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Updated: Jul 25, 2022 Published Jul 22, 2022
oldie, CNA, LVN
70 Posts
Anyone else here decide to skip it ? It was just stressing me out and it’s over two hours away from my home. We had to do everything the music the speech the spending of 100 dollars for a pin ughhhh. So I officially told the dean I won’t be there and I feel great! Anyone else ?
203bravo, MSN, APRN
1,210 Posts
didn't go to pinning or graduation.. no regrets...
CrunchRN, ADN, RN
4,533 Posts
Passed on it (decades ago). Never regretted it.
NICU Guy, BSN, RN
4,161 Posts
Skipped it. Why purchase a pin that I will never use.
1 hour ago, NICU Guy said: Skipped it. Why purchase a pin that I will never use.
Yes and why are they so expensive!?
FiremedicMike, RN, EMT-P
515 Posts
I went to pinning but not graduation.
For me it was a final piece of closure to that chapter in my life..
londonflo
2,921 Posts
I graduated in December, so there was no all-university graduation ceremony. I was very proud of receiving my pin at our small 'pinning' ceremony. I have always worn my pin (umm..my second one...my first one was stolen with my lab coat.)
On 7/23/2022 at 4:15 AM, FiremedicMike said: For me it was a final piece of closure to that chapter in my life..
For me it wasn't closure...it was a celebration of my resilience and drive to succeed (my mother died when I was in college and father.....well let's say he was happy any dependence on him was completed.) Wearing my pin has also shown my pride in my school.
Tweety, BSN, RN
34,356 Posts
On 7/23/2022 at 5:15 AM, FiremedicMike said: I went to pinning but not graduation. For me it was a final piece of closure to that chapter in my life..
100% of my class went to the pinning but only about 1/3rd went to graduation. I thought that strange because to me graduation means a cap and gown and walking across a stage. That was for my ADN.
15 or so years later when I got my BSN I just had them mail me my degree and didn't attend anything.
feelix, RN
383 Posts
Skipped the pinning and ring purchase. I was a mature adult and these honors meant nothing to me.
Saved me a lot of money and time. The instructors, however, gave me a lower grade, as they were really pushing it.
No regrets though.
nikxi36, MSN, RN
31 Posts
On 7/21/2022 at 11:08 PM, 203bravo said: didn't go to pinning or graduation.. no regrets...
Same!
BBP42
106 Posts
I went to pinning. A small ceremony with the students who survived clinical and studied with me and faculty I knew. I skipped graduation, with a thousand other students herded through to collect a piece of paper from some college official I never saw before. Never regretted not going.
Not_Just_A_Nurse, BSN, RN
2 Posts
I was in a concurrent enrollement program with a community college and a university. There were 2 pinning ceremonies and 2 graduations. Skipped all 4, no regrets. With how overwhelming nursing school can be, there's no shame in skipping. You got to do what you think is best for you.