Services Offered
Funeral Services for Nurses
The Appalachian Highlands Nurses Honor Guard provides the Nightingale Tribute for licensed nurses at funeral and memorial services throughout our service area. Our volunteer nurses gather in traditional uniform to recognize a career dedicated to compassion, healing, and service.
Families may request our presence, at visitations, funerals, memorial services, graveside services, or celebrations of life.
What to Expect During the Ceremony
The Nightingale Tribute
Open Reflection
"Nursing is more than a profession--it is a calling and a way of life"
Lighting of the Nightingale Lamp
The Nightingale Pledge
"_______ Was There"
A Nurse's Prayer
Final Call to Duty
Presentation of the Lamp and White Rose
A Nurse's Prayer
Give me strength and wisdom
When others need my touch;
A soothing word to speak to
them,
Their hearts yearn for so
much.
Give me joy and laughter
To lift a weary soul;
Pour in me compassion
To make the broken whole.
Give me gentle, healing
hands
For those placed in my care;
A blessing to those who need
me
This is a Nurse’s Prayer
