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Practical Nursing Class of 2024 Graduates Twenty
MOORHEAD, Miss. (July 9, 2024) – Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its
2024 Practical Nursing (PN) Pinning and Graduation Ceremony on Monday, July 8, in
the J.T. Hall Coliseum.
Twenty students participated in the ceremony. PN student Zundra Cox provided the invocation,
with MDCC Interim President Teresa Webster giving the welcome.
The commencement address was given by Dr. Priscilla Burks, Director of Practical Nursing
Education at the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Burks was introduced by Dean of Health
Sciences Dr. Patricia Kelly.
Following the commencement address, Teresa Webster presented the candidates for conferral
of their certificates. PN Instructor Bettinica Cobbs then led the students in the
lighting of the Nightingale Lamps before PN student Hannah Farmer led the new graduates
in the Practical Nurse’s Pledge.
PN Instructor Deshundra Meeks had the honor of officially presenting the graduates
before they were pinned by PN Chair and Assistant Director of Nursing Veronica Caradine.
The benediction was given by PN student Zsorya Smith.
The Practical Nursing program prepares nurses at the basic level of entry for nursing
practice. The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to practice safe, effective
nursing and function as team members.
A licensed practical nurse means that a person has graduated from an approved nursing
program, passed the appropriate examinations, and is licensed by the state. The nurse
practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Mississippi Board
of Nursing as determined by the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law and Administrative
Code.