Anyone else miss nail polish?

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Just noticed how bad my nails look. I miss having pretty nails with nice colors. One of the small prices to pay I guess for a successful career.

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Specializes in CVICU, Obs/Gyn, Derm, NICU.
Just noticed how bad my nails look. I miss having pretty nails with nice colors. One of the small prices to pay I guess for a successful career.

LOL yes ... I miss my nice quality artificial ones I used to have

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

Yes I'm going to miss not only that but all my piercings

:(

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We are allowed to wear nail polish if we keep it neat. Heck, a few nurses on my unit even have acrylic nails. I guess management isn't paying attention. I get skeeved out by half chipped off polish, which a few of my coworkers sport all the time.

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Specializes in LTC.

I do wear nail polish. I did have acrylic nails put back on recently but I keep them very short and rounded and I go for fill ins frequently.

I'm always thinking about them and bacteria. I actually wash my hands more now than I do when I had no acrylic nails.

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Specializes in Developmental Disabilites,.

We can wear nail polish as long as there is no chips.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

I do not have a clinical rotation in the hospital this semester so I am totally rocking my nail polish! I have nice nails naturally so it isn't bad to go without but I'll miss all the pretty colors once I return.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Oncology, telemetry/stepdown.

I always feel bad admitting this, since it seems like such a superficial thing lol but i REALLLYY miss my fake nails sometimes...i don't feel girly, and my own nails are so thin and brittle that they flake and break and make me sad :(

However, I wouldn't trade fake nails for my nursing career lol

I'll go back to the nail salon when I retire...(In 40 years!)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, LTC.

I wear mine short and maybe some clear or pearl white polish.

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Specializes in ER, ICU.

No, I've never missed it...

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yes, i totally know what you mean! i miss feeling like a girl b/c as a nursing student, all the students had to wear these really unflattering and boxy grape purple scrubs. and then no jewlery and no nail polish. my god, i feel like a gremlin. i once had a pt tell me i looked like a mid thirty year old who had three kids... what?? i was 21 and a size six...

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.

yes. i have worked in health care for years and have worked without nail polish. this is why i learned to pamper my toes. :D

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