Capping ceremony of nursing and obstetrics graduates

24.06.2019

The capping ceremony of 78 nursing and 33 obstetric graduates took place on June 19th in Atheneum Gedanense Novum.

For the first time in the history of the Medical University of Gdańsk, three graduates of the Nursing English Division also took part in the ceremony, thereby taking the solemn oath together with their Polish colleagues.

Capping is viewed as establishing professional identity for both nurses and midwifes. Therefore, the ceremony itself is very formal and momentous in character. It took place by the light of a lit lantern, which is a direct reference to the lamp from the era of the forerunner of the profession Florence Nightingale and a symbol of symbol of life entrusted to the care of nurses and midwives.

The nurses received their caps from the hands of Anna Małecka-Dubiela, Ph.D. and Katarzyna Gross-Issajewicz, M.A. and Danuta Postrożny, whereas the midwives got theirs from Jolanta Olszewksa, Ph.D. and Agnieszka Czerwińska-Osipiak, Ph.D. The ceremony was honoured by the Choir of the Medical University of Gdańsk.

In addition to the graduates and their relatives, the ceremony was attended by the vice-rector for development and organization of education the MUG prof. Jacek Bigda, vice-chairwoman of the District Chamber of Nurses and Midwives in Gdańsk Danuta Adamczyk-Wiśniewska, deputy general director for nursing at the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk, head nurse Anna Lignowska and head nurse and midwives of the Clinic of Obstetrics at the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk Tasija Kalogridou and lecturers. The national consultant for obstetrics and gynecology nursing Leokadia Jędrzejewska, M.A. was also present, along with Ewa Bogdańska-Bóll, representing the hospital in Kartuzy, Beata Wieczorek-Wójcik from the Pomeranian Hospital, as well as Marzena Barton from the hospital in Kościerzyna.