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Pikeville College nursing students honored

May 24, 2011 3:00 PM

PIKEVILLE, KY

Graduates of Pikeville College’s Elizabeth Akers Elliott nursing program were honored for their academic achievements during a traditional nursing pinning ceremony May 19.

Students were pinned by nursing faculty members and afterward participated in a beautiful candle-lighting ceremony. The new nurses in the graduating class recited the Florence Nightingale pledge, vowing to devote themselves to quality nursing care. The traditional pinning ceremony dates back to the 1860s and was adopted by Nightingale as a way to honor her most outstanding graduate nurses.

Leslie Taylour Hamilton of Pikeville was the recipient of the Elizabeth Akers Elliott Award. She was selected by the nursing faculty as the student who “best exemplifies the caring compassion and empathy that are the very spirit of nursing.” The award also holds special significance for the family of Elizabeth Akers Elliott, as they established a trust fund to launch a nursing program in her memory. The Elliott family has been faithful in supporting the program since its inception.

The Outstanding Nursing Student Award, an honor bestowed by fellow classmates to the nursing student they would “most like to have care for themselves or their family,” was presented to Elizabeth Hope Branham. Branham also received the Vivian Day Award, presented for earning the highest grade-point average in nursing courses.

The Student Nurses Association of Pikeville College (SNAP) donated a gift of $500 to Shriners Hospital in Lexington in honor of Braiden Adkins, son of nursing graduate Leslie Hamilton Adkins. SNAP also made a $100 donation to Hillbilly Christmas in July for the Randy Jones Memorial Park.

Members of the Gideons International Women’s Auxiliary presented graduates with a New Testament especially for medical personnel.

Photo Caption:
Graduates of the Elizabeth Akers Elliott nursing program are, front row, from left: Shasta Nicole Tackett of Dorton; Elizabeth Hope Branham of Elkhorn City; Tabitha Renae Easterling of Elkhorn City; Lisa Slone of Pikeville; and Chancy Lea Looney of Shelbiana. Second row, from left: Chandra Nicole Damron of Robinson Creek; Heather J. Stevens of Harold; Chelsea Dannielle Fields of Whitesburg; Kristin DeAnn Boyd of Banner and Emily Grace Nicole Stanley of Belfry. Third row, from left: Jamie Denise Snodgrass of Elkhorn City; Marsha Lowe of Pikeville; Kristie Jo Sumner of Sassafras; Kathy Adkins of Elkhorn City; and Melissa McCoy of Virgie. Fourth row, from left: Wilma Grace Elizabeth Howard of Roxanna, Amberly Dawn Justice of Freeburn, Jacob Alan Couch of Banner; Leslie Taylour Hamilton of Pikeville; and Jessica Kathryn Taylor of Pikeville.

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