Can you be expelled from Nursing School in Texas for being pregnant

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Is this policy?

for health issue?

Does not exist in Texas?

Just wondering, my wife school where she went to nursing school would not allow you attend school if pregnant, and a pregnancy test was part of each semester enrollment for her.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Two of my classmates became pregnant and delivered while in nursing school (this is in Texas), so I guess it depends on the school.

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What????? That is the craziest thing I have ever heard. I would think that is discrimination.

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Specializes in ER/Ortho.

I am a second semester student, and had a classmate who started first semester pregnant. She delivered a few days after the semester ended, and we had a 5 week break. We have another classmate who is now pregnant (a few months). I think general rule for our program is that as long as your healthy enough, and your Dr. ok's you doing clinical rotation you can be pregnant in the program. The one student was told that if something happened, and she missed more than the allowed amount of missed time due to complications, or delivering early she would be dropped. So basically even though a person may be pregnant they are not allowed any special treatment.

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Specializes in Physical Rehabilitation.

I do believe this is not legal. They made them take prego tests each semester? This obviously isn't a school recieving federal or state funds...

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For nursing school? Not radiology?

I can't imagine it being legal either way, I'm just trying to make sense of why it would matter. It's not like nurses don't have babies.... and they don't have to quit work while pregnant.

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I don't think that this is legal. Requiring a pregnancy test? I can understand concern about potential exposure to teratogens (eg HEME-ONC and chemotherapy) but most student experiences are not in those areas of nursing practice.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.

Very, very illegal..and so is that pregnancy test.

Pregnancy is a protected class and they are expected to make reasonable accommodations for her. It is no different for a school than for an employer.

I would be sending that complaint on up the ladder...as in the Department of Education.

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Sorry to mention she went to Nursing school in Philippines.

I was thinking in USA this would be a major no no.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Not here....not without a lawsuit!!!

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that is crazy. It's probably illegal. You need to press this further.

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Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

You cannot terminate anyone under any circumstances for being PG.

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