A lamp lighting ceremony is a significant event, primarily for nursing students, symbolizing their formal entry into the profession, honoring Florence Nightingale ("Lady with the Lamp"), and marking the transfer of knowledge, care, and commitment from senior nurses to new entrants, who pledge to uphold nursing ethics while lighting their own lamps from a central one . It signifies the transition to clinical practice, emphasizing compassion, integrity, and dedication to patient care, often accomp