We must let go of the life that we had planned so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”Īdmiral Levine also applauded the class for all the ways in which they can, do, and will make a positive difference in the lives of patients and their families. “Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses towards growth. She encouraged graduates to be open to new possibilities throughout their work and think about the words of American writer, teacher, and philosopher Joseph Campbell: Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, was unable to attend in person due to unforeseen responsibilities with the World Health Organization and provided pre-recorded remarks.Īdmiral Levine reflected on her experience as an openly transgender woman whose career has included decades of clinical practice, academic teaching, and public service. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the head of the U.S. Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Moments like these are our best teachers while we may fumble at first, anything we set our minds to and dedicate ourselves to is possible.” Like when you freak out that the midline is clogged because you can’t flush it, and spend 20 minutes panicking, all to realized it was clamped – and that’s why you didn’t get blood return. In fact, sometimes even the simplest things may be exceedingly difficult at first. It takes time and repetition and resignation to the fact that it will not always be easy. The first is that any new knowledge base or skill set we set out to master takes time. “In hindsight, this task taught me two things. Covid will always define your early clinical career, but the nurses and midwives here today will also come to define care beyond Covid.”įamily Nurse Practitioner graduate Rachel Romero ’22 MSN gave the student remarks, in which she recalled an early lesson in donning sterile gloves. “More than 30 YSN students staffed the Campus Covid Resource Line, which at times fielded more than 4,000 nervous phone calls in a single week. For those in the audience who may not know, more than 100 YSN students staffed the mass vaccination clinic at the Payne Whitney gym, which many of you may have seen earlier today on Old Campus.” And for the first time in three years, in-person festivities included a huge tent packed with hundreds of guests.Īs Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM MPH, FAAN said in her remarks: “Yale nurses and midwives have done what few other Yale students can. Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated Commencement for the Class of 2022 on Old Campus and a diploma ceremony on school grounds on May 23.