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January 31, 2017

Nursing School Graduation Invitation Ideas

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For my friend Tamara's nursing graduation party, I chose this fun Graduation Nursing School Invitation to send to all of her family and friends.  The "scrubs" green invite matched the pink and green color scheme I chose. (The invitation also comes in blue and pink!) I also wanted to set the right tone for the party, so the invitation wording was very important to me.  I really liked a few of these different wording options for a nursing theme graduation:

Nurse's Orders:
Join us to celebrate
Tamara's graduation from nursing school!

She survived!
Tamara is a Registered Nurse -
Join us as we celebrate her graduation!

Cute enough to stop your heart...
And smart enough to restart it!
Tamara is graduating,
Join us and celebrate!

Tamara's ready to call the shots!
Join us to celebrate her graduation from 
Cleveland State University.
We're prescribing a celebration!

You've got a prescription to party!
Celebrate with Tamara as she receives her RN!

Once everyone received their invite, we were ready to "discharge" Tamara from nursing school! 

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After I figured out the invite, it was easy to find all sorts of Nursing School Graduation Invitations and Party Favors to go with it.  I chose personalized water bottle and chocolate bar labels and custom favor bags for guests to fill up with treats.  It was really easy to coordinate my party decorations - everything matched!

Confetti

Once I packed all the invites into envelopes, I tossed in a handful of personalized graduation confetti (with a picture of the grad, of course!). It was a sweet add-on, and I even ended up using some of this confetti on the party table, too.  If you're looking to make a big statement with your invitation, try a few more of these creative ideas:

  • Roll up your invite and put it in a plastic prescription bottle. (You can order them in bulk online!)  Put a label on the bottle that says, "You've got a prescription to party!"
  • Send along a mini first aid kit with your invitation - it's useful and matches the theme!
  • Seal your invite in a biohazard bag (get them here). This'll definitely make your guests look twice!
  • Toss in a sucker (like you would get at the doctor's office) and a few character bandaids - the grad will be handing out plenty of those once he or she starts the new job! 

After sending out your nursing graduation invites, the party planning begins! Find all sorts of ideas for decorations, menus, and favors below:

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Pink and Green Nursing Theme Graduation Party

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Nurse, it's an emergency! I have to throw a Nursing Theme Graduation Party!  My friend Tamara passed her tests, completed her clinicals, and walked across the stage to receive her well-earned diploma.  So, of course, we needed to give her a graduation party she'd never forget.  I chose a pink and green theme to tie in with her scrubs and chose a bunch of fun nursing school graduation party invitations and favors to match. I love the nursing party table I created - there are so many cute and quirky touches that the graduate loved! 

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Bubblegum pink and "scrubs" green were my go-to colors, so I covered my party table with a pink plastic tablecover and used green, white and pink crepe paper streamers to make a statement-making backdrop. (Just use clear packing tape to secure the streamers at the ceiling and the floor - too easy!)  I added a graduation nursing school theme banner with a special message just for the grad as well. See Nurse Bones over there? I dug him out of my Halloween decorations and dressed him up in scrubs I found at the thrift store.  Don't forget to accessorize with a dollar store doctor's kit!

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I personalized my table with all sorts of delicious nursing theme goodies!  My cake centerpiece was a snap - it's a three layer cake covered in white frosting.  I cut marshmallows in half and used them to decorate the outside edge to give the cake a polished look.  Then, I just printed nursing clip art on card stock, attached them to wooden skewers and arranged them on the cake.  A pink stethoscope, thermometer and knee hammer from a child's doctor kit gave this dessert a fun touch.  Some other fun touches I included:

I made sure to have graduation nursing school theme favor bags for guests to put all of their treats in - they matched the rest of my favors perfectly!  I love how this green and pink color scheme turned out!

Cutout

The highlight of the party table was, without a doubt, the lifesized cutout of the nurse in scrubs!  I picked the tabletop sized version and got to choose between three different colored scrubs. Plus, they personalized my cutout so it looked just like Tamara!  She loved it and took it home after the party as a special gift from me.

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Check out more inspiration for a nursing theme graduation party below, and congrats to the new RN!

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