LPN school..NO graduation!!

elegie · Apr 25, 2012

When I completed LVN school, they set the date to XXX. Then they said that they had to reschedule it (this was after a few months of planning) so many people had to call off their families that were flying in from all over the place! Then they rescheduled it for 2 months after we completed school. 40 of us finished the program. Only 12 showed up for graduation. I only went because it was for my family, and all my family are local to the area. I think the most enjoyable part of the whole day was going out to dinner after the ceremony with just my family... I'm sorry that they are stealing a special moment from you, but you really don't have many options. I would just have a party/dinner with my family and keep it personal. You can always try to rent a location, if you want, at a restaurant for the whole class if that was something that you wanted.

JenLPN001 · Apr 25, 2012

Wow... you know though, I've heard of this becoming more and more common and it's a shame. We had the full deal, and the pride shone... although we did have to move venues because the roof of the church caved in two days before we were supposed to graduate. Nice ceremony nonetheless. We started out with 16 on the first day of school and ended up with 8 graduates. Were it me, I'd do everything possible to have some kind of celebration. You all worked too hard not to!

Fiona59 · Apr 25, 2012

We did the walk across the stage, get the diploma, coffee and cake afterwards for guests.

The whole dinner thing? My class had too many cliques to make it work.

If the class has to organize it, keep it simple and inexpensive. We had three babies scream the entire time.

starfishlpn · Apr 26, 2012

That sucks, you and your classmates should still looking into celebrating none the less. Unfortunately, I did not have a ceremony after my completing my LPN. We finished in December, so it was scheduled for the 18th. Then the day before there was a horrible ice storm and it was cancelled and not rescheduled. Our class was not the most cohesive bunch and pretty clique-ish so we did not do anything either, but my family did a little gathering for me.

ashleyb1987 · May 15, 2012

I've heard as well that more schools are getting rid of the pinning ceremony. My school cancelled ours as well, then rescheduled it at the very last minute. You said you are about to complete school soon and the school said you all can put money together for a ceremony..my class thought about doing that as well when they first cancelled our pinning. The only problem is nobody had any money :-/

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · May 15, 2012

I purposely did not attend the graduation ceremony at the end of LVN program that I completed. In my opinion, graduation ceremonies are for families and friends to celebrate your accomplishment while the graduates are in a virtual fishbowl for everyone to see. In a nutshell, graduation ceremonies are purely optional and not very important to me.

I planned to attend the graduation ceremony at the end of the RN completion program that I had attended, primarily because my parents wanted to be there. However, the ceremony was cancelled on the morning that it was supposed to have taken place due to a snowy blizzard that rendered the roads and interstates hazardous. I was secretly pleased that fate intervened to ensure that I could skip out on this latest graduation.

KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN · May 15, 2012

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that about your graduation. Perhaps you could have a small party of your closest friends & family at a restaurant ? That way you can in fact celebrate your success :) Congrats on finishing the program!

tainted1972, ASN, RN · May 16, 2012

It wouldnt take much to do one on your own, that is.. if your classmates are willing to help out. Take a vote, see how many people are interested in having a graduation/pinning.

If you have a decent amount of classmates willing to do the work, assign everyone something to do and go for it.

PetsToPeople · May 16, 2012

They were going to have a graduation ceremony at a church? I would have skipped it just for that.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · May 16, 2012

They were going to have a graduation ceremony at a church? I would have skipped it just for that.

The graduation ceremonies for both my LVN and RN programs were being held at churches. Apparently, churches are known for renting their spaces at prices that schools can easily afford.

TaylorDeeLPN · Jun 11, 2012

I would be okay with it. As long as I got my diploma and eventually passed boards.