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Nursing a ‘special calling’
By Sandy Meindersma May 13, 2007...President Charles F. Monahan Jr. congratulated the 38 nursing graduates of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, noting that the day was a historical one for the school as well as for the graduates. “This is the inaugural class,” Mr. Monahan said. “Today is a special day in the lives of the graduates and in the life of the college.” The commencement speaker, state Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, encouraged the graduates to live up to Florence Nightingale’s pledge to maintain and elevate the nursing profession. “Nursing is a special calling,” Mr. Moore said. “Society’s well-being depends on you.” He encouraged the graduates to lead change, rather than resist it, noting that medical knowledge is now doubling every eight years, but is expected to double every two years by 2010. Read more at telegram.com |
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