Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

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To the smokers I work with, please do yourselves and patients a favor by brushing your teeth after smoking. the smell of smoke makes me gag, and I feel sorry for your already nauseated patients.

To the supervisor that baths in his cologne... don't. it smells horrible.

To the nurse with the huge blond hair. it looks like a bomb was set off in your hair. did you use a whole bottle of stiff on it? and you may want to wear better fitting scrubs, I'm curvy as well, but I don't like to show my curves at work.

Yes, I do like to wear make up and manicured nails( no chipping, or fakes nails) to work everyday. not only does it make me feel good but patients notice as well. looks are first impressions, and I like to make a good one.

​or you could try ocn's "guide to being a seamstress": try krazyglue. if that doesn't work, try staples. if staples don't work, proceed to garbage can.

nope. ocnrn63 are you just trying to be "mean" by leading our impaired members astray? dontcha just know that the little snowflakes as cute as they are, are gonna take that krazyglue and get it on their fingers - which will go right up their noses (where those fingers are when snowflakes have to think hard), and then guess what?!?! they will be unable to drive to work, and unable to call in either.

Specializes in Forensic Psych.

And people wonder why this kind of thread is considered inappropriate by some people. It's gone from questionably rude to DEFINITELY rude. Nothing more than a bandwagon for better-than-thous to jump on. Birds of a feather flock together and only seem to get more foul in groups.

Edit: The "foul" pun was totally not intended, but I think I like it. :)

Specializes in Primary Care, OR.

At 23, I don't look scary without makeup!!! Lol that sucks I guess!

Specializes in LTC and School Health.
At 23, I don't look scary without makeup!!! Lol that sucks I guess!

I really do. I guess I'm just use to wearing it, and I think I look scary when I don't...ofcourse fam. and friends say I'm beautiful with or without foundation but once again it's my preference.

I am dying here! This is GREAT!

Okay, anyway. Like another poster said, the smoking issue has been run into the ground.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how anyone would WANT to do a nurse's job with their hair hanging down in their (and everyone else's) face.

Make up is a personal choice, I think. I wouldn't judge someone based on whether or not they're wearing make up. Some people look great without it and some people look horrible with it. I think I look better with it but I have a cousin whose face is a make up virgin. She looks great. I don't. I know another woman who looks like the Joker. I'm not joking.

Fingernails? I hate to see a nurse or other health care professional with big, nasty, fake nails. I wouldn't say one must have a manicure though...

Specializes in General Internal Medicine, ICU.

There's a big difference to being hygienic and well groomed to being polished. I'm 24, and I have never worn make up to work, nor manicured my nails in preparation for work (aside--I thought that nurses weren't allowed to wear nail polish or fake nails anyway). You can look professional without the make up and nails--the same way you can look good without brand name clothes.

This is not hard to do. I'm 60 years old. I take a shower, put on a little make-up, brush my teeth and wear clean scrubs that don't show anything that needs to be covered up.

Tats, piercings, and long nails are UNPROFESSIONAL. Sorry if you have a tattoo, but they have negative connotations to a lot of our patients, (the elderly).

Currently working with a nurse that is even older than me(gasp).. I can tell when she arrives on the unit... the smell of her perfume arrives on the unit before she does... her fake, poorly kept bright green nails and her 20 bracelets on each arm..

scream... I have no plans on providing hands on care... and who would want her to.

Can't understand what there is to debate.

There are so many nurses out there who just don't give a damn about their looks, makeup hasn't killed anyone, it is designed to be used. That's what makes us feminine. Anyone can find 5 -10 minutes for themselves . You don't have to look like Rainbow, use nude, neutral colors. This bothers me the most: nurses who wear super tight scrubs, first I can see your thongs/ underwear a mile away, second I can see your Cellulites, 3r buy better scrubs!

Sorry if you have a tattoo, but they have negative connotations to a lot of our patients, (the elderly).

It's not just the elderly in my area of the country. In the heart of the country, tattoos are still considered to be mostly for "a certain kind of person." About the only acceptable occurrence is an older, usually Army or Navy Veteran with a service tat, and even then it's considered a bit eccentric.

That's just how it is right now. The more affluent girls in particular who find themselves in their mid to upper 20's or early 30's with tats they got impulsively and now regret keep the dermatologists in very high demand.

I think it's a question of norms in your area, what you are willing to do to reach your goal and how you wish to be seen.

My very fondest wishes to anyone who is passionate and dedicated enough to take on the challenge of working through nursing school and becoming a NURSE. It's going to be so much harder than you imagined, but in the end, worth so much more. Best of luck to you.

I hate seeing nurses in tight scrubs too. There really is no excuse to wear them at my work because we have to wear hospital provided scrubs, and there's a huge shelf with all sizes. So if one is too tight just grab the next size up. You wouldn't think it would be too hard, but I guess it is for a few of them, lol.

I also hate tattoos. I will probably get beat up for saying this, but they are just trashy and ugly and I don't know why anyone wants to get them. There. Let the beatings begin.

I hate seeing nurses in tight scrubs too. There really is no excuse to wear them at my work because we have to wear hospital provided scrubs, and there's a huge shelf with all sizes. So if one is too tight just grab the next size up. You wouldn't think it would be too hard, but I guess it is for a few of them, lol.

My sister in law wears her scrubs so tight, I don't see how she gets anything done.

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