After the exhaustive effort that nurses put into nursing school, they have earned the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments. And what better way to celebrate than to throw an awesome nurse graduation party! To ease your planning load, we’ve compiled 30 inspiring ideas to help you throw the best nursing graduation party ever!
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30 Nurse Graduation Party Ideas
Graduation Party Invitations
Once you’ve decided on the logistics of the party, like the guest list, the when and the where, your next big decision is the nurse graduation party invitations. Now, while any old invitation will get the important details across to your friends and family, your nurse graduation party is a special event, and you want your invite to reflect this.
A good starting point is to use nursing symbols, like the Royal Nurse (RN) symbol used in all three of our top picks. Each invite plays around with this symbol, adding style through color, glitter, and innovative designs. The color theme, in general, is another chance to make a statement.
We like gold, blush pink and white as these colors ooze sophistication. If you’re after something pretty, the gold leaf and flowers add a touch of glamour to the invites. If simplicity is more your thing, but without wanting to lose style, the BSN invites are a classy choice.
If you’re feeling creative, why not instant download a nurse graduation party invitation template and customize it to suit the guest of honor!
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Decorations
How to decorate the nursing graduation party space is the next thing on your to-do list. The trick is to not go overboard with the decorations while highlighting this important milestone. We recommend a mix of traditional decorations, like banners, tassels, and balloons, along with some more fun and novel nursing themed ones.
You can never go wrong with a personalized congratulations banner. Something along the lines of ‘Congrats Nurse Jackie’ will work well as a beautiful party centerpiece. We recommend keeping the color theme similar to that of the invitations, in this case, gold. Paper straws adorned with nursing caps, which also fit in well with the gold color theme, will add a touch of class to the graduation party decor. And the medically themed food tent labels are a great addition, bringing a bit of light-hearted humor to the occasion. Remember, it’s the little touches that can make the party!
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Party Favors
When it comes to nursing graduation party ideas, medically themed favors are a must! Favors are a great opportunity for gag gifts and you can have a lot of fun with the nursing theme. However. if you’ve got a lot of guests, you want to find a hassle-free option, nothing too fiddly. Favors like nursing themed candy bars always keep the guests happy and are simple to create.
The nurse graduation party sticker labels are a pretty versatile choice. They are the perfect fit for Hershey’s Kisses or on any similar sized item and are easy to put together and personalize.
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Food and Treats
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You can be playful and humorous when it comes to the food and treats for your nurse graduation party. Whether you home make the food or buy it from the shops, the trick is to keep that medical theme burning bright. How far you go with this is your choice, but you can always use medical supplies to add to the humor. Using the food tent labels we recommend in the decorations section to go alongside your culinary treats would also work well, or you can make your own.
We love cake pops. They’re simple and easy to make and they look like cotton swabs, so they’d work well alongside this food tent label. Pretzel bones are another of our recommendations. Again, straightforward to make, and only require 3 ingredients.
Perhaps a customized placard alongside that reads “I hope you find this humerus…” Lastly, you can’t go wrong with dips. We’ve picked guacamole, which you could serve up with chips in a bedpan – a new one of course!
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Venues
When it comes to picking a venue for your nursing graduation party, an important factor you need to consider is your budget. Figures suggest that the average spend when throwing a graduation party is $985, and how much you spend on your venue can make a big difference to this price.