Nursing Fundamentals Celebrate Completing Requirements with Pinning Ceremony

On May 19, at the school system’s Education Building, the Nursing Fundamentals classes held a Pinning Ceremony in which students received their nursing pins after meeting the necessary program requirements for completion of the nursing program. 

“East Forsyth, Glenn High School, North Forsyth High School and Walkertown High School came together to celebrate the accomplishments of these students. Each school had two or three students recognized as an Outstanding Clinical Student. Alayshia Gaines and Mia James won from North Forsyth. North in partnership with the Red Cross also awarded a $2,500 scholarship to Jackeline Melendez.  Students have or are eligible to take the North Carolina Certified Nursing Assistant exam upon completion of the program.  

“The students work extremely hard in this class.  After completing the curriculum, students spend anywhere from 40 to 60 hours performing hands on patient care in a skilled nursing facility. I am extremely proud of all of them.  They are fantastic kids and now are also my colleagues.” 

Teacher Christina Davis RN, BSN sent the text of the speech by Elizabeth York RN, BSN:

This ceremony was special because the students are coming together from different schools and unifying the common goal that they all share which is healthcare.

Each of these students has worked very hard this year. This class and the previous classes they took to get here are not easy. It takes focus, determination and the attitude of an upright student to get where they are. They didn’t just take the nursing fundamentals class.

They applied and had to be chosen. That makes each of them special and we saw that in them. They did some things this year that they never thought they would do. They were pushed in the classroom and out of the classroom to make them a better person and healthcare worker.

Each of them has grown as a student and as a person this year, not only because of the skills they’ve learned and practiced but the people that they have met and made relationships with.

The elderly that they came into contact with touched their hearts and I don’t think any of them expected that. The nursing home that they attended was filled with elderly people that need help the most. The residents were reliant on them for what you do for yourself every day.

It’s when you realize that, that you develop that sense of empathy for those around you. In today’s world it’s hard to put yourself in someone else’s shoes but when you come face to face with what may be your own future, it’s hard not to try and see from the residents point of view. These students worked so hard to get to this point and for that they should be congratulated!