Nursing Orientation...

[rmariee]

Hi,

When I originally registered for orentation I signed up to bring a guest with me. I am allowed to bring two guests. Should I bring my parent or not? My parent will be paying for my school and all of my supplies. (private school) I am also young. I will probably be one of the youngest in my class.

I do plan on asking my advisor if she thinks it would be a good idea or not. Also the orientation is 4 hours from my home.

[Tinker88]

Guests ended up not being invited to my ABSN orientation. I just wanted to make that update because I had said I wanted to bring my husband, but I couldn't LOL

[Jenngirl34RN]

Your school wouldn't allow two guests to attend if they didn't think it was a good idea to involve your support system. I say go for it.

And for those you who made nasty comments about mommy and daddy and big girl panties, grow up. She would be bringing her parents to orientation, and that hardly says immature to me. It is not like she was asking to bring them to class or to clinicals. She would just be taking the opportunity her school offers to let her parents see what her life is going to be like for the next couple of years. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it will probably be helpful for her parents to see how much of their support she will need as she goes through this.

[phuretrotr]

I would like to point out that bring your parents is not a sign of immaturity. I think quite the opposite. I am not embarrassed of my family and I don't squirm when my grandmother kisses me either. For me, that is what kids do because they are embarrassed. I can speak to my family as adults and as my parents, they know a lot more than me and I respect their thoughts.

I think being able to not think of mom & dad as only parents but as trusted sources of intuition that, if you are mature, you can listen to and comprehend their advice instead of just blowing them off.

[Fin1216]

I started out at a small community college straight out of high school, my mom came with me to my orientation. When I transferred to a large university, my dad came with me to my orientation. Now Im going back to school and my nursing program orientation is Monday, and I wish my husband could come with me and I am 28 years old! I dont mind going alone, and I am looking forward to meeting my classmates, but it would be nice if could bring someone with me to walk around and explore the campus! :)

[MsKris_CarolinaGirl]

I would bring my parents. It's your orientation to nursing school and I feel like if you want to then do it. I'm pretty positive that if they are allowing you to bring someone they're probably going to have a separate orientation for them too. One that will explain to them the journey you're about to begin and how they can be supportive of you. So I say yes. Heck I know if we could I'd bring my mom in a heartbeat just so they can explain to her how she needs not be harassing me while I'm studying for classes