How Likely Is It That I Will Be Able To Continue Rad Tech School While Pregnant?
i recently got accepted into a 2 yr rad tech program that accepts only 17 students per year. i will start this summer. i signed a pregnancy policy which included this:
The declared pregnant student may:
1. a. Continue as a student without any interruption in the regular program.
b. Continue as a student with deferral of fluoroscopy, surgery and portable rotations until pregnancy is completed. These rotations will be made-up.
c. Continue as a student with classroom participation only. All clinical rotation requirements deferred until pregnancy is completed.
d. Begin a leave of absence. The student will be readmitted to the School at a later date (i.e. – same time the following year) to continue their clinical and didactic training.
2. The student will be counseled by the Program Faculty regarding the pregnancy policy of the School.
3. The student who decides to continue clinical and didactic participation is required to abide by the following:
a. She will adhere to all radiation and standard precautions.
b. If any problem or if change in student status must be made, this should be submitted in writing, immediately.
c. She will wear two personnel radiation monitoring devices, one placed over the collar and one over the embryo-fetus, for monitoring. Readings will be monitored closely by the Radiation Safety Officer.
d. If at any time, a pregnant student feels she is working in an unsafe area or under conditions she feels are detrimental to herself or to the embryo-fetus, she should stop and report to the Program Director or Departmental Supervisor.
4. A vacancy will be held for a student for a maximum of six months following completion of pregnancy. After that time she will be considered withdrawn from the program.
5. The student will realize upon return that all requirements for graduation must be completed. The requirements include the clinical rotations, required courses, clinical competencies for the two-year period. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE LENGTH OF THE TRAINING PERIOD. A student must complete twenty-four months of full-time student status. A certificate will not be issued until all requirements have been successfully met.
my husband and i are planning to get pregnant soon, and it actually turns out that if i get pregnant before april, the baby will be due during christmas break from school, which is about 3 -4 wks.
i’m just worried that will not hold-true to their policy and let me continue full-time as normal. alot of schools around here “do what’s best for the student as well as the class”. but if i signed this policy i’m okay, right?
Unfortunately couples who want to get pregnant don’t always get pregnant when they want to. My husband and I had to try for over a year until we finally were successful. I’m a school nurse and my due date is pretty much at the worst possible time (the first 30 days of school) which is the most hectic time and I will be HUGE trying to accomplish the impossible! My point is, talk to your husband, if you don’t get pregnant in April and it is June are you going to be ok not taking as much time off with the baby and having to go back to class? I am assuming you want April so that you can have the baby over break and start back in class in January I may be assuming wrong. My point is, if the baby comes at a time other than December is it going to be ok for both of you? If not you might want to wait until you complete the program.
I had my first child Oct 1st, I literally took my midterm exams on Tuesday and went into the hospital the next night, gave birth Thursday and went back to class the following Thursday, I only missed two days of class (I was on a Tues/Thurs schedule) was able to make all As and one B that semester. The baby slept alot so I was able to do my homework. So going to school while pregnant and after pregnancy is definitely do able. However, I will say I was glad I graduated the following December because it was getting increasingly hard with a one year old to accomplish much! This time around I am pregnant as I said and due in September, I was set to start a one year online program that was very intensive (RN-BSN) in August. I have chosen to delay this as I am not sure how I will be able to handle both kids, school and work. Hope this helps!
I think the pregnancy policy is great by the way it protects you and the baby from harm and also keeps your spot in the program for a reasonable time. Excellent policy, you just need to decide if and when, and remember to also consider the unfortunate how about if you have a premie in the hospital you never know, you don’t want to fork over a lot of money and then run into a problem.
You should be good to go according to the contract that you have signed. But if they try to kick you out of the school because you’re pregnant legally (b/c of signing the contract) you could file harassment against them.
You should be fine because you signed that. You can also call the school and make sure just incase. It states that you can also return at the same time the following year, which would be a wonderful option.
Good luck with conceiving!
I wouldn’t let it hinder you continuing your education. It may take a while to get pregnant anyway.
I think you should be, just for legal purposes keep that around! According to that you can continue regular with the program or have time off etc..
yea .. i think ure good to go .. u can make up the stuff u cant do while pregnant so go ahead !
If you want to do this school, I would really consider waiting to get pregnant and have a baby until after you finish. Everyone’s pregnancy is different, you may be completely exhausted or have other extreme symptoms or even be put on bed rest. I was in school during my first trimester and failed my class because I was so tired and sick…and I had a relatively easy pregnancy. It’s even harder to manage going to school when you have a child. I’m really sorry, because I know this isn’t what you want to here, but I feel like I should warn you.