Do you wear rings?

tothepointeLVN, LVN · Jun 18, 2012

Well you could live in a super safe area and still be paranoid. That happens sometimes

SBJustBreathe, ASN, RN · Jun 18, 2012

Our area is pretty safe. I've got kids, if I didn't feel it was safe we wouldn't be here. My sister lives in a safe neighbourhood too. She left her house for 15 minutes and some thief turned her entire house upside down. You never know. What she thought was safe and what looks safe apparently was still vulnerable.

decembergrad2011, BSN, RN · Jun 18, 2012

We were not allowed to wear any jewelry except for one pair of stud earrings and one plain wedding band. I got engaged halfway through nursing school and wanted to show it off to people a couple of times while I was in clinical, so let me tell you a little trick! My Cherokee scrub tops had three pockets at the front bottom - 2 big ones and one smaller one inside the right big pocket. I would simply take my ring box with me to clinicals. I could model the ring and show people, but then take it off, put it in the ring box, and place it securely in my small scrubs pocket.

I am a germaphobe when it comes to rings, and I basically left my engagement ring at home after the newness of being engaged wore off and everyone knew about it. I plan to do the same thing when I start working as an RN soon. It's just one more thing to have to worry about and I'm not too worried about the dating scene at the hospital

brillohead, ADN, RN · Jun 18, 2012

I don't wear rings, but several of my classmates with big diamonds just purchased a plain gold band to wear at clinical. Less infection risk without the nooks-n-crannies of a gemstone, and nothing to tear gloves or scratch a patient.

HM-8404, BSN, RN · Jun 18, 2012

Well you could live in a super safe area and still be paranoid. That happens sometimes

Should paranoid people really own expensive jewelry? How about they keep it in a safe deposit box and just carry a picture of it in their wallet? :lol2:

As a guy, when I see a woman wearing a big rock on her finger as she gets into or out of her 6 yr old Toyota I don't think, Wow! Her (whatever) must really love her. I normally think, I wonder what he did that he is trying to make up for, or, who is she desperately trying to impress? It is even better if she has a Coach bag and Gucci sunglasses.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jun 18, 2012

hiding spot? nope, just in the jewelry box....or, sometimes, i put it/them on a little hook near my kitchen sink if i've got them on and plan to work in there. to be honest, i have some much more expensive pieces of jewelry as well as some extremely sentimental pieces that i'd be heartbroken to lose, and i'm not going to hide them all. i have more than one jewelry box, but they're all near each other, so if i'm going to get robbed, well, i'm going to lose alot. however, i don't live in an area known for much crime at all, so it's not an overriding concern. while it's true anything can happen, i like my odds :)

when going on vacation, i hide my stuff in a rather unique place that's anything but convenient to get to, lol, so i know my jewelry would be the last thing walking out the door if it came to that.

getting robbed was the last thing on my mind when we went to the movies that day in december. the robbers took everything under the christmas tree, my brand new camera out on the dining room table with the owner's manual (i was figuring out how to use it) and the entire contents of my jewelry box including my grandmother's engagement ring and my mother's jewelry. some of the jewelry my husband has given me over the years was insured, but there is no way to insure the sentimental value of grandma's engagement ring.

we were the first in our area to be robbed and three years later are still the only ones in our area.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jun 18, 2012

should paranoid people really own expensive jewelry? how about they keep it in a safe deposit box and just carry a picture of it in their wallet?
as a guy, when i see a woman wearing a big rock on her finger as she gets into or out of her 6 yr old toyota i don't think, wow! her (whatever) must really love her. i normally think, i wonder what he did that he is trying to make up for, or, who is she desperately trying to impress? it is even better if she has a coach bag and gucci sunglasses.

paranoid people who own expensive jewelry ought to just wear it.

Stephalump · Jun 19, 2012

Paranoid people who own expensive jewelry ought to just wear it.

But then we're paranoid of getting mugged. It's really a no-win situation.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Jun 19, 2012

I wear two heirloom rings, one an engagement diamond and one with a large colored stone. It would absolutely kill me if I lost them when my house got burgled or burnt down so I put a small safety pin on every one of my bras and pinned them there whenever I did patient care. advantage was that if I forgot to take them off before I left the house, the pin was right there!

ER(notso)n00b, ASN, RN · Jun 19, 2012

I had my wedding band and engagement band "unsoldered" so that I can leave the clunky diamond at home and still wear my wedding band. I wear both when I don't have clinicals.

MySonIsAdorable · Jun 19, 2012

I go to a VN program, the wont let us wear anything execpt a plan wedding band, and thats only if you are actually married. I think the idea of purchasing one for work/school is a great idea!

OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN · Jun 19, 2012

[quote=>JustBreathe

If you don't wear your rings, what do you do with them during clinical??

I have to ask-do you watch Nurse Jackie?

To answer your actual question, yes I wear my wedding ring but its just a solid white gold band and there's no diamonds in it (I'm a simple kinda girl :) I probably wouldn't if I had a traditional ring, ugh I wouldn't want to contaminate something so precious with God only knows what. Of course certain areas you could probably get away with wearing one without much worry, of course my school does tell us you can wear wedding rings to clinical.