To plan on getting quite drunk at my work Christmas party?

Qualified nurse? You need to be setting an example. Just because the Band 6 likes a drink and is 'crazy' does not mean she is necessarily popular (despite appearances) and is definitely an unprofessional way to act.
I would not be getting drunk in front of colleagues, particularly after 4 months. Trust me, I learnt the hard way!

Never ever get drunk at a Christmas party. It does not matter if your colleagues get drunk or not do not get drunk particularly when you are so new. Not worth it.

Yeah don’t do it. There’s always someone who overdoes it at the Christmas party and ends up making a fool of themselves!

In my experience, nurses like to party. My best friend is a nurse and especially during her training, it was carnage.

But, you've just started a job and are early in your career so I'd take it steady and not go crazy on the first do you attend.

Can you handle your booze? Do you make a twat of yourself?

No, don't do it. There's nothing worse than being reminded throughout the year, by people you can't avoid, that you made a complete holy show of yourself at the Christmas do

Don't get drunk. People will enjoy looking and laughing at you, but not in a good way.

I just don’t believe half the threads on here any more.

Have you been living under a rock k whilst doing your nurse training?

No way. Photos and videos of you will be circulated. You'll make a fool of yourself and people will talk about you. It's time to grow up.

I get the impression you're very young.

I'm a veteran of a series of 1990s office Christmas parties, which I remember with great fondness. Some of the behaviour...
So fun at the time ... So much gossip ... Several reputations damaged, relationships destroyed, tested and started.

The stories were told for years to come.

A person would move locations - and the stories would come with them. 'Her?? Isn't she the one who ... ?'

Please be very careful. Personal safety - depending where you are, a falling down drunk young nurse may be a very tempting target.

HR is much more on the case for inappropriate behaviour now and you don't want to be the target of a 0900 Monday morning meeting.

And where careers especially in such a responsible field can be made or broken on reputation - how you behave will be remembered.

Don’t do it. Treat it like a formal event.

I don't think anyone in the history of ever has thought, "Man, I'm so glad I got super drunk at that work party."

Much better to aim to be friendly, sociable, but in control and remember that things that seem hilariously funny when you're sloshed get a lot less funny next morning when you have to face your workmates sober.

“Started work as a nurse” .. what does that mean? On placement ? Qualified ?

Either way, I doubt a responsible adult, who’s taken (and completed) a degree, in a really tough area, working with allsorts of vulnerable people, would need to go and ask such a ridiculous question, from a bunch of strangers.

I doubt the validity of the original post, completly

And quite frankly if you need to ask a bunch of randomers on here how to behave at a Christmas party I'd be curious how on earth you have the brain power to make clinical decisions daily
Mind you some of the nurses I've worked with over the years this lack of gumption doesn't surprise me
If this is even real

It is a very, very bad idea.

By all means have a couple, but then stop. However well you get on with your colleagues they are still your colleagues not your friends, and it can become so uncomfortable so quickly when people drink too much and professional boundaries slip. I have never seen anyone come off well from getting drunk at a work Christmas event, it only ever leads to shame and intense awkwardness.

Give yourself the gift of waking up the next day with a clear head and no terrible sense of mortification and fear of what happened the night before. I guarantee that’s more enjoyable than getting drunk would be. Save your drunken nights for those spent with friends.

You'll say or do something embarrassing or worse say something nasty that will make you the target of petty gossip and become disliked by one, several or all of your colleagues.

Still, it does prove that nurses are underpaid is a myth if you can afford to drink copious amounts of alcohol just for the fun of it.

It’s ok to have a few drinks, but always keep just a bit more sober than everyone else, as you are new. Everyone remembers the first to get drunk but never the last. Christmas nights out are a good bonding opportunity but just don’t overdo it.

Getting drunk at a Christmas party that happens once a year is not a reflection on a nurses wages- don’t be ridiculous.

Mumsnet frowns upon anyone who has more than a small sherry at Christmas or who has anything other than the most uptight and professional relationship with their colleagues.

In my experience, this isn't really the way the real world works, however. And LOL at people who think nurses and doctors need to 'set an example' by not letting their hair down at a Christmas party. You're a human being and you can behave like any other human being.

In reality, go to your Christmas party and if everyone else is getting hammered, feel free to join in. But just judge the mood on the day! If it doesn't seem like a boozy night, you don't want to be the only one getting drunk, but if everyone gets tipsy, it's absolutely fine.

I had my work Christmas meal/drinks this week. Nobody was ridiculously drunk - no throwing up, falling over or having fights - but most of the people who stayed out after the meal for more drinks were certainly tipsy, including me and including our boss, who was generously filling everyone's glasses for most of the evening. We had a good evening with a lot of laughter, had a few conversations we definitely wouldn't have had in the office, and had mildly sore heads the next day.

My DH is an ex nurse. Nurses go mad on nights out in my experience. The Band 6s are the worst. One of DHs Band 6 colleagues died of alcohol related disease in her 40s really sad. If you get really drunk I highly doubt you will be judged for it. Your biggest problem will be saying no when you’ve had enough when they bully you into having another tequila slammer,

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Never get anything more than tipsy at a work Xmas party. Speaking from experience.

Never more than three drinks at a Christmas do. People will stop noticing what you drink as the night progresses.

Start by saying you will have a soft drink to start as you are thirsty, and take it easy.

Oh please don't! It's really not worth it! Also, how old are you that you're trying so hard for people to.like you? Some people will like you for who you are (sober and all) and some won't. No need to be drunk or act "crazy" to try and make ppl like you more.

Don't. It'll haunt you for the rest of your working life.
Have one small drink if you must and then soft drinks for the rest of the event.

No one will shame you into drinking and if they do, walk away after telling them they're a nobhead. You might want to phrase it better, but we should speak out when things happen that make us feel uncomfortable - at the time.