Prof. Adebayo Bamire, the Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), has charged new graduate nurses to be good ambassadors of their families, teachers, college, University, and Nigeria at large.
Bamire gave the charge during the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) College of Health Sciences Nursing Professional Induction Ceremony at Oduduwa Hall on Thursday in Ile-Ife.
The Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by Prof. Ibukun Akinyemi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Research, Innovation and Development, congratulated the inductees and their parents on the success achieved.
Bamire emphasised that Nigeria has invested so greatly in their lives and warned them against cursing or uttering negativity about the nation.
The Vice-Chancellor appealed to the inductees to maintain their clinical competence by embodying compassion, critical thinking, leadership, and an unwavering commitment to humanity.
The Vice-Chancellor asked the inductees to study further, as the sky is their limit, and should maintain their integrity, be focused, and ensure they are compassionate in their profession.
Also, Prof. John Okeniyi, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), congratulated the inductees and their parents for their encouragement, sacrifices, and unwavering support over the years that made this journey possible.
Okeniyi, who was represented by Prof. Akinwumi Komolafe, the Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, appealed to the new nurses to commit themselves to the ideals and principles of OAU in competence, character, and courage, and always resolve to continue to learn with due diligence.
He stated that by virtue of their training and their call into the unique profession of nursing and endowment, they are best described as "natives of Nigeria, but citizens of the world."
The Chief Medical Director tasked them to be of sound cultural orientation, always ensuring the best outcome in all endeavours and adhering to cultural values of decency, civility, nobility, and dignity to uphold their traditional and moral standards.
Earlier, the Provost, College of Health Sciences, Prof. Bernice Adegbehingbe, congratulated the inductees for their hard work and diligence through lectures, clinical postings, community health experiences, research, and endless hours of practice.
Adegbehingbe said that the inductees have demonstrated resilience, discipline, and determination, which transitioned them from students to professionals entrusted with the lives, dignity, and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
She admonished them as they take the Florence Nightingale pledge to remember that nursing is not merely a career but a calling that demands empathy, patience, ethical conduct, and continuous learning with the highest standards of care.
The Provost emphasised that the world they are stepping into is dynamic, with evolving advances in technology, public health challenges, and global health crises, and their patients need adaptive, knowledgeable, and compassionate nurses.
She urged the inductees as they journey professionally to carry the ethos of Ife and the philosophy of the College of Health Sciences in discipline, integrity, service, and the pursuit of excellence.
Adegbehingbe charged them to be instruments of healing, hope, and positive change wherever they practice, while great success in their future endeavours awaits them.
The Valedictorian, Nurse Victor Afolabi, expressed their gratitude to God, their beginning and their end, and thanked their parents, lecturers, Dean, HoD, non-teaching staff, as well as his colleagues for achieving success.
Afolabi advised his colleagues to lead with passion, stay humble, and go to the world to make an impact in their skilled profession, uphold the values of compassion, and be empathetic to the advancement of the medical profession.
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