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During the mid-nineteenth century nursing was not considered a suitable profession for
a well-documented woman. Nurses of the time were lacking in training and they also had
the reputation of being coarse, ignorant women. Efforts were being made to train nurses,
although programs were few and inadequate. Someone was needed to provide leadership for
nursing education and service; and Florence Nightingale responded by providing direction
for nursing. Nightingale had achieved the transformation of nursing from its disreputable
past into a responsible and respectable career for women.
True to its principle that education is its service offering to God and country, Misamis
University opened its College of Nursing in the year 1975.
In an effort to signify the nursing profession in Misamis University, the nursing pin was
created during the headship of Dean Purificacion V. Padilla.
The Pin is in the form of a Cross that symbolizes the nurse's commitment and dedication
to their chosen profession. It also represents the many sacrifices that the nurse is
willing to undertake for the sake of his/her profession.
Embedded at the center is a Lamp which serves as a beacon of light and hope for each
nursing graduate who pass through the hallowed portals of Misamis University. It serves
as a symbol for the continuing quest for academic excellence that distinguishes an MU
graduate.
Below the Lamp are the numbers 1929, the year when Dr. Hilarion T. Feliciano realized his
vision of providing quality education to the young people of northern mindanao through the
founding of Misamis Institute, presently known as Misamis University.
After 77 years of continuous commitment to the ideals and mission of its founders, Misamis
University still blazes through and makes ineffaceable footprints in the challenging world
of the 21st century.
Nurses wear the pin after acquiring the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing as a
testimony of her worthiness to her profession.
This is the essence of the nursing pin.
Posted by: Ms. Buhisan