Aug. 18, 2014

VCU School of Nursing to hold first white coat ceremony in school’s history

Ceremony is part of a national pilot program involving 100 schools

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By Eric Peters

About 60 new undergraduate Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Students will participate in the school’s first-ever white coat ceremony with the help of funding support from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

The event will be held Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. in Younger Auditorium, VCU School of Nursing, 1100 E. Leigh St.

White coat ceremonies have been a rite of passage at medical schools for more than 20 years, but this new collaboration between APGF and AACN marks the first time a coordinated effort has been developed to offer similar events at schools of nursing.

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