Weather Cancellations

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Hello fellow Nursing Students!

I have a quick question. We've been hit hard with ice/snow and the roads have about an inch or two of ice and it's not suposed to get above freezing till late Friday. My school (and tons for that matter lol) has been closed since Tuesday. This means we've missed a total of almost 5 hours of lecture and 3 hours of skills lab. Friday isn't looking too promising either. Has anybody else experience this much weather cancellations in nursing school? Our professors keep telling us to relax and stay warm but it's hard to not start panicing over how much we've missed.

Thank you!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

schools pretty much been cancelled for us all week too--i wouldnt stress over it too much :)

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This is my first semester in nursing school. We missed the first week of class due to weather. Despite that, our first exam was not pushed back. So we only had 1 week, and not even a full week , We had the Monday off because of MLK day, before our first exam. They did give us assigned readings and assignments online though.

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Because we've had so many school cancellations due to the weather, we have to give back days during the April Spring Break :crying2: I am not happy with that at all!!

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same here. theres nothing you can do. if the school closes, then you just sit back and wait and see if your instructors assign extra work because of what you missed. we had it happen last year too & it wasnt a big deal.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

This is how I look at it--free, uninterrupted time studying!

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My school handed out a complete published schedule for the entire semester, on the first day of class. One handout is the block schedule with dates, and the companion handout for it is the assigned reading and required videos and assorted other assignments that go with each unit. If you have anything resembling a syllabus with dates, try to move forward on your own while you have this down time. You know that once school gets back in session, the instructors will be rolling through it at warp speed trying to catch up so that it's all done on time.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Ok. Stop. Breathe. Sit back and relax and get caught up on everything you can. You cant change the weather. Out here it hasnt been as bad but they did cancel school for a day for some stupid reason ( no snow or ice on the ground ).

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.

My ADN program was affected by a teachers' strike back in the late 1970s. Waiting it out was very stressful. As I recall, we didn't miss too many days of clinical but we did have to forego spring break that year.

If your profs are telling you not to worry, don't worry. I know it's hard but try to enjoy the time off and stay safe!

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Use the time to get caught up on reading and to study. You won't get another break like this.

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Thanks everybody! They've uploaded old lectures to itunes and having us study those and moved back Mondays test. Thank goodness we have all weekend to get back on track. Stay warm everybody!

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