Nurses General Nursing
Published Jun 8, 2009
I'm going to be entering an RN nursing program soon, and I'm wondering how people are about hair colors/styles as a nurse.
See, I currently have pink hair [which I know is NOT going to fly, and I have to get rid of] but I was wondering if a dark reddish pink http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/3/l_90b470e67bec46949d3897d8ff75a6b6.png
If that's completely out of the question I'm just going to go a very platinum blonde, so please don't yell at me about my ridiculous hair color choice. :]
Reno1978, BSN, RN
1,133 Posts
It's up to the dress code of the nursing program and the hospital(s) you may be working in for clinicals. Most describe hair color as it must be of a color that occurs in nature.
2BSure
267 Posts
Go with a natural color.
I know this may be contentious for some to read but many nurses bemoan how we are not treated/considered/portrayed as professionals. Yet I see precious few doctors, engineers or similar running around with full sleeve tattoos (or even tattoos that show) and I have never seen one with hair color that "doesn't occur in nature". Express yourself with the color of your walls at home.
PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN
2,211 Posts
Follow the rules of the school and the hospitals where you plan to do your clinical rounds.
regularRN
400 Posts
I'm thinking you will have to change just about everything - hair, piercings, tattoos, makeup and especially the hat. Nursing is not about creative expression of self, it's about the patients.
nurseSIM
7 Posts
actually we do wear printed scrub tops here at John Muir
