By Anna Brown, Union County News
USC Union School of Nursing students participated in a Dedication of Hands Ceremony on Wednesday.
The ceremony emphasizes the art and science of nursing and is an act of caring for first semester nursing students before their clinical experience with patients.
The ceremony is designed to show nursing the students the importance of their hands and they perform skilled tasks associated with nursing care and how nurses bring healing and comfort to patients, said School of Nursing Dean Katie Chargualaf.
“Until now, you have worked diligently in the lab and the classroom, but now it is time to apply what you have learned,” Chargualaf said.
Featured in the ceremony are acts of caring as faculty members ritually wash and dry the students’ hands and then apply oil to the student’s palms.
As each student’s hands are washed, the words, “May your hands provide fervent and skillful nursing care,” are spoken.
During the drying, the faculty member states, ‘May your spirit of compassion and gentleness guide your hands.”
Lastly, oil is applied to the student’s palms with the words, ‘May your hands bring comfort and promote healing to all who come into your care.”
The ceremony concludes with the nursing students and faculty members holding hands in a circle with the words, “Go in peace with the knowledge of the human and spiritual caring that your hands will convey,” spoken.
The students include: Patty Ashe, Julia Beard, Conner Black, Destiny Diaz, Rachel Duncan, Ansleigh Erwin, Kennedy Fennell, Jason Gregory, Sarah Hart, Brandy Jones, Ava Lamm, Zamorhia Norman, Kayden O’Shields, Annesley Phillips, Miley Robinson, Mia Sherbert, Alyssa Tindley, Marianne Whisenant and Adrian Williams.
Featured Image: USC Union School of Nursing Administrator Lynn Edwards, Miley Robinson, Sarah Hart, Destiny Diaz, Mia Sherbert, Marianne Whisenant, Julia Beard, Patty Ashe, Rachel Duncan, Annesley Phillips and Zamorhia Norman (back row) Nursing Administrator Lynn Edwards, Adrian Williams, Kennedy Fennell, Brandy Jones, Alyssa Tinsley, Ava Lamm, Conner Black, Ansleigh Erwin, Kayden O’Shields and Professor Courtney Pinnell
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