{"id":78086,"date":"2023-07-17T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=78086"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:18:27","slug":"nursing-graduate-receives-ceremonial-pin-from-her-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/nursing-graduate-receives-ceremonial-pin-from-her-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing graduate receives ceremonial pin from her mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The \u201cpinning\u201d ceremony is a special event for every nurse.  It\u2019s a time to celebrate a nursing student\u2019s accomplishments and to officially mark their transition into the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinning is a tradition that may date back to the 12th<\/sup> century, but was popularized in the 1800s by Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, when she presented medals of excellence to graduates of her nursing school.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Graduates of the Nursing Program at the University of Ottawa receive this pin, marking their official transition into the nursing profession.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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And to receive the pin from a mentor is extra special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassandra Thomas was a consolidation student from The University of Ottawa in the Surgical Day Care Unit at the Riverside campus of The Ottawa Hospital, and it didn\u2019t take long for her to make an impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCassandra was particularly outstanding in that her knowledge, skill and motivation were clearly evident from the day she started until the very last day of her consolidation,\u201d said Heidi Easey-Dannehl, Nurse Educator at The Ottawa Hospital. \u201cShe instantly impressed our staff and built meaningful professional relationships within our entire surgical area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassandra also felt a special connection with one colleague in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery so often, there is a perfect alignment between a mentor\u2019s teaching approach and a student\u2019s learning style,\u201d explains Heidi. \u201cThis was definitely the case between Eleni Georgitsos, a fellow nurse in the Surgical Day Care Unit and Cassandra. Eleni\u2019s calm, kind and competent nature was just what Cassandra needed to thrive in the Surgical Day Care environment.  Whether the pair were in a teaching moment or helping one another on the unit, they were always laughing and smiling together.  Their personal and professional connection was evident and brought light and positivity to the entire unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eleni Georgitsos was honoured to be the one to place the ceremonial pin on her colleague and recent graduate, Cassandra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So when the time came for the pinning ceremony, Cassandra asked Eleni to \u2018pin\u2019 her.  Eleni was of course honoured to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was an honour to have shared this special moment with Cassandra,\u201d explains Eleni. \u201cBeing a mentor and being able to attend Cassandra\u2019s pinning ceremony is something that I will always cherish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, Cassandra, and congratulations to all the nurse graduates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ottawa Hospital is proud to carry on the \u201cpinning\u201d ceremony to mark a nursing student\u2019s transition into the profession. Read this heartwarming story of how one nursing student received a pin from someone very special to her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":78093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[433,166],"class_list":["post-78086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tomorrows","tag-celebrate-our-staff","tag-staff-experience"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}