Nicholas Pontes Of Northborough Receives 'White Coat'

NORTHBOROUGH, MA — Lakeview College of Nursing recently held a White Coat Ceremony to recognize students who achieved the transition into clinical practice within their bachelor's degree nursing program, which includes Nicholas Pontes.

Pontes attends Lakeview's Charleston Campus.

Nearly 50 Lakeview students participated in the event that was recently held at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Ill.

The College's faculty, who were also wearing white coats, cloaked the students with their new garments. The white color of the coat represents compassionate caring, and the student's receipt of the jacket demonstrates a commitment to this compassionate and humanistic care, according to Rita Wallace, who is an associate professor at Lakeview College of Nursing.

Members of Lakeview's Student Government Association led the Nightingale Nursing Pledge and the White Coat Oath. Students recited verses that call for practicing the profession to the best of their ability as well as to promote, advocate and strive to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient.

Lakeview College of Nursing offers a bachelor of science in nursing degree. It is a single-purpose, private institution that has specialized in nursing education in the Danville, Ill. area since 1894 and in Charleston, Ill. since 2001.