practitioners build caring, trusting and collaborative relationships with patients, studies reveal more appropriate medical decisions, better patient adherence with treatment plans, and less costly healthcare outcomes.聽Learn more at www.humanism-in-medicine.org.