The school and clinical areas are where student nurses get all the necessary knowledge and skills to become and practice as competent nurses. Being absent as a results of different factors reduces the ability to graduate capable and competent nurses. This study was aimed at determining the factors influencing absenteeism among student nurses’ in school of nursing and midwifery Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching hospital Sokoto. Cross sectional descriptive survey was used. The target population consisted of 199 student nurses from year one, year two and year three of the school of which 133 were conveniently sampled. Data were collected by means of an adapted questionnaire. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20) was used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed some school and clinical factors influencing absenteeism and this includes: lectures are boring, avoiding certain subject content, lecture hours are too long and tiring, Not ready for a test or an assignment that was due, classroom are not conducive, ill treatment by senior staff and being overworked. The study concluded that, the cause of absenteeism among students is multi-factorial. The study recommends Supervision and monitoring of the absenteeism policy. Students should be encouraged to utilize the correct channels of communication if they feel uncomfortable in the clinical area or at school, rather than resorting to absenteeism.