Do you wear rings to work?

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Hi Everybody

I will be starting nursing school this September :monkeydance: and wondering if most nurses wear rings to work. Mainly wedding rings. I would think that with the constant putting on and taking off latex gloves, hand washing etc that wearing rings would be cumbersome and worrisome that the rings/s might come off in the gloves.

What do you do?

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

i wear my wedding ring -- i never take it off. my husband designed it and a former patient of his, a jewelry designer made it for us. it's a wide gold band with the stone set in -- it doesn't stick up and is totally smooth so it won't scratch a patient.

The hand sanitizer that we use at work has a reputation for eating away at rings. My silver earrings have two spots of black where I touch them all the time (nervous habit), from the hand sanitizer.

I have a simple white gold band that I am not interested in offering up to the chemicals (not to mention the germs) that continually assault it at work.

We are, however, allowed to wear a wedding band or simple jewelery if we choose. Most of us don't, though, due to lost bands or ruined rings.

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

I think we are allowed to wear wedding bands but a lot of people wear a lot more. Don't like that.

I sometimes wear my wedding band, if I remember or if I'm not in the nursery. We're not allowed to wear anything in the nursery.

Hi Everybody

I will be starting nursing school this September :monkeydance: and wondering if most nurses wear rings to work. Mainly wedding rings. I would think that with the constant putting on and taking off latex gloves, hand washing etc that wearing rings would be cumbersome and worrisome that the rings/s might come off in the gloves.

What do you do?

Well, I think it's ok to wear your wedding ring but I wouldn't advise wearing an engagement ring. They can tear gloves, harbor microorganisms and get dirty. I just wear a plain wedding ring.

Specializes in CT ,ICU,CCU,Tele,ED,Hospice.

i don't wear any rings at work.

Specializes in L & D; Postpartum.

I wear my wedding band and my engagement ring. The latter, although big enough but not huge, has never torn a glove in 30 years. There are times when I don't wear the diamond, but nobody is going to tell me to give up my wedding band. It is as much a religious symbol to me as headscarves or other head coverings are to those of other religions.

Specializes in Med/Surg, LTC/Geriatric.
Well, I think it's ok to wear your wedding ring but I wouldn't advise wearing an engagement ring. They can tear gloves, harbor microorganisms and get dirty. I just wear a plain wedding ring.

My rings are saudered together and are a set. The diamonds are not terribly high or blingy, but I wouldn't want to risk losing the set and I didn't even think about microscopic germs getting in or hand sanitizer being hard on the gold/diamonds/etc.

Specializes in CVICU, PACU, OR.

I wear my engagement ring to work. It means so much to me and I hate to be without it! It protrudes but I haven't had any problems with it except for the hand sanitizer eating away at the white gold. I would hate to wear it on a chain in case a crazy patient got a hold of it. When I get married in October (yay! ) I think I will just wear my wedding band to work.

I wear my wedding and engagement rings to work. My husband got me rings that don't portrude. If I have to wear gloves I take the rings off and put them in my pocket. I wash my hands frequently. I never thought about handsanitizer affecting my rings.

Specializes in Med-Surg, Wound Care.
No rings, bracelets or watches.

I would go NUTS without my watch!!!

I don't wear rings, bracelets or watches either.

I'm afraid I'll lose my rings. I don't like watches on my wrist - something about it bugs me. I also don't wear bracelets for the same reason.

steph

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Plain band (not the original, original will never go to work), pinned on the left side of my scrub top, pin going through my bra strap (so that i can't take my top off without getting the ring first).

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