{"id":234540,"date":"2025-08-29T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=234540"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:04:33","slug":"uconn-school-of-nursing-hosts-annual-transitions-to-clinical-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/uconn-school-of-nursing-hosts-annual-transitions-to-clinical-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn School of Nursing Hosts Annual Transitions to Clinical Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 27, the UConn School of Nursing held its annual Transitions to Clinical Ceremony where third-year students gather to celebrate the next chapter in their nursing education.<\/p>\n

The first two years of a UConn nursing students education provides them with a foundation of nursing, research, and clinical application. In their third and fourth years, students participate in small-group clinical experiences allowing them to apply what they have learned in a variety of settings, guided by expert nurse faculty.<\/p>\n

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UConn School of Nursing Transitions to Clinical Ceremony on August 27, 2025. (Emily Laput)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During their clinical rotations, students will encounter profound experiences\u2014whether holding a newborn for the first time or offering comfort to a patient at the end of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Transitions Ceremony is an important milestone in a nursing student’s educational journey,\u201d said Elizabeth Mayerson,\u00a0DNP, FNP-BC, CNE. \u201cTo the students, it represents the excitement of starting off campus clinical. As a faculty member, I see the transitions ceremony as the first step in a student’s professional development.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UConn School of Nursing students participating in the “Blessing of the Hands” at the Transitions to Clinical Ceremony on August 27, 2025. (Emily Laput)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the ceremony, the class of 2027 heard from Dean Victoria Vaughan Dickson,\u00a0Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FHFSA, FAAN,\u00a0Clinical Instructor, Amanda Moreau,\u00a0MSN, RN,\u00a0student David Gorski \u201926 NURS, and Mayerson, an assistant clinical professor and director of prelicensure programs.<\/p>\n

Every student’s name was called and celebrated individually. After, Gorski led the junior class through the PRAXIS pledge. Faculty and clinical staff then administered lavender essential oils on their hands, symbolizing spirituality, purification, calmness, and higher consciousness. Students took a quiet moment to reflect on why they made the decision to become a nurse while participating in the traditional \u201cBlessing of the Hands\u201d.<\/p>\n

As the class of 2027 enters this next chapter, they are reminded of the words of Florence Nightingale: \u201cLet us never consider ourselves finished nurses.\u00a0We must be learning all of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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