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Lt. jg. Princess Ekudi receives her Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Nurse Residency Program completion certificate from Navy Capt. Sara Naczas, director for nursing services, during a graduation ceremony held in the NHCP galley meeting room aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Jan. 27, 2025. “Many of the nurses assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton have recently graduated from their respective nursing programs and passed state licensure exams,” said Naczas. “They come to us directly from their initial officer training. We transition them into practice by providing a 12-week orientation through our intensive care unit, emergency department, mother-infant services departments, and our multi-service ward.” For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.

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Camp Pendleton, CA - Lt. jg. Princess Ekudi receives her Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Nurse Residency Program completion certificate from Navy Capt. Sara Naczas, director for nursing services, during a graduation ceremony held in the NHCP galley meeting room aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Jan. 27, 2025. “Many of the nurses assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton have recently graduated from their respective nursing programs and passed state licensure exams,” said Naczas. “They come to us directly from their initial officer training. We transition them into practice by providing a 12-week orientation through our intensive care unit, emergency department, mother-infant services departments, and our multi-service ward.” For 250 years, Navy Medicine – represented by more than 44,000 highly-trained military and civilian healthcare professionals – has delivered quality healthcare and enduring expeditionary medical support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.

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