Prayers Offered for Junior Nursing Students Preparing to Begin Clinicals

Nursing alumni, faculty, and students gathered on September 14 for the annual Commitment to Caring Ceremony to recognize and pray for junior nursing students beginning their clinical rotations in area hospitals.

Following the opening prayer by Nurses Student Organization (NSO) Vice President Azel Dizon ’15 of Oak Forest, Illinois, Nursing Department Chair Tina Decker ’06 introduced nursing faculty and staff.

Guest speaker Lauren (Bultema) Janchenko ’12, a pediatric ICU nurse at Advocate Children’s Hospital, openly discussed the challenges faced by both nursing students and nursing professionals; but she emphasized the rewards of the “amazing career” awaiting future Trinity nursing graduates.

Sharing some of the most dramatic moments in her career thus far, Janchenko passionately ended her talk with this encouragement: “You will save people, and you will show Christ through your work. You will have that one patient who makes you say, ‘This is why I do this. This is why God called me to be a nurse.’”

After Janchenko’s presentation, NSO President Brittany Miller ’15 of Waukegan, Illinois, offered words of encouragement from the perspective of a senior nursing student.

Completing the ceremony, Chaplain Bill Van Groningen, Ph.D., offered a blessing as those gathered formed a large circle around the junior students, praying for them and the work they are about to undertake.

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