hairstyles on nurses....your opinion

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what is your opinion on appropriate hairstyles for nurses? i've seen some nurses with hair down to the middle of their backs. maybe they pulled it up when going into pt care, maybe not. wouldnt hair that long get in your way? or get caught on something?

im still a student, so we have to have hair off our collars, and we can't even wear ponytails, b/c htey can swing forward when you lean over. dont think it should be that strict, but i just wonder about the really long hair and how to keep it out of the way when you wear it down to work, unless you pull it up every time you go into a room,which isn't that practical.

whats the general consensus on this?

I say as long as what you wear, hair and uniform, doesn't scare the patient. At our hospital the average age and sex of the patient is 69 yo female. They are from a way different generation and get a lot of their info about how a person's clothes and such reflect the type of person they are from TV, not the most reliable of sources. I know the original question concerned hair but someone mentioned tatoos, earrings, scrubs, etc. and thought I would give my 2 cents. :)

PS Cleanliness is just expected.

Specializes in Government.

I have long hair. When I worked in clincal settings, I'd braid it and then clip the braid to my head with a hair thingee. Always worked for me.

Triage - I get up at 1:45 a.m. put make-up on for my 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift because it would be too scary otherwise for my poor patients. :uhoh3:

My hair is below my shoulders and I usually wear it up in a claw-type clip.

Neat and clean and out of the patient's faces and wounds is all I care about.

steph

Specializes in Home care, assisted living.

I wear my hair ponytailed and claw-clipped to my head (can't manage to make a decent French bun). Recently I tried a partially-inverted ponytail and it worked great. All my hair, neatly tucked away and looks elegant and feminine. And no pins! :rotfl:

Specializes in ER, PACU.

A lot of us wear our hair down, and I do, but I always carry a hairband in my pocket so if I am going to do a procedure where my hair will get in the way, then I will put it up.

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

I keep my long curly hair in a clip or bun mostly. Or a very neat and out of the way pony tail. I do put it up tighter when I have to do a csection, for the bouffant cap I must put over it. Sometimes, it's so "big" I need two caps, one up high, one to cover the hair at the shoulder. I have a lot of hair.

clean and out of the eyes (nurse AND patient).

Specializes in Public Health, DEI.
I have long curly hair...wear it in a ponytail, and don't have problems with it flopping around and getting into things. Used to wear it half up/half down, but it got to be too much time and trouble getting ready for work. ;)

I wish I could use those claw things...but I wind up looking like a have a lopsided poodle sitting on top of my head. ;)

ROFL... perfect description, and me too!!! I have thick hair, but it is very fine, so it doesn't really like to stay in those things anyway. I wear it in those things when I work out, but if you saw some of the get-ups at my gym, you'd know that funny looking hair is the last thing anyone would find odd. In my current job, hair really isn't an issue, but I do agree that when providing patient care clean, scent free, and restrained are the operative words.

Specializes in Rehab, Step-down,Tele,Hospice.

Holy Cow StevieLynn, those are some sucky hours, but hey if it works for you!

I work with a nurse who has long blond hair and last week I went into her pts room to see if she needed help getting the pt off the toilet and as she swung around to me her hair went right into the toilet!! YUCKOO!!!

She cut it over the weekend :)

Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.
Triage - I get up at 1:45 a.m. put make-up on for my 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift because it would be too scary otherwise for my poor patients. :uhoh3:

My hair is below my shoulders and I usually wear it up in a claw-type clip.

Neat and clean and out of the patient's faces and wounds is all I care about.

steph

Oh my...I wouldn't even be able to see that early! LOL!

I tried wearing makeup a few times, but with all the running around I found it to run a bit too, and by the end of the day my eyes would look dark, yet my cheeks overly rosy! LOL! I said........naaaaaa to that, and the fact I wasn't getting up so early to do it..bonus! LOL!

Actually, I am the youngest of the nurses (they don't wear makeup either), and all the other nurses wear their hair very short...mine is about 3 cm longer then theirs so it can be whispy or for nights I am out, spiked up nicely (no not like a porcupine, just a little gel and hairspray to get it to stand up a bit). With my color job it has demention and is fun to work with. Before it was just med/short and couldn't do a dog gone thing with it...then it didn't look very good after an hour or so despite my working with it! I love this do...a little water and boom, back to style!

Shhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone, but it looks wonderful with a nursing cap! LOL!

Specializes in Telemetry, Case Management.

I have long blonde hair past my tailbone. I usually braid it up and it stays put all day. Other times I will put it in a bun or twist the ponytail and use a long metal clip to flip/clip the tail to the back of my head. I have never had any problems with my hair getting onto the patient or into things I wished it woudn't!

Well, I guess I will chime in. I keep my head razor shaved, and I have a five inch goat-t that I wear straight. It is bushy, but I do keep it neat.

Much Peace

Billy

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