Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremony held at Halifax CC

Class of 2010 is largest ever at college

 The 2010 Practical Nursing (PN) Pinning Ceremony was held in The Centre at Halifax Community College, July 29. College staff, family and guests gathered for the ceremony honoring the accomplishments of the class that included 20 members, the largest class of PN students to ever graduate from the college.

This was the eighth pinning ceremony for the PN program at HCC, a part of the Nash-Edgecombe-Wilson-Halifax (NEWH) Nursing Consortium. The keynote speaker for the event was Nursing Department Head Stephanie Terry.

“You’ve earned this day,” said Terry. “Hold your head high and know that you have achieved a great milestone in your life…Trust what the instructors have taught you. Treat the patients as if they were your own family.”

Terry added, “You’re going to be faced with situations every day of your nursing career where you may choose to take a shortcut or you can do what’s right…I encourage you always to do what is right and best for your patients.”

She stressed that graduates be leaders to their co-workers and in the community, and to be the kind of nurse they would want caring for themselves. She also encouraged graduates to continue learning, to persevere and to set personal and professional goals.

“I believe with all my heart that nursing is a calling on your life. It is a tough calling, sometimes painful, but a beautiful calling that can never be put into words. My prayer for you is that even on your worse days, you will love what you do,” said Terry.

PN graduates included Shelia Artis, Arthea S. Arrington Boyd, Jena Marshale Davis, Kristen Regina DeBerry, Cory Dixon Dill, Karen Denise Gray, Florissa N. Hale-Privott, Carolyn Hunter, Semiko Newsome Jacobs, Jackie F. Hinton, Lakisha Shonte’ Long, Linwood Brent Mason, Dixie Howell Medlin, Gina Massey Peterson, Ilene Luepkes Scott, Lorrie Smith, Latoya Thompson, Julia Keeter Vann, Shamonia Vick, and Requita Grant Williams.

The 2010 Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremony was held in The Centre at Halifax Community College, July 29. The class included 20 members, the largest class of PN students to ever graduate from HCC.