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Living Tribute
We are here today to celebrate you and your nursing career and accomplishments as well as to off you our wishes and hope for comfort and peace in your days ahead. The Utah Nightingales- our nurses honor guard- is honored and proud to participate in this tribute to Nurse _______.
(Opportunity to give slight biography of nursing career)
Nursing is a calling, a lifestyle, a way of living. Nurses here today honor our colleague ___________ and her life as a nurse. ____________, we remember you and your years as a nurse by the difference you’ve made during those years stepping into people’s lives- by special moments created. Your caring heart, compassion, guidance, support, and medical knowledge have been a blessing to the medical field. You gave comfort where there was pain, courage where there was fear, hope where there was despair, and acceptance when the end was near; always with a gentle touch of tenderness, patience, and love.
The rose symbolizes all that nursing stands for: comfort, kindness, gentleness, courage, and unwavering devotion to duty. We present this in appreciation for being our colleague.
The Lamp symbolizes knowledge and is the light of your nursing career.
Nurse _____________. We present you with this blanket to cover you with our love and gratitude for being part of the nursing profession and to recognize those lives which you covered with your professional care and devotion. Though your nursing tasks are complete, they will never be forgotten. It has been the Utah Nightingale’s pleasure to convey our respect and admiration for you as a nurse and our gratitude for the care you’ve given to others.
This concludes our presentation. Thank you for allowing us to honor your nursing career.
Ceremony of Release
Nightingale Ceremony
Today we light a lamp in honor of ___________________________ and (his/her) nursing service
(Light the Lamp)
The lamp of knowledge signifies the nurse’s science-based knowledge
and commitment to lifelong learning, which are the foundation of professional nursing practice.
The lamp’s bright flame is reserved for those who, like Florence Nightingale,
strive to light the way for others through knowledge and compassion.
Nightingale Oath:
Today we meet to honor our colleague who lived her life by the Nightingale Oath:
Will all nurses please stand as we recite our oath
In full knowledge of the obligations I am undertaking, I promise to practice professional nursing with all my skills and the understanding I possess, without regard to race, creed, color, politics, or social status to those entrusted to my care. Sparing no effort to preserve quality of life, alleviate suffering and to promote health as affirmed by the person. I will respect at all times the dignity and beliefs of the patients under my care, holding in confidence all personal information entrusted to me, and refraining from any action which may endanger life or health. I will endeavor to keep my professional knowledge and skills at the highest level, and to give support and cooperation to all members of the healthcare team. I will do my utmost to honor the international code of ethics applied to nursing, and to uphold the integrity of the profession.
Nightingale Tribute:
Nursing is a calling, a lifestyle, a way of living. Nurses here today honor our colleague _______________ who is no longer with us and their life as a nurse.
_______________ is not remembered by Her/His years as a nurse, but by the difference She/HE made during those years by stepping into people’s lives; by special moments.
______________, we honor you this day and give you a white rose to symbolize our honor and appreciation for being our nursing colleague. If all nurses in the audience would please take a rose and place it ___________ (on casket or vase)
Ringing of the Triangle:
________________ (then ring the triangle)
________________ (then ring the triangle)
_________________ (then ring the triangle)
We officially release you of your nursing duties
(Extinguish the lamp and give to the family with quiet condolences)
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