Any Muslim Nurses/Student Nurses in Allnurses?

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Hi,

I'm muslim pre-nursing student and I wear the hijaab. I would love to know any Muslim nurses/student nurses that I can ask some questions regarding the hijaab, uniform, dealing with patients, and going through nursing school as a muslim.

There are a few specific questions I would love to ask.

So come out! :)

salamu alaykum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh!

wow, I am very happy to know (confirm) that there will be no problem about wearing hijaab as a nurse, mashaAllah! :loveya:

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'alameen! I consider nursing as the first on the list of my choices to take up in college because I believe it would be great to do it by seeking the reward of Allah(by helping others, inshaAllah). We all know that everything we do MUST be ALL for His sake. :))

And that is why I've been curious about experiences on wearing the hijaab as a nurse.

I wanted to know some real life experiences, and I'm very glad about what I found.

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What color long sleeve t shirts do you wear and is there an online store that sells them?

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Specializes in med/surg.

assalmualkium, peace be with you all,

I wear long-sleeved white tees/undershirts. I live in a cold state and find them at Wal-M... during the fall months. Try Hanes, LLBean, or Lands End, The shirts are like thermal underwear without the thermal pattern. You might want to try Google

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Yes i see walmart has plain white tshirts in the young girls section

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

I've have always been curious about this. When a native language does not use the same alphabet as English (such as Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese...you get the picture), how is it decided on how to spell a word using an English alphabet? Is it just done phonetically? Is there any such thing as a misspelled word using an English alphabet?

Silly question maybe, but I've really wondered about that. :)

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What color long sleeve t shirts do you wear and is there an online store that sells them?

I match my long sleeves to my scrub tops.

Buy them at Reitman's (usually 2/$20), SmartSet, Wally's or Zellers. I figure they are in constant rotation so I don't want to spend a lot on them.

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Specializes in Surgical.

Assalaamu Alaykum and Hi everyone. I am a Muslim LPN going to bridge to RN starting Jan. '11 inshaAllah. I wear full hijab (including niqab - face veil). I don't wear my veil at clinicals and at work, but I wear my full hijab which I tuck under my scrub jacket. I always wear my jacket, and I also wear the scrub SKIRT not the pants. It's a matter of you letting your school/job know who you are. If you go to your interview with your hijab on, then there will no surprises when you start work and no one will hassle you. Most of the time, they go by what they see from us. The only question that ever comes up in interviews for me is the color, and I let them know that the color won't be a problem. I actually wear my "street" hijabs to my interviews; the long ones that I normally wear. As far as patients go, I have never had a patient have a problem with my hijab; most tell me I look beautiful. A bunch of them called me "an angel" lol cuz of the white hijab.

Trust in Allah, sisters, and be firm in your deen, and no one can stop you insha Allah. After all, it's all in Allah's hands :)

~Fellow Muslimah

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Specializes in Cardiac.

salaam, peace and hello all

I'm new to this board and am pre-nursing, I'm going to be taking my entrance exam in 2 months for a local hospital nursing school program, its a diploma RN course.

Anyway I'm quite excited. I'm Muslim as well and cover too-headscarf and an overgarment-abaya, jilbab or overhead abaya but dont think I'll have any concerns with uniform...our city has a large Muslim population and a lot of Muslims work in the local hospitals. I also have a good friend who is in Nursing school right now. I plan to just wear a regular scarf-a scrub outfit and hopefully a jacket. Ive seen the hejabi nurses around here wear that mostly.

My husband is sorta the impetuous for going into nursing, I actually have both a undergraduate and graduate degree from a large University but in the 2 years since I graduated have found it impossible tto find a job, as there is a glut in my field and noone is really hiring...so, poops for me. But, my husband has been telling me for a good decade-LOL, that I should be a nurse. Now that ive decided I'll do that, he's extremely happy and is proudly telling everyone his wife will-God willing-be a nurse. Unforttunately thou, some Muslim communities-esp those from certain countries, consider nursing a lowly profession. Which is a shame if you think about it.

About working on male patients, the majority of Islamic schools of thoughts and scholars agree that for medical related stuff its OK for the opp sex to work on each other...as its medical. I am hoping though to do either pediatric or a more womans centered nursing as I would like become a Nurse Midwife eventually. Also there is a need for Muslim nurse midwives, especially in my area and when I had my son, I used a Nurse Midwife and thats what got me interested in that aspect of nursing first.

This is a ruling from Ayatollah Sistani about medically caring for members of the opposite sex;

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Question: The medical profession demands that the doctor checks his female patients carefully; and since getting undressed for medical check up is common in some European countries, is it permissible to engage in medical practice here in such circumstances?

Answer: It is permissible, if one refrains from forbidden looking and touching, except where the check up of the patient requires them."

Obviously if you must medically care for a man its important to do so professionally and correctly.

Anyway Ive learnt a lot while reading this thread, I am sooo glad to see so many Muslims in the field. Thanks be to God (alhamdullah)

Oh, about the niqab, although I dont wear it, I do respect it as a religious practice. In my city though the nursing programs do not allow a female student to wear niqab during school hours. I had a Muslim friend who was a Niqabi and she wanted to do nursing but her being unable to wear niqab ended up keeping her from it as the school of thought she followed believed that niqab is fard-required. I think in most things, there is a middle ground, I dont think its right to keep niqab wearing women from doing nursing, although I think the reasoning behind them not allowing niqab stemmed from I guess once a woman wore a very long niqab and it got in the way. I think if one wore a shaylah and tied it up as a niqab that would work. Ive lived in Saudi and the nurses who wore niqab at work did that. Like these Indonesian nursing students below...

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Assalamu alaikum,

Sister UmIbrahim, mashallah your aspirations are commendable, however, I thought it necessary to warn you that if you are planning to get a masters degree in the future, a diploma program is the wrong place to start. I know it is difficult to get into college programs, however, credit hours from the worst college are more valuable than a hospital diploma as those credits will be counted by your future educational institutions. Diploma nurses are very good nurses, but they don't have enough college credit to qualify for degree programs. You need to get this striaghtened out by checking out your local degree giving institutions and confirm what they accept.

If you already have a college degree, you may actually qualify to be accepted to a second degree nursing program (post baccalaureate or post masters). These programs do not have many applicants to them and it is easier to get accepted.

For one thing, I know Saudi Arabia requires you to have a bachelors degree, preferably masters and 3 years of experience. I am dying to go to Saudi too.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

asalaamu alaikum/hello

Jazakhallakhairoon-thank you Shah. Yes, I know...but right now, I would rather do the diploma program. I already have both a BS and a Masters and frankly...right now, I have no desire to do another degree...The diploma program is 2 years and you do get college credit-should you decide to do it. There are many nursing options in my city-including a 2nd degree nursing program, but I just didnt want the hassle-frankly...I want to get in, do it, get out and work. Ive already lived in Saudi personally-I wouldnt say I'm extremely eager to go back...though it would be nice going back someday-or to the Gulf in general as you know...access to better abayaat and stuff. :lol2: Another thing is, the other nursing programs require you to take a lot of science courses before you can even enroll...and again, right now...I'm just not into taking like 2 semesters worth of sciences to then enroll for another 2 years or nursing coursework...the diploma programs here integrate the science work into the program. Another factor is I have like a boatload of money I owe in student loans and I loath having to take on any more debt! The nursing schools I'm interested in for the diploma programs do tuition forgiveness so you work upon graduation within the hospitals here in the city...hence...no more loans and I can start working and begin finally paying off my loans and then once I'm doing that, I could say begin doing a BS part time or something.

Trust me, if I knew, what I know now...like 6-7 years ago I would have done nursing as my BS straight off the bat and my husband was incessantly telling me I should do that, but I was stubborn and assumed with a BS and a Masters I could get something...well 2 years out...and zilch...my field is over saturated and I cant really move as dh has a good job here.

so eh, as it stands, I'm gonna get into the field and then once I'm in it...I'll see where to go from there. en'shallah.

pls say doa'a for me...Im gonna take the entrance exams in like 2 months, I should be good but my science knowledge is almost zilch...so I'm cramming that in. :yeah:

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I haven't been on this forum for quite some time now. I am so happy to see this thread and know that there are this many Muslims in the nursing profession! :)

I have been practicing nursing since '04 (need to change my display name as I'm no longer a newbie), and it's been going well. I am a hijabi too and I've never had an issue with wearing a hijab and working in nursing. I live in a city that has a large Muslim population, so I did not face any difficulties wearing hijab even during clinicals. I wear scrubs with a long sleeve shirt underneath and hijab. Sometimes people ask me how I wear the surgical masks when doing procedures that require a mask or working in isolation room, and I say it's simple... I put the mask on and the strings tie around my bun, lol.

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Well good luck! May Allah give you what is best for you. Ameen!

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