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色情视频 Imperial Valley last week held its first white coat ceremony for the inaugural class of its  (BSN) program. 

鈥淭he white coat ceremony is symbolic because it's basically a rite of passage to emphasize the importance of compassionate patient care at the very start of clinical training,鈥� said Brooke Plourd, clinical placement coordinator for 色情视频鈥檚 School of Nursing.

Ten nursing students received their white coats, pledging to uphold the ethics of nursing. All are community college transfer students who finished the nursing fundamental courses for the two-year program this fall. 

鈥淭his rite of passage symbolizes a commitment to uphold the Nursing Code of Ethics and dedication to serve humanity with care and compassion,鈥� said Karen Macauley, director of the School of Nursing. It鈥檚 also a celebration of their progress and a chance to reflect on their potential impact on the local community, she added. 

鈥淲ith these white coats, we are entrusting them to care for our loved ones,鈥� said Guillermina Gina N煤帽ez-Mchiri, dean of 色情视频 Imperial Valley.

In early 2023, the students will begin their clinical rotations at agencies in the Valley and Calipatria State Prison.

鈥淔or the first time, they're outside of the classroom or our controlled lab, and they're working with real-life patients,鈥� said Helina Hoyt, associate director of nursing at 色情视频 Imperial Valley. 

During their rotation at the prison, the cohort will focus on psychiatric mental health and work with a multidisciplinary team practicing the 鈥渨hole person鈥� care model. Working in the prison system will allow the students to follow patients over an extended period of time to get a more complete picture of their health, according to Hoyt.

鈥淵ou think about the physical, the psychosocial and the spiritual aspect of a patient,鈥� said Hoyt. 鈥淲e're thrilled that they're going to learn about that first in that environment,鈥� she added. 

The accelerated nursing program debuts at a time of staffing shortages for local healthcare agencies and the additional strain on healthcare capacity in the Valley brought on by COVID-19. 

鈥淚f you have delays in care and gaps in medical follow through and follow up, that actually means a loss of people's lives,鈥� said N煤帽ez-Mchiri. The shortage can also be a strain on families of limited means, especially if burdened with a two-hour drive to see a specialist in San Diego.

To address the shortage, the healthcare agencies turned to traveling nurses and state nurses, which raised healthcare costs, according to Macauley. Instead, the accelerated nursing program was designed with a .

鈥淢any nurses go out and work in these hospitals, but they don't stay because they're not from the Valley,鈥� said Macauley. 

The highly competitive program exclusively recruits students residing in Imperial County, and the students plan to serve there after graduation. 鈥淧atients do better when they have bachelor's-prepared nurses, and especially when nurses understand the culture,鈥� said Hoyt. 

鈥淥ne thing we're doing in the nursing profession is to make sure that the nursing profession represents the populations that we serve so they understand the complexities and intricacies of the social determinants of health in the Imperial Valley,鈥� said Macauley.

鈥淚mperial County is considered one of the highest rates of asthma, tuberculosis, diabetes, hypertension, and it's a very underserved area and rural,鈥� she said. 鈥淪o once you have been part of these communities, you have the drive and passion to ensure that all the residents have access to health care.鈥�

In addition to the 10 transfer students, 10 first-year students also began their nursing studies in the fall and will receive their white coats in fall 2023. 

The accelerated Imperial Valley program will take them only three years to complete instead of the usual four, with instruction continuing through the summer to help meet hospital demand.  

Even so, Hoyt said some students have waited years to enter a BSN program because educational opportunities have been limited in the Valley. She believes the students benefit from the program鈥檚 personalized mentoring from their instructors, and they are beginning to see themselves as a health resource for family members as well as the broader community.