Working With Tattoos In Rolla Missouri

[rainyday lpn]

Hello everyoneprobably a weird question, but here it is......I have only been an LPN for a few years now, and have only had one job and it's herein Seattle. I commute in to work, my husband is military and he is most likely going to get stationed in southern Missouri at Ft LeonardWood. I have extensive tattoos including full sleeves, nothing visible with a long sleeve shirt on under my scrubs. Where I work at completely does not care if they show at work. From what I have been reading about southern Missouri, the area is known as the Ozarks and has a reputation for being very old fashioned and part of the Bible Belt.does anyone have any knowledge of working down there and having tattoos? For that matter, did I just get lucky to have my only job as a nurse not care about my tattoos showing? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! I am not looking forward to moving somewhere so hot and humid in the first place, much less having to wear long sleeves :-(

[CeeNurse12, RN]

I work as a nurse in Canada (previously Vancouver, BC, currently Regina, Sask) and there are a lot of nurses with exposed tattoos and [some] piercings. As long as we're hygienic, we can maintain personal style within professional attire! Clearly there were more colourful characters in Vancouver, but I found that in Saskatchewan, a lot of nurses have nose rings, full makeup and more casual attire (ex: emerg nurses used to wear sweatpants and scrub tops -but they recently nixed that- and some senior nurses in oncology or hemo wear slacks and a nice top, not scrubs). From what I've seen, the attire rules depend on the general rules laid out by the hospital, and more specifically, the views of your unit manager. Bottom line: have your [appropriate] tattoos showing and wear your nose rings proudly! Just make sure you've got the skills to back yourself when met with conservatives, geriatrics, and those of a crusty nature.