{"id":16763,"date":"2020-09-08T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nursing\/?p=16763"},"modified":"2020-09-08T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:52:47","slug":"nursing-students-welcomed-to-profession-during-virtual-white-coat-ceremony-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nursing\/2020\/09\/08\/nursing-students-welcomed-to-profession-during-virtual-white-coat-ceremony-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing students welcomed to profession during virtual White Coat Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Barbara Wolfe<\/a> and the faculty of the URI College of Nursing<\/a> welcomed the Class of 2023 into the nursing profession during the semi-annual White Coat Ceremony on Sept. 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the students donned their coats remotely during the virtual ceremony.<\/p>\n

Dean Wolfe began the ceremony by recited the Code of Ethics for Nurses:<\/p>\n

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  1. The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person.<\/li>\n
  2. The nurse\u2019s primary commitment is the patient.<\/li>\n
  3. The nurse promotes, advocates for and protects health and safety of the patient.<\/li>\n
  4. \"\"The nurse has the authority, the accountablility and responsibility for nursing practice, makes decisions, and takes actions consistent with the obligation to promote health and provide optimal care.<\/li>\n
  5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth.<\/li>\n
  6. The nurse, through individual and collective action, establishes, maintains,and improves the moral environment of the work setting and the conditions of employment, conducive to quality health care.<\/li>\n
  7. \"\"The nurse, whether in research, practice, education, or administration, contributes to the advancement of the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and generation of nursing and health policies.<\/li>\n
  8. The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect and promote human rights, health diplomacy, and health initiatives.<\/li>\n
  9. The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cAs you move forward in your career, be informed and inspired by this code, as well as by those who have gone before you,\u201d Dean Wolfe urged the new nursing students. \u201cBe an agent of change to improve the wellbeing of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Robert Haffey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Guest speaker, Kent Hospital President and CEO Robert Haffey<\/a>, urged the students to overcome the doubt and stress they may feel as they embark on their new careers. In considering whether nursing is right for them, he asked them to consider three questions:<\/p>\n