The ceremony typically includes several key components: - Speeches: Often delivered by faculty members, alumni, or distinguished guests, these speeches are meant to inspire and motivate new graduates. - Pinning: The highlight of the event, where each graduate is called up to receive their nursing pin, often from a faculty member or a significant person in their life. - Nightingale Pledge: Graduates recite this pledge, a modern adaptation of the Hippocratic Oath, to reaffirm their commitment to ethical nursing practice. - Lighting of the Lamp: This tradition symbolizes the passing of knowledge from one generation of nurses to the next, inspired by Florence Nightingale's role in nursing.
