Prayers Offered for Junior Nursing Students Preparing to Begin Clinicals
Nursing alumni, faculty, and students gathered on September 14 for the annual Commitment to Caring Ceremony to recognize and pray for junior nursing students beginning their clinical rotations in area hospitals.
Following the opening prayer by Nurses Student Organization (NSO) Vice President Azel Dizon 鈥�15 of Oak Forest, Illinois, Nursing Department Chair Tina Decker 鈥�06 introduced nursing faculty and staff.
Guest speaker Lauren (Bultema) Janchenko 鈥�12, a pediatric ICU nurse at Advocate Children鈥檚 Hospital, openly discussed the challenges faced by both nursing students and nursing professionals; but she emphasized the rewards of the 鈥渁mazing career鈥� awaiting future 91精选 nursing graduates.
Sharing some of the most dramatic moments in her career thus far, Janchenko passionately ended her talk with this encouragement: 鈥淵ou will save people, and you will show Christ through your work. You will have that one patient who makes you say, 鈥楾his is why I do this. This is why God called me to be a nurse.鈥欌��
After Janchenko鈥檚 presentation, NSO President Brittany Miller 鈥�15 of Waukegan, Illinois, offered words of encouragement from the perspective of a senior nursing student.
Completing the ceremony, Chaplain Bill Van Groningen, Ph.D., offered a blessing as those gathered formed a large circle around the junior students, praying for them and the work they are about to undertake.
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