Do you wear your engagement rings at work?

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i am engaged but he hasn't bought a ring yet because i have been pondering this question. i am actually a nursing student still but plan to work in a hospital setting after graduation. so my question to you, the experienced nurses, is do you wear a solitaire style or large center diamond ring to work? or just your wedding band? anyone who does wear their ring, does it cause issues with gloves and stuff? i know this may sound like a silly question but we (my fi and i) were thinking that if it would get in the way he might get me a diamond band for an engagement ring that doesn't stick out like a solitaire would if other people who have worked in nursing jobs had issues with their rings.

Specializes in ICU.

I wear my (plain) wedding band only. Since I have minimal patient contact (3-5 minutes or so per EKG), wear gloves, and wash my hands and wipe my machine and leads down with an alcohol wipe between each patient, I've never been that concerned about it. I don't wear my engagement ring much at all anymore, even when not at work. I'm not a big fan of jewelry.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

I wear just my wedding band to the hospital and remove my engagement ring (leaving it at home of course).

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Specializes in CVICU, ER.

I wear my band, but not my ring with the stand up diamonds. I am always afraid that a glove will catch it, rip out the diamond, and it will be hours before I noticed.....

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I wear both my wedding band, and my diamond, and on my right hand, a birthstone ring... always have, always will (I ALWAYS wear gloves, wash my hands WELL, and use alcohol wipes on my rings) Even if I wanted to, I cannot get my rings off... I have arthritis, and my knuckles are large

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Specializes in Peds Homecare.

I wore my rings to work every day of the 30 years I was married. Hospitals, nursing homes, and homecare. Never had a problem.

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Specializes in Obs & gynae theatres.

I much prefer the nhs rules of bare below the elbow except for a plain wedding band. Much more hygienic imo.

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Specializes in Med-Surg; Telemetry; School Nurse pk-8.

I also wear my wedding ring on a chain -- the engagement ring is left at home. I found that the foam we use in the hospital (after we take off the gloves, a-hem... :idea:) was not drying under my ring, and I developed this horrible rash/ peeling right under the ring site. Eeeuuww. That was it for me. My jewelry is worn outside the hospital now!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

I used to wear four rings...flat wedding band, solitaire marquise engagement band, five-marquise anniversary band, and a mother's birthstone ring. After I got accepted to nursing school, I took them all off except my wedding band because I wanted to get used to them not being on my fingers. I used to freak out when I couldn't feel one of them on my fingers! I knew they would catch on gloves, and I was afraid of having to dig them out of the gloves.

Just seemed to make sense to me.

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Specializes in Mother-Baby, Rehab, Hospice, Memory Care.

I wear a traditional solitare with a cathedral setting (not a super high one) and a diamond band every day I work. It does not catch or scratch. Never had a problem in the past 6 years.

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I wear my wedding band and engagement ring to work and haven't had any problems. Everyone I work with wears their wedding sets, even ones with large, high-set diamonds (2+ carats). My friend has a high set, antique style ring and ended up scratching her baby with it. You could choose a solitaire that is low set, a bezel set diamond, a diamond band with no center stone... there's so many styles and possibilities!

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for our 20th anniversary, my husband bought me a blingy, eternity diamond wedding band.

it has 3 rows of diamonds that go all the way around.

even with gloves, the ring still snagged so i continue wearing my original wedding ring...

while the blingy ring sits in my jewelry box.

leslie

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
http://www.ice.com/rings/solitaire-diamond-ring-prd_rds_015826.jsp#

check that ring out...it lays almost flush to the finger!

my husband (also a nurse) designed my ring. it looks pretty much like that one except with a larger ruby instead of the diamond. i have never had any issues with gloves or with getting my ring caught anywhere, scratching patients, etc. i don't take my ring off except to have it cleaned, the settings checked, etc.

congratulations on your engagement!

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