My ex-boyfriend will be in the same nursing cohort as me next fall.

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I'm probably worried for no reason, but it's something that is stressing me out about nursing school.

Last year, I met a guy in my nursing pre reqs. He made moves and we started casually dating. I had very strong feelings for him that he ended up just not reciprocating and he eventually told me he just wanted to be friends. We tried the friendship thing but my feelings weren't going away and he wanted to basically be friends with benefits.

For my own sanity I decided to just walk away, and eventually, I moved on.

I have a new boyfriend now and things are serious. I'm not worried about any unresolved feelings for my classmate or anything like that. But things ended weirdly, I told him I was seeing someone (it wasn't bragging, it was in an attempt to get him to stop being flirty) and he got angry and told me to "take care".

Im afraid it's going to be awkward if we get placed in the same clinical group, particularly awkward for our classmates.

Is it worth requesting not to be placed with him? Or should I just cross my fingers we won't be?

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Specializes in NICU.

I would talk to the instructor, explain the situation, and get placed in different clinical groups. That will give you a semester to determine if it is an ongoing issue or both of you have moved on and no longer an issue.

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Being in the same clinical group doesn't mean you'll have any contact- you may be paired with another student on the same floor/area, but you'll likely be so busy you won't see even them except in the morning & at the post conference.. I would be very surprised if there was any time or energy for drama.

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Thank you both for the insight. I've obviously never done nursing clinicals before (I did do CNA clinicals, and we were a very small group and had to work together a lot, but it seems like this will be different).

that put my mind at ease for sure.

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Specializes in Emergency / Disaster.

I would hold my head high and move on from that baby. Be the adult and pretend like nothing happened. He's just upset because he doesn't get to play anymore. If he says anything to you just say "I'm sorry for your loss" and walk away. I do not miss dating.

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In my school you couldn't change groups. Unless you get assigned a project together, it's possible to get through a semester with minimal interaction. Every group I was ever in seemed to split by gender. It will all work out. :)

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