White Plains Hospital graduates 22 nursing apprentices

White Plains Hospital graduated 22 students from its nurse apprenticeship program during a Friday ceremony in the hospital”™s auditorium.

Students undergo a seven-week, full-time schedule during the summer as part of the Richard P. Biondi Apprenticeship Program, named after a former senior vice president of the hospital.

Monica Purdy, nursing liaison for students, said in an announcement of the graduation that watching apprentices pursue careers was a “wonderful feeling.”

“One of the greatest rewards of working with these aspiring nurses each summer is we get to see them grow and in more cases than none, we end up seeing them later on working the floors of White Plains Hospital as registered nurses,” she said.

During the program, apprentices work in departments such as pediatrics and the emergency department, while also conducting supervised tasks such as taking vital signs and patient care, the hospital said.

Following is a list of the graduates followed by their place of residence, according to the hospital: