Redeemer’s University inducts 82 nursing students, 4 achieve first class. The Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, on Thursday inducted 82 of its students into the nursing profession.
Speaking at the induction, awards, and oath-taking ceremony at the institution’s premises, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Shadrach Akindele, said that four students achieved first class and 64 achieved second class.
Akindele urged the inductees to be good ambassadors of the university and the nursing profession.
The VC, who commended the students for their courage during the learning period, urged them to be professional and compassionate in their field of operation.
In her remarks, the Acting Head of Department of Nursing Science of the university, Dr Deborah Onisile, said that since the inception of the department in 2017, it had consistently demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence.
Onisile said that the department recorded a 100 per cent pass rate in the Registered Nursing Council Examination and an impressive 100% pass rate in six consecutive Midwifery and Public Health Nursing Examinations.
She urged the inductees to be ambassadors of compassion, care, and humanity.
“As you embark on this noble profession, you are not only representatives of Redeemer’s University but also ambassadors of compassion, care, and humanity,” she said.
The induction keynote speaker, Prof. Adesola Ogunfowokan, of the Department of Nursing Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, urged the inductees to groom themselves to fit into humanitarian and developmental works.
Ogunfowokan, who spoke on the theme “Nursing Without Borders: An Unconventional Pathway,” said that the inductees needed to be prepared mentally and physically to face the challenges in the nursing profession.
According to her, nurses need spiritual strength to work under rigorous conditions.
Referencing the humanitarian example of Florence Nightingale, Ogunfowokan said she was an exemplary nurse who embodied the definition of nurses beyond borders.
She urged the inductees to follow in Nightingale’s footsteps by focusing on improving living conditions where poverty exists and providing good medical care where needed.
“Embracing the field of nursing without borders, the nursing profession can lead to achieving universal health coverage,” she said
