Talk:Pinning ceremony (nursing)

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Did you know... that the history of nursing's pinning ceremony dates back to the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century?

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May I suggest that more information is added to get this article in context. I think it may be a US thing so perhaps that can be verified to start with. --Vincej 09:11, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not just nurses?[edit]

I may be wrong, but don't other groups having pinning ceremonies, like the Navy? BethEnd (talk) 03:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can attest to the fact that it's not an uniquely American ritual - a family member is a recent graduate of a Canadian nursing program and is about to undergo the pinning ceremony. Cruise332 (talk) 16:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Historic image[edit]

@Michael Barera: you may want to use this image from my article about Schwester Selma: File:PikiWiki Israel 4817 Shaare Zedek Hospital (cropped).jpg. (I need to learn how to crop off the border. -- I did it!) Yoninah (talk) 17:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Great suggestion, Yoninah! I just added it in the "History" section. Thanks so much! Michael Barera (talk) 00:01, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Other pinning ceremonies[edit]

@Michael Barera: As mentioned in a previous post, nurses are not the only ones with pinning ceremonies. I added a Commons category which shows members of the armed forces being pinned. I suggest you add a new section at the end called "Other uses" and mention these military pinning ceremonies, with a cite. Yoninah (talk) 00:08, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: I think it would make more sense to move this article to "pinning ceremony (nursing)" and create a separate article for "pinning ceremony (military)". Michael Barera (talk) 03:39, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Michael Barera: OK. But the page is about to go live on the main page. Let's wait another 12 hours and then move the page. Yoninah (talk) 10:43, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a plan, Yoninah. Let's do that. Michael Barera (talk) 14:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:54, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Pinning ceremony at Nazareth College in New York

... that the history of nursing's pinning ceremony (pictured) dates back to the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century? Source: Museum of Nursing History, Concorde Career College
- ALT1:... that nursing's pinning ceremony (pictured) typically includes a candle-lighting or lamp-lighting ceremony that commemorates Florence Nightingale's nighttime aid to wounded soldiers by candlelight? Source: Ericksen

Reviewed: San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds

5x expanded by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 00:13, 17 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Date, length and hooks all OK. My preference is for the Knights Hospitaller version. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing, picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]