Should I miss clinicals for...

[NurseLoveJoy88]

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....

[melmarie23, MSN, RN]

we have to petition to the board and pay $50/hr to make up clinical....so, I'd double check your program's policy regarding missed clinical days

[tiggerdagibit]

Wow. We were allowed to miss 1 or 2 clinical days per semester, depending on if we went once or twice a week. Everyone I know missed those days. If we didn't need them for emergency use during the semester, we took them as skip days at the end. Interesting to see how other schools do things.

[madnurse2b]

we have to petition to the board and pay $50/hr to make up clinical....so, I'd double check your program's policy regarding missed clinical days

I know there are people in our program that would pay up. One miss, with appearing before a board. That's it.

[BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN]

Wow. We were allowed to miss 1 or 2 clinical days per semester, depending on if we went once or twice a week. Everyone I know missed those days. If we didn't need them for emergency use during the semester, we took them as skip days at the end. Interesting to see how other schools do things.

Our school used to have that policy, but b/c every single student took advantage of it, it needed to be revised. Students would then try for 3, even four, b/c they had none left for "true' emergencies.

Then there is a grey area between 'entitled/excused absences, and never actually being there to learn. We had one student who would have missed 7 clinical days (in the evening) because of religious observances. How do you evaluate someone who missed a third of the semester?

[XYcsccSN]

go to clinical or it will reflect bad on you...

[tiggerdagibit]

Our school used to have that policy, but b/c every single student took advantage of it, it needed to be revised. Students would then try for 3, even four, b/c they had none left for "true' emergencies.

Then there is a grey area between 'entitled/excused absences, and never actually being there to learn. We had one student who would have missed 7 clinical days (in the evening) because of religious observances. How do you evaluate someone who missed a third of the semester?

Wow! I can't imagine trying to take more days than allowed. I always saved mine for the end, in case I needed them.. except for one semester when I went to a concert and didn't go to clinical the next day. It was well thought out and I told my instructor beforehand, and worth it to me. Don't get me wrong.. I'm a responsible person, but I think if you have days you can miss, you should take them IF you want to, without being looked down upon.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

More than I'm wondering why you're considering skipping clinicals to go to your wedding shower, I'm wondering why your friend didn't make sure the date she picked worked with your schedule. I had a surprise shower (that I found out about accidentally) and the planners made sure I was free that day.

Be late for your shower.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Go to clinical. Let everyone be nice and toasted when you arrive for the toast.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

I should have read your follow ups before posting.

I think it's safe to chalk it up to wedding-induced temporary insanity: weddings have a way of confusing us about priorities. I am ashamed to admit that I was pouty about not being able to get a too-expensive wedding dress from the first place I looked. I didn't really like the dress, but it was the cheapest one there and I wanted it done with and there was lace and sequins and trains and veils and I lost track of priorities for a moment. My mom had a similar meltdown about catering.

It happens, and you've come to your senses

Congrats and good luck!

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

I should have read your follow ups before posting.

I think it's safe to chalk it up to wedding-induced temporary insanity: weddings have a way of confusing us about priorities. I am ashamed to admit that I was pouty about not being able to get a too-expensive wedding dress from the first place I looked. I didn't really like the dress, but it was the cheapest one there and I wanted it done with and there was lace and sequins and trains and veils and I lost track of priorities for a moment. My mom had a similar meltdown about catering.

It happens, and you've come to your senses

Congrats and good luck!

Thanks for reading. Now lets see who else yells at me even after I've come to my senses.

[shann106]

You never miss clinicals! Not even for your bridal shower. Just wondering, did you tell the person scheduling the shower that it is a clinical day? It seems rude for her to schedule it without checking with you first

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

You never miss clinicals! Not even for your bridal shower. Just wondering, did you tell the person scheduling the shower that it is a clinical day? It seems rude for her to schedule it without checking with you first

If you read the posts the OP says in post 13 that she agreed to the date not knowing that it was a clinical day