help...

trigger0423 · May 10, 2010

im sorry, but i think there would be no school which will accommodate students who are on there 4th yr. but you can still try. by the way, how many months is her pregnancy now?

Zookeeper3 · May 10, 2010

I've been up all night at work so I may have misunderstood you. Are you saying because of the pregnancy the school will not allow her to enter into her fourth semester? What type of considerations would she require? Is the pregnancy high risk and she needs bed rest? We had pregnant women in our nursing program, I was one of them. So I'm not sure how I can advise to help. I do wish you well.

classicdame, MSN, EdD · May 10, 2010

We are talking one semester (16-17 weeks). Can she not just sit out one semester? She needs time to recover from childbirth anyway.

netglow, ASN, RN · May 10, 2010

Don't know if I am understanding all you ask. Usually, there is no forgiveness in nursing school. She will need to complete all just as the other students do. Some schools will allow her to withdraw for a semester and let her back in (if there is a space available) for the next semester if there is a legitimate reason why she cannot stay in sequence. As other posters have said, pregnancy is not unheard of, and those students do seem to manage to complete school. However, those that were pregnant while I was at school, did plan things so that the harder times of pregnancy/birth would most likely occur between semesters. They were required to participate in all clinical activities, minus the obvious "exposure" risks that were easy to bypass, ie patients with certain diseases that directly put the baby at risk. Also, understood was that if there were complications to the pregnancy that were not easily remedied, that student would need to withdraw. Students understand that unplanned pregnancy would seriously jeopardize their standing, and took precautions to prevent pregnancy during their time at school.

K.P.A. · May 10, 2010

I take it that 4rt means 4th semester of a 6 semester program...??

My school is set up with only so many slots per cohort.

If a student wishes to retard a semester, someone else has

to drop out. There are fewer dropouts than there are people wishing

to move.

Perhaps you daughter can take one or two classes and work. When she does graduate, she'll have the advantage of work experience in competing for jobs.

pielęgniarka, RN · May 10, 2010

I went to nursing school with a couple very pregnant nurses. One delivered at the end of our last semester, she was able to work ahead and then finish up some clinicals on a different schedule. She attended graduation with the rest of us.

Maybe you can get a letter & physical from your daughter's Doctor/OB-Gyn stating that she is fit to finish out the school year? Bring that to the nursing instructors/counselors and see if that will help.

Good luck~

roser13, ASN, RN · May 10, 2010

What does "she is too young for this pregnancy" mean?

delilas · May 10, 2010

You need to look into the school's policies and handbook. We had a student in our term who was pregnant and the school tried to hold her back from returning this term (she was scheduled to give birth two weeks into the term) because they said she can't miss clinicals.

She didn't miss any clinicals; she delivered on a Saturday and was back with us on Monday - her only restriction was no lifting/transferring patients, which the school had to accept.

So if your daughters school is anything like ours (and I feel like ours is fairly normal) if her pregnancy or birth is going to prevent her from attending clinicals or classes, then I have no doubt the school is right in holding her back (our school's policy is now firm after this term, because of a student who apparently had a prolapsed uterine from straining at clinicals).

Bobbkat · May 10, 2010

Are you saying that you are both in Italy? I was pregnant my first term of nursing school. I just had to have a waiver signed by my health care provider stating I was okay to continue, and I missed out on a few extra opportunities during clinical (such as being in the cath lab during a procedure). The semester I gave birth kinda sucked because I had to go right back to school after a c-section, and then 4 weeks later a cholecystectomy, but in nursing school you just suck it up and do what you have to do.

I guess I'm not sure what exactly you're asking? Lists of school that she could transfer to?

bel16 · May 13, 2010

tnx for your reply...

I just wanna ask if from what school are you? cause my daughter is from Far Eastern University of the Philippines, so I know if ever they are allowing pregnant students...I hope u can help me...tnx

bel16 · May 13, 2010

tnx for your reply...

I just wanna ask if from what school are you? cause my daughter is from Far Eastern University of the Philippines, so I know if ever they are allowing pregnant students...I hope u can help me...tnx

You need to look into the school's policies and handbook. We had a student in our term who was pregnant and the school tried to hold her back from returning this term (she was scheduled to give birth two weeks into the term) because they said she can't miss clinicals.
She didn't miss any clinicals; she delivered on a Saturday and was back with us on Monday - her only restriction was no lifting/transferring patients, which the school had to accept.
So if your daughters school is anything like ours (and I feel like ours is fairly normal) if her pregnancy or birth is going to prevent her from attending clinicals or classes, then I have no doubt the school is right in holding her back (our school's policy is now firm after this term, because of a student who apparently had a prolapsed uterine from straining at clinicals).