Wedding planning while in nursing school

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Is anyone else (or has anyone) tried to plan a wedding while in nursing school? How did things go for you? I graduate in May, but fiance will not finish nursing school until next May. Our wedding is scheduled (for the moment) June 3, 2006.

Did you find it was a big interruption to school or studying?

Did you have to reschedule?

Thanks-Andrea

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I did it over 18 years ago and am still happily married. I went to school in one town about 2 hours from home and planned my wedding for my home town. My fiance live 2 hours south of my home town. I think it is do able if you plan far ahead and keep it in mind that a fancy wedding with every little detail painstakingly planned does not guarantee a long and happy marriage. I think too many people put too much energy into the wedding and not enough into the marriage.

That being said, I was able to take my boards in the summer before my final semester of school so I already had my license before I graduated. I graduated on December 12 got married and moved to the SF Bay area the end of January, started my first job the day after I got back from my honeymoon and 6mos later bought our first house. Hey I am still here in one piece and am married. It can be done.

Best Wishes.

Specializes in Cardiac.
Is anyone else (or has anyone) tried to plan a wedding while in nursing school? How did things go for you? I graduate in May, but fiance will not finish nursing school until next May. Our wedding is scheduled (for the moment) June 3, 2006.

:balloons: OMG!! That is the date that my wedding is scheduled!!!!! I graduate in May 2006...Congrats!!!

I worry more about the NCLEX being so close to the wedding date. I wonder how pleasent I will be around that time :angryfire

congrats on the forthcoming nuptials!

I got married my first semester of nursing clinicals- which means I planned it during the year of pre-reqs, which I took through the summer as well. I actually was cleaning 2 weeks ago and found my notebook from that time and there's far more wedding-related notes and doodles than nursing notes! I took a week and a half off from work, and missed only a couple lectures and one clinical. Obviously we weren't able to take a long honeymoon but that was OK :)

I planned a small, but fun wedding, with very little assistance as far as planning went. Lots of assistance with the rest though- the wedding/reception itself was largely do-it-yourself! The day before, my mom, sister, sister-in-law, friend and nieces spent the day baikng & decorating cupcakes (I had layers of decorated cupcakes instead ofa cake), putting together flowers, etc. It was totally doable. Stressful but in a good-stress kind of way, if that makes any sense.

Would I do it again? Probably not, because finally being out of school (I went from university to nursing school; pretty much 7 years of college!) I have tasted laziness and love it ;)

I'm graduating May 8 of '06, and getting married March 4 of '06...over my spring break! I don't know...the though of my med-surg and management finals, with a wedding a day or 2 later, sounded like a better option for me than finals, graduation, the Nclex, and a wedding! We've booked the church and reception site...haven't tried on dresses or anything yet- and hopefully we're having a smallish wedding....100 or so poeple. (The fiance could easily ask 200 if I let him....)....

I think it can be done!

:)

Specializes in NICU.

I'm not in nursing school anymore, but I am planning a wedding for this year myself. I also just watched my best friend plan her wedding while finishing her Master's degree and working full time...

My biggest advice is to not get too wedding-crazy, if that makes sense. Going to bridal expos every Saturday, spending hours on end at theknot.com, obsessing over every little tiny detail, hoping for PERFECTION...it'll really stress you out and take time away from school and your well-deserved weekends. Just go with your gut, and things will be much easier. You like a photographer and he has good prices - BOOK HIM instead of scheduling 10 more appointments with other photographers "just in case" you find something even better.

I'm not in school, I just work full-time (36hrs/wk), and this is STILL the approach I'm taking for my wedding. A family friend offered to do the flowers - GREAT! The first reception site we went to was very nice and we really liked the catering/wedding manager - so after looking at two more places that day we decided to book the first place - DONE! As long as you stay laid-back about it, you will survive.

Good luck, and congrats!!!

Specializes in Cardiac.

I am really lucky that in our nursing program, our final is at the 10 week mark. All of the lectures and clinicals end at 10 weeks. The last 6 weeks are the preceptorship where you work with a RN and follow her schedule. No papers or assignments, just work. The only thing to worry about is the NCLEX!

I am really lucky that in our nursing program, our final is at the 10 week mark. All of the lectures and clinicals end at 10 weeks. The last 6 weeks are the preceptorship where you work with a RN and follow her schedule. No papers or assignments, just work. The only thing to worry about is the NCLEX!

My school is the same; preceptorship the last 7 weeks....so I'll have finals, get married a day later, do the preceptorship, and study....oh, joy!

I am really lucky that in our nursing program, our final is at the 10 week mark. All of the lectures and clinicals end at 10 weeks. The last 6 weeks are the preceptorship where you work with a RN and follow her schedule. No papers or assignments, just work. The only thing to worry about is the NCLEX!

Hey Tucson....what are your thoughts btwn U of A, Tucson medical, etc..... fiance and I are going to move there for his last yr of his fellowship (well, either there or Denver); we want out of dodge! I LOVE Chicago, but am so tired of the midwest- I grew up going to Tucson every year, I got a few times a year now, and my fiance has fallen in love with the catalinas, etc.... I think I'll get my MSN at U of A at some point...

Specializes in Cardiac.

The last time I made a comment about one of those hospitals, people got mad. But I will say this is just my opinion, but that UMC is WAY better than TMC. Now, I have worked at both places, and have had clinicals there too, so this is based on my experiences. TMC is so big (only one floor has something like 650 beds), the hallways are very congested and carpeted :nono: I don't like the overall 'feel' of the place. The nurses can have 6-7 patients and the techs are completely overwhelmed. (I worked there as a tech!) In my experience, nobody is happy. At all!

UMC is a teaching hospital, so there are lots of interns and such, the place comes across cleaner, the have 1:4 ratios, and they are the only level 1 trauma center in town. They have the better reputation. However, I heard that you have to work a rotating schedule if you are new and you want ICU.

I have heard that TMC pays better, and you can work days in the ICU as a new grad. They will also pay for you continuing education-like a masters degree.

One last thing, IMO I would like to work for a place where the techs are very competent and able to really have a lot of imput in the pt care. At UMC, they are top of their game. They can perform a lot and understand a lot. At TMC, they aren't dumb or anything, but they can't draw blood or put foleys in, or do any sterile dreswsing changes, etc. So when you are stuck with 6-7 pts, you are responsible for doing all of that yourself (escept the phlebotomy).

Hope this helps, see you down here soon!

Getting married June 11, 2005. Just took my final exam on Tuesday and am now a Graduate Nurse. We are having a small wedding but there are alot of details left, since I've been in school haven't had much time. START EARLY!!!! Good Luck!

I also planned my wedding duting school. We were married on spring break. It was difficult to say the least, but I had family help-lots of it. My best friend was my maid of honor, she did most of the calls for me, I had given her a copy of my school schedule so she could plan meetings around it. My mother was also a God send. She knew what I wanted and how things were to go. She made the final plans with the florist and such. It was a long roas, but I made it. Only I wish I could see into the future. After ten years of marriage, three children, I am now divorced. I gave him the choice between alcohol anf a family; he choose wrong! :rolleyes: Good luck :)

hey

im in med school and planning a wedding, my other half is still in the US (im in austalia) so im doing it solo as well

my advice is delegate, make a list, call friends, fam etc and delegate...so and so organises a cake, so and so does the photographer...i guess you have to firstly trust them to do what you ask and secondly be okay with having someone else choose a cake etc...i am, just cause it makes my life simpler, i have enough to handle with med school, preparing for the upcoming switch to nursing and trying to sort the dept. immigration out...

hope that helps

and go small, that helps too! and try to let go of having your dream wedding, its so much easier when you no longer need it to be perfect...

good luck and congrats!

elle

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