{"id":2216,"date":"2016-12-12T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/accelerated-nursing-program-graduates-pinned-during-marymount-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2016-12-12T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:06:00","slug":"accelerated-nursing-program-graduates-pinned-during-marymount-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/accelerated-nursing-program-graduates-pinned-during-marymount-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerated Nursing Program Graduates Pinned During Marymount Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seventy-two graduates of Marymount University\u0092s accelerated bachelor of nursing program celebrated their accomplishment during a pinning ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Lee Center on the school\u0092s main campus. The event also honored their family and friends for supporting them.<\/p>\n
\u0093Like any new group, we started last September as a collection of strangers with a common goal,\u0094 said Arya Pretlow, who was chosen by the faculty as student speaker. \u0093It didn\u0092t take long for individual strengths and gifts to shine and, thankfully, as a group we recognized that getting through nursing school is a team effort.\u0094<\/p>\n
Accelerated BSN students already have one bachelor\u0092s degree. In addition to knowledge, Pretlow said the program helped them build character. They rose to the challenges of their own circumstances, she said, and also rolled up their sleeves to help each other, whether that meant working with peers who needed extra lab practice, studying together, or pooling resources to assist classmates during family hardships.<\/p>\n
\u0093We are helpers,\u0094 she said. \u0093We are teammates. We are leaders. Each of you brings unique gifts to the lucky unit that has hired, or will hire, you.\u0094<\/p>\n
Alumni speaker Karin Kutscher, who graduated in 2015 and\u00a0<\/b>works at Virginia Hospital Center, urged the graduates to have tenacity, to practice, and to be patient with themselves as they continue to learn on the job.<\/p>\n
\u0093That stick-with-it-ness as a new registered nurse has been necessary because it takes endurance and persistence to be a part of the healthcare system,\u0094 she said.<\/p>\n
She urged the new nurses to be patient with themselves.<\/p>\n
\u0093Patience allows me to process my experiences, and it gives me the time that I require to become competent.\u0094<\/p>\n
Ryan Lawson served as the student master of ceremonies for the event. Jasmine Mims led the International Council of Nurses\u0092 Pledge.<\/p>\n
During her remarks, Pretlow thanked President Matthew D. Shank, Acting Provost Rita Wong<\/a>, and Dean Jeanne Mathews<\/a> for their commitment to ongoing excellence at Marymount\u0092s Malek School of Health Professions.<\/p>\n \u0093Thanks must also go to our professors, faculty, and the support staff who make this nursing program happen,\u0094 she said. \u0093And, finally, a heartfelt \u0091thank you\u0092 to our families and friends, who have supported us in their own unique ways as we worked our way through these intense 15 months.\u0094<\/p>\n