Nurses get ‘white coats’

YOUNGSTOWN

More than 100 sophomore nursing students at Youngstown State University received their “white coats” during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Monday in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center on campus. The fourth annual ceremony is sponsored by Sweeney Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and the Blackann and Sweeney families.

The ceremony signifies the transition to clinical learning as students begin their clinical experiences caring for patients in long-term care facilities and in local hospitals – St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, St. Joseph Warren Hospital and Trumbull Regional Medical Center.