2006 Capping Ceremony

CLDH-EI Dept. of Nursing

•  Symbols of the profes-sion are handed down

•  A strengthening of the commitment to serve

•  A commitment to achieve excellence in the nursing profession

The Capping Ceremony

Symbols of the profession

The nurse’s cap represents humility and nobility. It proc-laims a nurse’s readiness to voluntarily take on the res-ponsibilities of caring and rendering service.

Symbols of the Profession

The Caduceus depicts Aesculapius, the god of healing, as a staff entwined with two serpents which represent wisdom. The wings at the top symbolize the medical or healing profes-sion.

Symbols of the Profession

The Lamp, represented by the candle-lighting ceremony, signi-fies the passing of the torch of nursing knowledge as all your candles are lit from this single source. The Lamp will always shine brightly as a symbol of a nurse’s care and devotion.

Florence Nightingale

The future of nursing Nursing shortage in rich countries

•  Factors: –  steep population growth –  diminishing influx of new

nursing students –  aging nursing workforce

Diagnosis: Not Enough Nurses

The (US) national short-age is already acute —and your safety is at risk. How to fix the problem.

Illustration by James Steinberg for Newsweek

By Anne Underwood Newsweek December 12, 2005 issue

Good news? •  Shortage of nurses in the foreign market •  Accessible nursing education

But...

Is quality nursing education guaranteed?

PRC: June 2005 Examinees 26,000 Passing rate 50%

CHED: April 2005 Nursing schools nationwide 269 Passing rate (90% or higher) 12

– Located in Metro Manila 4

Magnet hospitals •  Premise: higher levels of nursing skills

result in better quality of patient care.

Pro-nurse workplace : –  lower patient-nurse ratios –  improved salary scales –  enhanced training and

education

Implication for our nurses •  Tougher competition for overseas jobs •  Competition will eventually include the

local work force of the foreign country

Solution: – Quality education – Quality professional training

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclu-sive devotion as hard a prepar-ation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

-- Florence Nightingale

Congratulations to you all and

Good Luck!