Trinitas Nursing School Graduation Ceremony
One hundred and nine students received their nursing diplomas at the Trinitas School of Nursing 161st Convocation Ceremony held recently at St. Michael’s Church in Cranford.
Graduates from Union County Include:
Berkeley Heights: Cornelia E. Wacaster, who also received the ‘Daisy Award’ which recognizes extraordinary nurses. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.
Clark: Maia Ninashvili
Kenilworth: Kareema E. Abdelfattah
Linden: Pamela Basmadjian, Bertha Boateng, Loraine Calderon Nunez, Chidinma Enyi, Kim D. Faigao, Chrislyne Fenelus, Alison Grant-Rosemond, Lude Kema Louisy, Christine Theodore, Arianna G. Magsino, Patience A. Opaola, Sajal P. Patel, and Sean V. Vargas.
Rahway: Brittany N. Darrow, Jennifer Datus, Julie Jusu, and Tonya M. Ward
Union: Isabel D. Alba, Toni Marie Collazo, Lamoi S. Lawson, Diana Louise S. Lenon, Danielle R. McKenith, and Edline Thermitus,
Warren: Joyce D. D’Annunzio
Westfield: Jessica C. Alvarez, and Tatiane Carvalho Dos Santos
Graduates from Somerset County
North Plainfield: Andrea E. Pazmino
Surrounded by family, friends, and staff that supported their efforts every step of the way, 99 women and 10 men proudly accepted their pins and became eligible to sit for the registered nurse licensing exam.
“The Trinitas School of Nursing is so proud of the 109 graduates- the first graduating class of the new decade, the Class of January 2020,” said Dr. Rose Santee, Dean of the Trinitas School of Nursing, a collaborative nursing program with Union County College. “The graduates receive a diploma in nursing from Trinitas School of Nursing that will authorize them to sit for the RN licensing exam and Union County College awards the graduates with the Associate in Science degree. Their determination and hard work has paid off. It’s exciting for the administration, faculty, staff members, and their families when our students graduate. We will miss them, but more, we are full of the satisfaction that we have guided yet another group of capable nurses who are now ready to join the nursing workforce.”
Trinitas School of Nursing, operated jointly by Trinitas Regional Medical Center and Union County College, currently holds full accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and the New Jersey State Board of Nursing. The National League for Nursing has awarded the School of Nursing a third designation as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education status for the years 2015 – 2020 for Creating Environments that Enhance Student Learning and Professional Development. The School also holds a 20-year, 40-class national licensing examination (NCLEX) passage rate of 86.30% on first writing.
About Trinitas Regional Medical Center:
Trinitas Regional Medical Center (TRMC), a major center for comprehensive health services for those who live and work in Central New Jersey, is a Catholic teaching medical center sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth in partnership with Elizabethtown Healthcare Foundation. With 12 Centers of Excellence across the continuum of care, Trinitas has distinguished itself in cardiology, cancer care, behavioral health, renal care, nursing education, diabetes management, maternity, wound healing and sleep medicine. For more information on Trinitas Regional Medical Center, visit: www.TrinitasRMC.org or call (908) 994-5138.
