Are hair accessories unprofessional?

[silhouettedreams]

Hello nurses! I was hoping to gain your opinion on something. I am a young nurse, who has been in the field for about a year now. I have a bubbly, bright personality. For years now I have been wearing clip in fabric hair flowers daily, in my bangs, and have continued to do so as a nurse. My patients think that it's cute, and I often get compliments from them. I am often called "the nurse with the flower". I continue to wear them, mostly because my patients and their families seem to appreciate it. However, at times coworkers act as though they think this is odd. I am starting at a new facility soon, and I wonder if I should continue wearing my "signature" hair flowers. As a nurse, would you consider it unprofessional to wear hair flowers? Is it silly? I appreciate your opinions.

[BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN]

Personally, as long as you are

neat and clean, wear a flower in your hair :) It isn't a vector unless you are touching it all the time. Caps were a pain and got tangled in curtains and IV lines.

[Julius Seizure]

I also would need to see a picture to know for sure how i feel about this. When you describe it as a flower clipped onto your bangs all I can imagine is that it is basically dangling right above your eyes and that seems like an odd choice. I'm sure that I am just not correctly picturing what you actually mean, but I can't figure out what it really looks like.

[OCNRN63, RN]

I would think you were going to San Francisco. (People of a certain age will get the reference.)

[Kitiger, RN]

The only thing I'd worry about is the flower being a vector, I don't know the story of why the nurse's cap was stopped being used but it had something to do with the cap being a vector. Can one of the more experienced nurses comment on this?

Nurses' caps did get dirty; some didn't clean them for years! Others did keep them clean. I used to take mine off when I worked ortho, because they would get knocked off anyway ...

Are your flowers washable? Can they be sanitized? How long do you wear them before cleaning them? Do you feel that they are a risk to your patients?

[snowebelle]

I wear my hair pulled back with either a bow, tie, flower or other hair ornament securing it. Usually in a neutral color, and in the back where it does not get in the way.

I figure that if people make us deal with their tats and piercings, what's a hair ornament that actually serves a purpose.

[MPKH, BSN, RN]

Not my cup of tea but you can wear whatever you like in your hair.

[iShaybie, ADN]

I've always worn big bows in my hair or colorful headbands to match what I'm wearing.

If you like it, wear it! Everyone has their own style. Don't change the way you dress just because someone out there possibly won't like it.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

I really, really hate it when my coworkers show up headless.

OMG I am at work right now trying desperately not to burst out crying in laughter. They would think my head came off!!!

[Farawyn]

OMG I am at work right now trying desperately not to burst out crying in laughter. They would think my head came off!!!

I felt like that on nights all the time.

[DeeAngel]

Sorry but this sounds really unprofessional to me. I could see leeway in pediatrics, maternity or maybe an outpatient clinic, but otherwise this would be a no for me.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Just do it. The least of sins lol.

[Julius Seizure]

Sorry but this sounds really unprofessional to me. I could see leeway in pediatrics, maternity or maybe an outpatient clinic, but otherwise this would be a no for me.

I understand why you see leeway in pediatrics (same as with cartoon scrubs), but why the other two?