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Honoring Nurses with Compassion
Founded in September 2024, the Ogeechee Region Nurse Honor Guard is a volunteer organization honoring nurses’ profound contributions to their communities and profession. Membership is available to active or retired RNs, NPs, CRNAs, CNSs, and LPNs in good standing with the Georgia Board of Nursing, our members provide meaningful tributes recognizing the dedication and sacrifices of nurses.
Our goals are to provide dignity and respect in recognition to our fellow colleagues (free of charge) while inspiring the next generation of nurses to leave a lasting impression on our profession.
Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is to pay tribute to our nursing colleagues by performing the Nightingale Tribute and the Last Call of Duty at their funeral, memorial, or graveside service. This ceremony serves as a final farewell, officially releasing the nurse from their professional duties. Through this act, we honor the dedication, care, and compassion that defined their career, acknowledging their contributions to the well-being of countless lives.
Our vision is to honor nursing colleagues who dedicated their lives to caring for others, celebrating their legacy and inspiring future generations in the nursing profession.
Traditional Uniforms
Volunteers wear traditional uniforms, reflecting the timeless values of care and compassion in nursing.
Symbolic Cape
The cape represents warmth for soldiers, with a red lining signifying nurses’ battlefield dedication.
Service Availability
There is no minimum number of tributes required for attendance; however, members are requested to respond to ALL tribute requests.
Chapter leadership
Ogeechee Region Nurse Honor Guard Chapter Leadership works with funeral homes in the counties we serve managing the Nightingale Tributes.
Chapter Leadership also work with various community entities seeking new members, scheduling events, and communicating with potential new members nurses to increase our membership base.
Chapter Leadership advertise our chapter efforts, posting information on our FaceBook page, communicating with members about potential tributes in the absence of the Chapter Founder/President.
ORNHG Ambassador program for student nurses
Membership in the ORNHG AMBASSADOR Program has a few required steps that a student nurse must comply with prior to acceptance into the program:
- Membership is open to any nursing school student who has completed his/her didactic and clinical education
- Received his/her pin from a designated school of nursing
- Either has not yet sat for the NCLEX Licensing Exam or have taken and are awaiting results from of the NCLEX Licensing Examination (licensure must be verifiable on the Ga Board of Nursing to transition to a full ORNHG member).
As a representative of the ORNHG AMBASSADOR Program, you are invited to attend any ORNHG tribute/event. While attending any tributes/events, required regalia will be a white uniform & white shoes. Your role in any tributes/events will be under the same rules/guidelines as full ORHG members.
There is no membership fee for this program as this is a transition period to full membership into the ORNHG chapter after passing the NCLEX licensing examination. At that time, ORNHG chapter membership will be available.
Any nursing student who is interested in joining our efforts as an Ogeechee Region Nurse Honor Guard Ambassador, please email ogeecheenhg@gmail.com with the following information (in the subject line, please add AMBASSADOR PROGRAM):
- Your name
- Address
- Phone number
- contact information (email address)
- School attended
- Date of Pinning
- Have you registered for the NCLEX Licensing Examination?
- If yes, have you taken the NCLEX?
- If no, when are you planning to take the NCLEX?