Congratulations December Grads!

NHS honored 95 students who completed their bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing in the fall 2008 semester at a completion ceremony on Dec. 13.

A group of 33 students earned a bachelor's degree through the university's accelerated, 16-month Second Degree Program. In addition, 62 students received their master's degrees through the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Anesthesia, and Nurse Midwifery programs.

"We are so very proud of you," said Sharon Radzyminski, interim chair of the Department of Nursing. "And we are honored to be with you here today." At the event, several students spoke about their educational and clinical experiences.

Photos and selected quotes follow.

"We've cared for patients and their families as lives began and when they ended and everywhere in between. And I believe we've done it well." —Blair Turner (NHS'08) Second Degree Program	"The patients we have taken care of in the past and will take care of in the future will receive the best possible care from my Georgetown classmates." —Justin Howard (G'08) Nurse Anesthesia	"Our contribution to the world will not be measured by the money we make or the accolades we receive, but rather by the way in which we share our unique gifts with the world." —Maria Green (G'08) Family Nurse Practitioner
"…I think what makes us unique is that Georgetown has given us the tools to be the change we hope to see within the health care system." —Abbye Solis (G'08) Acute Care Nurse Practitioner	"We used each other's past experiences to grow. …We were in awe of each other's growth and strength." —Blake Rainie (G'08) Nurse Midwifery