Should I miss clinicals for...

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Specializes in LTC.

my bridal shower ? earlier in the year i posted a thread about me deciding whether to miss clinicals for my wedding or not. needless to say i did push my wedding back to august which is after my nursing program is finished. it was just way too risky and getting up 5 am on our honey moon night was not appealing to me at all. so we pushed it back to august 1 about a week after my pinning. my friend is throwing me a bridal shower in july however it falls on a clinical day. the shower is around 5:30 and clinicals is over around 4:30pm and it'll probably take me an hour from clinical to my bridal shower destination. so my question is should i go to clinicals and be an hour late to my b.s. or should i miss clinicals and focus on me for the day. also this will be the second to last clinical day for the class. if i do well i may use my critical u's on missing that one clinical. idk guys, what do you all suggest. oh before you ask... my friend already mailed out the invites so my b.s. day is final.

well, it's never a dull moment in the life of a nursing student....

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uh yeah

i think its a good idea to go to clinical

you have an hour between the 2 events, and jeopardizing graduating for the POSSIBILITY that you might be late to your shower is getting your priorities twisted

should i see the patient with a pulse ox of 74 or the patient who is refusing AM care

p r i o r i t i z e

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Be late to your shower. She should have run the date and time by you prior to sending out the cards.

What if you are sick a week before or after and have to miss clinical? What if you are really sick and miss more?

Don't take those kind of chances.

Most people don't even arrive on time for showers/parties/etc. You'll be fine being fashionable late.

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Definitely do not MISS clinical for your bridal shower. Bridal showers are over-rated to begin with and it wasn't very considerate of your friend to not run the date and time by you given your academic/time committments. I would let her know ASAP that either you'll be late, the b.s. needs to be pushed to a later time in the evening OR moved to another date altogether. Too many things could go wrong with this and being that you're so close to graduating I would NOT jeopardize it. I have heard awful stories on here about people who were 2 weeks away from graduating and flunked out of the term or whole program. Don't risk it for a bridal shower. Now, if it were a funeral or a true emergency then that is different but this is something that CAN be rescheduled.

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I agree with cardiacRN2006 and Adams_Mommy

My answer is simple...NO.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

The person giving the shower should have arranged the time with you. Tell her you can not be there until ...(insert time here) ... and she will need to take that into consideration in her planning.

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Don't miss clinicals. You never know what will happen in the week(s) to follow.

Ask your friend to find some ice breaker games for those who may not know each other while you're on your way to the shower.

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Do not miss clinical. Be late for your bridal shower. Do not spoil your future for activities that can wait. At my school you cannot miss a clinical.

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I agree with being fashionably late to shower! You don't want to jeopardize all your hard work when you are so close to being finished with school!

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i'd go to clinical. i might mention to my instructor, if she was one of those very understanding and kind ones, that my bridal shower was this evening right after clinical, smiling broadly and happily. you never know if you get your work done, and can get someone to cover your patient's for a half hour to an hour she may let you leave a tad early.

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I would never miss a clinical day. Did your friend ask you beforehand what day is best for you? If not, then it's not your fault....if it were me, I'd make her send out new invites. Clinicals are very important, when the time comes I won't miss one for the world! Good luck on deciding! Oh and congrats on getting married!

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.

July is still a good while off- Why can't your friend ammend the time of the party say to 45min later. That way you have no conflict. Yeah, it will involve a few phone calls or letters on her part but every hour of clinical is important. Even if you don't get anything done the last half of that clinical day, it looks bad to tell the clinical instructor that a party (even a bridal shower) is more important to you than your nursing program! If you need the "benefit of the doubt" from the clinical instructors for anything in your clinical skills evaluation you may be losing it by blowing off the clinical time no matter what the reason.

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