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Mile High Nurse Honor Guard

Posted 3 months ago in Mile High Nurse Honor Guard

The Mile High Nurses Honor Guard pays tribute to nurses at the time of their death by performing the Nightingale Tribute at the funeral or memorial service. This service is similar to a military tribute and officially releases the nurse from their nursing duties. 

Services  

  • Attend services wearing all white uniforms, blue capes 

  • Stand guard at casket or provide presence at visitation 

  • Recite ‘Nurses Prayer’ at service or celebration of life 

  • Present Florence Nightingale lamp to family 

  • Place on casket or hand white rose at end to signify devotion to the nursing profession 

Who is Served 

  • RNs, LPNs, APRNs 

  • Service held within Denver district

  • Greeley & Grand Junction have own Honor Guard

  • No cost to family 

Membership 

  • Volunteer nurses giving back to the profession 

  • $10 dues initial year (capes $65); $35 going forward (for lamps, roses)

  • Whites - uniform/scrubs, hose, nurses shoes, cap 

  • Navy cape with clasp 

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