Post-Gazette Celebrates CCAC's Nursing Pinning Ceremony
CCAC Nursing students wore formal white scrubs and carried ceremonial candles for the rite of passage on Dec. 17.
Pittsburgh
"Nearly 200 people in white scrubs walked into the gymnasium at the Community College of Allegheny County on Saturday as students and walked out as nurses, many of them with jobs already in hand."
This line opens a recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, whose reporter attended CCAC's fall Nursing Pinning Ceremony on Dec. 17.
In addition to compelling descriptions of the occasion itself, the article details the context into which CCAC Nursing students are graduating: amid a deepening nationwide shortage of nurses, there are currently over 4,000 open positions close to home at UPMC and Allegheny Health Network.
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