Time Off/Vacation During School at SC4

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Hi everyone,

I got a question. My best friend is getting married on October 1st, 2016 in Europe. I want to go to her wedding except I will be starting my first semester of nursing (RN) at SC4 starting August 2016. I wanted to see if I can take a week off during the semester. I know it is probably not recommended but I just want to make sure I can still get my clinical done even if I have to miss a week. Any suggestions/comments? Please help. Thank you!

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

My understanding is that time off during the quarter is only granted for emergencies/illness and even then it can be problematic rescheduling a clinical make-up. I find it very doubtful that instructors would find a mid-quarter trip to Europe a valid excuse for missing clinical and class time. Unfortunately you will probably not be able to attend your friend's wedding.

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People flunk out of nursing school all the time for missing that much time for a legitimate family or medical emergency. I can't imagine a school would give you the time off for a social engagement.

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Thank you for replying! I will just have to call and tell her I can't make it. School is more important at this time.

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Specializes in ICU.

My sister got married and I was allowed to miss one day of lab my first semester. I did not miss clinical. Last semester I had a miscarriage and was in the ER on the day of my clinical and I was not allowed to make it up. I did not fail as we were allowed to miss a certain number of clinical hours, but still, it was a medical emergency. Plus, my clinical rotation was labor and delivery. So say I would have been physically able to go, I couldn't with the pain, mentally it was not possible.

Check with your school, but I'm guessing it's going to be a no.

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