Above: 2020 Nursing Alumna Morgan O'Connor stands with UWYO Nursing Dean Sherrill Smith
Speaker, 2021 Nursing Ceremony
Morgan O'Connor, 2020 graduate from the UWYO Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing Basic BSN program, was asked to be the main speaker for the 2021 Ceremony this year. The ceremony, normally named "Nightingale Ceremony" was renamed the "Gold-AACN White Coat Ceremony for Nursing" in honor of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, which financially supported this year's event.
About O'Connor
Morgan O'Connor, RN, BSN, works at the Swedish Medical Center in Colorado on the Med Surg Trauma ICU.
O'Connor came to the University of Wyoming's nursing program as one of three Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars for that year. The Marcia Dale Aspire Program was devoted since 2013 to promoting nursing leadership and producing nursing leaders.
O'Connor's Speech
"Hi, I'm Morgan, and I'll be your nurse today."
That sentence seems very simple.right? Wrong. Physically, I said this exact sentence in front of my mirror at least 50 times before my first day of work. I had it! I was ready. I walked into my patient's room and thought to myself- "Pk this is it. You've practiced this. Just say it."
Story placed: 8/27/2021