Department of Nursing at National Mokpo University Holds the 13th Nightingale Oath Ceremony

58 Second-Year Students... Pledging to Uphold Nightingale's Spirit of Sacrifice and Service

The Department of Nursing at Mokpo National University (President Song Ha-cheol) announced on the 2nd that it held the 13th Nightingale Oath Ceremony for 58 second-year students on the 1st.

The Mokpo National University Nightingale Oath Ceremony is an event where second-year students, before starting clinical practice, reflect on Nightingale's spirit of sacrifice and service, pledge to embody the nursing spirit, and commit to contributing to the well-being of humanity and the advancement of the nursing profession.

The event was attended by President Song Ha-cheol, Dean Park Si-hyung of the College of Natural Sciences, Jeonnam Nursing Association President Jeong Haeng-nim, as well as faculty members of the Department of Nursing and parents, who all celebrated the students' first steps.

58 second-year students are taking the Nightingale Pledge.
[Photo by Mokpo National University]

The oath ceremony, hosted by Professor Ryu Se-ang, the second-year coordinator, consisted of △national ceremony △candle lighting ceremony △Nightingale oath △president's encouragement speech △Jeonnam Nursing Association congratulatory speech △congratulatory performance by junior members of the nursing department's sign language club.

The participating students said, "Through the candle lighting symbolizing Nightingale's noble spirit and the reading of the oath, it was a time to reaffirm our mindset as prospective nurses."

After the ceremony, the second-year students enjoyed a joyful time exchanging congratulatory gifts between seniors and juniors while taking commemorative photos at the 'Photo Zone' carefully prepared by the nursing department student council 'Ganzi.'

Jeon Gyeong-sook, head of the Department of Nursing at Mokpo National University, encouraged, "Through this Nightingale Oath Ceremony, I hope you inherit Nightingale's noble spirit and become nurses who contribute to personal growth as well as the development of the nation and the nursing profession."

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