fired if they don't like the color of your nail polish...

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I read that a lot. But I've only seen a few people get outright fired in my career. Either for 100% objective reasons, like excessive absences, or for major errors (like giving the wrong chemo, to more than one person) and that was after multiple warnings for other errors.

Has anyone ever had a coworker or herself fired for purely personal reasons? And if so, what official reason did they give?

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some places it is in the hand book that you can only have clear polish so they could give the color of your nail polish as a reason!

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Not fired outright, just ignored with no work. I knew the circumstances and was aware that the situation was completely personal. No idea what was said to new employers other than it was not good.

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You know, I thought nursing was a professional occupation.....You are not going out to a pub/club, hair should be up if directly involved with patient care and make-up should be at a minimum!!

It's no wonder that people think that nurses are just there to "marry a doctor"

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Specializes in ICU hopeful!.
You know, I thought nursing was a professional occupation.....You are not going out to a pub/club, hair should be up if directly involved with patient care and make-up should be at a minimum!!

It's no wonder that people think that nurses are just there to "marry a doctor"

I don't think it's fair to insinuate that nurses who take the time to put makeup on or do their hair give other nurses who choose not to, a bad name. And I don't think it is fair to insinuate that professionalism and aesthetic appeal cannot go together. Minimal makeup could be chapstick and a coat of mascara. Lots of women prefer to have some foundation or concealer, blush, eye liner, mascara, and a neutral shade of eyeshadow.

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I've seen one co-worker get fired for what were essentially personal reasons (our boss and her "pet" just didn't like him), but the boss involved was seriously dysfunctional.

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I've seen one co-worker get fired for what were essentially personal reasons (our boss and her "pet" just didn't like him), but the boss involved was seriously dysfunctional.

This was also true in the case that I mentioned. The individual was very dysfunctional on the professional level. Only someone who is dysfunctional in their job or who has a nonstandard ethical view of how to treat others would use only a personal reason to fire a subordinate.

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My hospital recently went 'tobacco free'. Some have gotten fired for smoking on the campus

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My hospital recently went 'tobacco free'. Some have gotten fired for smoking on the campus

I've never smoked in my life, but nazi rules like that make me want to take it up. And blow the smoke in my boss's face.

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I've never smoked in my life, but nazi rules like that make me want to take it up. And blow the smoke in my boss's face.

And get fired ...

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I am sure most people would give a warning and if people fail to change then it becomes their fault. I can't imagine a person would be that harsh. In my clinicals we are not allowed to have nail polish on. One day, I forgot to remove my nailpolish and I went to clinicals, my instructor said, " just a reminder, no nailpolish allowed." She didn't kick me out. People who get fired for no "good reason".....I am sure it's not the nail polish, the purple hair, the gothic makeup etc....there is more to it. These things might not be appropriate, but they are changeable. I know someone who had family emergency and she had to go out of state, it was a perfect excuse for her boss to fire her."

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
I don't think it's fair to insinuate that nurses who take the time to put makeup on or do their hair give other nurses who choose not to, a bad name. And I don't think it is fair to insinuate that professionalism and aesthetic appeal cannot go together. Minimal makeup could be chapstick and a coat of mascara. Lots of women prefer to have some foundation or concealer, blush, eye liner, mascara, and a neutral shade of eyeshadow.

Yep. If I showed up to work without my makeup, my patients would become even sicker. Perhaps they would die.

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