Planning a wedding while in nursing school?!!!!

I think that's yalls decision. Do you have the budget? Can you afford to do a wedding without it messing with school?

I planned during my sr yr of undergrad. Wasnt too bad!!
But we didnt do a huge shindig, invited 80 to a wedding at a nice privately owned park

Wow, congratulations on two levels!! My two cents...I’d mainly focus on nursing school. If you have a wedding date in mind, then scope out venues because dates fill up fast. Everything else can be handled after you take your board exam!

Physics student here! My wedding is in less than three months. What helped me the most was to pick a venue that was all-inclusive and had a coordinator to help with everything. All I had to do was pick my theme/colors, cake tastings, meet my photographer, pick wedding songs, and buy a dress. All the little things I did either scrolling on Pinterest in bed, Pandora stations while driving or hanging out, or when I had a free day. It can be done!!

I just finished my master’s and I can honestly say it was part of the reason I opted for a longer engagement (23mos.) I have half of everything done now, but I was able to book major vendors and get them out the way & planned on the little “free time” I had..which wasn’t much since I had a seminar plus a 380 internship my last semester w/ a major project also. I’m sure nursing school is even more intense but I’ve seen it done.

I think it’s manageable. We got engaged two weeks before I started grad school part time. I work full time and have a 6 year old too. We had the big vendors booked within the first month of being engaged which felt nice. The WW checklist was helpful! Here and there I would dedicate time to planning. What was helpful to me personally was managing my expectations and remembering what the day was about. I loved planning and it really hasn’t been stressful for me, it was my fun outlet from school and work. I don’t think that’s the case for everyone but you know you best!

It is definitely your decision. I am a month away from finishing my Master's degree in MFT which has been a straight 2year commitment during which my FH proposed at the beginning of. We have had two others getting married during the program and some of us choosing to wait until after finishing to have our weddings. If you feel like you can handle wedding planning on top of school and want to do it asap I say go for it!! If you're like me and want yo be able to dedicate more time and energy to one thing at a time do that! There is no wrong answer to when you have your wedding.

I have been doing little bits of planning here and there when I have free time.

Congrats! Nursing school and an engagement are so exciting! 😊🎉

I got engaged at the end of my first year of graduate school and still had a full year to go. I, personally, did not want to do any sort of major planning when I should be focusing on my master’s thesis. I did little things on long weekends/during breaks ( i.e. looked at some venues) just to get an idea of what I wanted. When I graduated I had my budget all set already and knew what I wanted in my wedding. But it’s totally up to you and your fiancé and if you’re ok with a longer engagement.

I just got engaged and we are both doing nursing school too. Although I’m way excited to marry him, are wedding won’t be for another two years and that gives us time to focus on our school, while picking venues, music, and other food stuff on the side

Just wait. School plus possibly working plus planning a wedding is a crap ton of work especially if you are the planner and you aren't hiring a wedding planner. It's also better to wait if you are doing DIY stuff so you have better time.

I got engaged in March of this year and I still have a semester left of my undergraduate degree plus a year for my Master's degree. That's why our wedding is so far out, but don't be afraid to plan while in school! I'd say school should be your number one priority, but the more planning you do and the earliest you can do it is great!

Wedding oct. 13th.. Nursing school is hard... But i planned my wedding in school. If i can anyone can!

We got engaged a year ago, and I graduate in December with my bachelor's. The best decision we made was to have a longish engagement with a summer and winter break to plan the wedding. There wasn't a whole lot of extra time during the semester to plan, so knowing we had more time relaxed me. We actually are both working on our law school applications. Yikes! Focus on your education but set aside time where you can plan your wedding too. It's totally doable just set boundaries for when to focus on school and when to focus on the wedding. Congratulations! This is such an exciting time!

Nursing major, but not in nursing school yet. I go into wedding planning hyper drive during my 'breaks' from school (weekends, holidays, between semesters), and the rest of the time focus on school. Also, don't be afraid to ask for help. Ask your partner, bridesmaids, parents, friends, family. Hire a coordinator/planner if you can afford to do so.

I was in your exact shoes a year ago! My FH proposed to me 2 months before I started nursing school. I graduate next May (its a 2 year program after 2 years pre reqs) and I will get married the following September. I am planning my own wedding of about 150 guests, so it was important to me to have time to pour my heart into planning. My biggest advice is to only plan during breaks (fall, Christmas, spring, and summer) don’t even think about the wedding during school. This seemed hard to me at first because I was so excited, but ended up being super easy because literally all I had time to think about was drugs and care plans. Looking back on my first year I probably could have had my wedding this summer and been fine, but I wouldn’t have enjoyed it near as much as I have enjoyed it doing it little by little on my breaks. It’s a nice treat to look forward to and take your mind off school!

I am in grad school and we are planning our wedding too. It is a LOT of work but it helps the time go by faster and is totally doable!

As someone who went through nursing school... If you decide to do it during school, I highly advise doing it over a known break where you for sure won’t have any classes or clinical. Most nursing schools I know do not let you make up clinical, and you have to have a certain amount of clinical hours in order to graduate.

Whether you do it now or wait is totally up to you, just keep that in mind.

It probably honestly depends on when you want to get married? If you guys want to wait a year or so after you finish school then you can definitely wait on planning or just do things at your own pace you know. You can spread things out and do little by little without having to worry about running out of time. If you want to get married closer to when you finish then you may need to plan while in school still. I’m still in school while planning our wedding. Thankfully I have been able to get a lot of the big stuff taken care of during the summer so I shouldn’t stress myself out too much this coming semester (lol like that will actually happen). I’m also lucky because my course load for next semester is t that bad. My best advice for you though is to stay focused on school. You don’t want to add the extra stress of doing poorly on top of wedding planning stress. And I’m sure you wouldn’t want to make it so you had to stay in school longer. So yeah. It really kinda depends on your wedding date.

Thanks for everyone’s input I think we will be better off waiting since I don’t know how I will be able to handle school alone we will give us a semester and get adjusted and go from there. Thanks again all answers were very helpful