Yeungnam Institute of Technology Department of Nursing Holds the 37th 'Nightingale Oath Ceremony'

After the Nightingale Oath Ceremony at Yeungnam Institute of Technology, nursing professors and students are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The College of Nursing at Yeungnam Institute of Technology held the "37th Yeungnam Institute of Technology College of Nursing Nightingale Pledge Ceremony" at 3 p.m. on the 4th in the audiovisual room on the 2nd floor of Cheonma Square.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, only a minimal number of people attended the ceremony, including President Jaeyong Lee, Medical Director Jongyeon Kim, Nursing Director Bokhee Jeong, Nursing College Alumni President Kyunghwa Lee, Dean Heejung Jang, faculty members, and the pledging students. The event was also broadcast live using the Zoom system.

The Nightingale Pledge Ceremony is a ritual where nursing students, after completing two years of basic theoretical education, inherit the noble spirit of service of Nightingale and pledge their mission as professional nurses before starting clinical practice.

This ceremony began with 201 third-year nursing students (176 female students and 25 male students) receiving the candlelight from their seniors.

The participating students pledged through the oath to emulate Nightingale's sacrifice and noble spirit, fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of nurses and carrying out righteous and devoted nursing activities.

201 nursing students participated in the oath-taking ceremony.

After the "Nightingale Pledge Ceremony," the nursing students will take their first steps as future professional nurses through full-scale clinical practice conducted from the first semester of their third year to the second semester of their fourth year.

President Jaeyong Lee said, "Remembering Nightingale's spirit of sacrifice, I hope you will strive to protect patients' lives on the front lines of healthcare," and added, "Even if you face various difficulties during clinical practice, I support you to overcome them and return healthy."

Yeungnam Institute of Technology is a prestigious vocational education university that cultivates differentiated, specialized, and professional talents through practice-oriented education and field-centered professional technical education. It has been selected as the No. 1 nationwide in the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) for vocational colleges for nine consecutive years, proving itself as a 'top-class' representative of domestic vocational colleges.

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