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Each student is coated by a senior nursing major, members of the class of 2025. From left to right, Isaiah Hatcher, Ian Fowler, President Brad Johnson, and Mason Cole.
The guest speaker was Laura Paul, who graduated from AMSON with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015. After graduation, Paul began her nursing career at Cox Medical Center Branson, working in the critical care unit for a few years. She then served as a hospital supervisor, and then as an assistant nurse manager. She was recruited as an adjunct clinical faculty in 2017, and now she currently teaches as an assistant professor at AMSON.
“The purpose of the White Coat Ceremony is to continue a special tradition for students preparing to enter the hospital arena of patient care. It is an exciting next step, which also brings with it a solemn responsibility. The white coat, in nursing and other medical professions, symbolizes clinical service and excellence in care,” Williams said.
Each student was coated by a senior nursing major, members of the class of 2025. After the students were coated, they were led in the recitation of the Nightingale Pledge. The seniors then prayed a blessing over the junior nursing students.