{"id":11369,"date":"2019-04-25T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2019-04-26T20:51:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:51:45","slug":"a-moment-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/a-moment-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11370\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/2019-SON-White-Coat-Ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"white coat ceremony\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/2019-SON-White-Coat-Ceremony.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/2019-SON-White-Coat-Ceremony-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/2019-SON-White-Coat-Ceremony-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/2019-SON-White-Coat-Ceremony-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The School of Nursing\u2019s first-ever White Coat ceremonies in January and March were the beginning of a new tradition. Appropriately, they also marked another historical moment\u2014the school\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Intended for first-year students in the medical, nursing and physician assistant programs, the White Coat Ceremony \u201cserves to welcome students to health care practice and elevate the value of humanism as the core of health care,\u201d said Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 incoming and current traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing students, and 93 students entering the accelerated bachelor\u2019s program, received their white coats and committed to the professional, ethical and compassionate practice of nursing throughout their career.<\/p>\n<p>The White Coat Ceremony started in 1993 at Columbia University\u2019s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. 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