Does anybody had seen a nurse with tunnel earrings?

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have any of u guyz seen/met a nurse with huge big hole on both ears (tunnel)

coz i was just wonderin... :p hopefully if i passed NCLEX (still w8ting for result) :( i'll be the nurse with a tunnel earrings (huge hole gauge 4) and tattos as well with shaggy emo hair hehehe

weird nurse ha.. :p hopefully ill pass (fingers crossed)

Specializes in ER,ICU,L+D,OR.

I am significantly tattooed, most but not all are covered at work. I also have multiple piercings, we wont discuss where here. But I do not have the The large expanding piercings in my ear lobes. I never found them attractive. But I know one guy in the ER that does. He gets no harassment for it. He was hired that way. And this hospital is dead solid in the middle of ultra conservative, right wing, Republican home ground territory.

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Will depend upon where you live and what the standards are

Our dress code is quite specific.

You also have to consider your clients. Unfortunately we are still judged by our first impression.

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Specializes in Burn, CCU, CTICU, Trauma, SICU, MICU.

i am extremely heavily tattooed, i have multiple piercings and my hair color changes frequently.

i have never had a problem working, at all. i was being hired onto a new unit from working in the float pool and the nurse manager said "i asked around the unit, everyone said you were a really great nurse and everyone likes you. the only thing they said is that you have a lot of tattoos, if you could try to cover some of them up..." - i explained that i will try but frankly, even my fingers are tattooed and it will impossible to do so for a lot of them.

she was very understanding, i still got the job *and* i have never had an issue otherwise.

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I was highly offended by the post that insinuated that tatooed people are drug addicts or users. I do not use drugs and that is a very offensive statement. But that just goes to show how the conservative mindset is in our country. People need to grow up and realize that the world does not revolve around them. I know, some of you are just stating your opinion but when you insist that someone not work because of a tatoo or piercing that is infliciting your opinion on my life and that is more than stating your opinion.

I saw that one too and wanted to ask do you know all people with tattoos and piercing and have you personally given each and every one of them a drug test:smokin:? So needless to say I too was offended at that post. Glad I wasn't around back then.

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Specializes in Med surg, Critical Care, LTC.

I think, as part of growing with our profession, it's time to embrace our younger brothers and sisters for who they are. I do not believe a few extra piercings or tattoos will determine HOW professional a person is - but rather, how they carry themselves, how they speak, their pronunciation and diction, to they appear knowledgeable and confident in their role as a nurse, do they communicate well with peers and patients. Will they advocate for their patients and stand their ground. IMHO, those are the traits that determine professionalism, not the personal decision of how one wants to adorn their body.

In nursing, we need to grow in many ways, in acceptance is one of them. We accept our patients, and their families, we must accept and support each other and revel in our differences - if we were all the same, the world would be a boring place indeed.

Blessings

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Specializes in Operating Room.

We need more nurses who are of the same mind. I have a nose piercing myself (only a stud! I only wear a hoop ring when I'm outside the hospital to avoid getting slack about it) and was questioned about it.

I'm a new grad with my first real job. So the day I got a talking to from my nurse manager. I got the job I wanted, but now I had to change my personal appearance because I have a tiny diamond stud in my nose. It seemed silly and trivial that a piece of jewelry can completely alter what type of care you are capable of giving a patient.

Two more GNs have since been hired and coincidentally enough have nose rings, as does an older scrub tech on our unit. The nurse manager changed her mind and informed us that a stud is OK, but not a nose ring.

I'll take it over no ring, but it is the year 2008. I guess I just don't know where to draw the line. I know several people covered in tattoos with many piercings who are fantastic nurses with their care being no less than anyone without a tattoo or piercing. I guess its just about appealing appearances?

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Specializes in ER,ICU,L+D,OR.

I got a new tattoo today, looks good. Adding to my extensive collection. At work for my nose piercing I just wear a gold stud. My manager at one time did ask me about it, I asked if she wanted to know about all my other piercings also. She never said anything about it again.

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Specializes in Med surg, Critical Care, LTC.

I've had a nose stud for 11 years now, I got mine on my 36th b-day, before it was popular.

It says nothing about my ability as a nurse or professional. I was given flack over it only once, when I first got it. Since then, only compliments.

Blessings

PS Mine is a gold stud too

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Specializes in ER,ICU,L+D,OR.

Hey we are the same age. I started with my tattoos in my early 20's. Rather extensive now. Piercings except for my ears, only the last 10 or 12 years.

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I don't have any problems with piercings, but those hoop things are gross looking. And I am one of the young people! I think it looks scary, and if I were that 80 year old in the hospital bed, I would be a little freaked out by it. And on a side note, I think tattoos on men are very sexy. So I don't think that makes me a total prude.

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Specializes in Med surg, Critical Care, LTC.

I've gotten more compliments from the 80 y/o's than from younger persons!!

No tats for me, I'm not a fan. I do, however, believe in a persons right to have them.

Blessings.

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Specializes in Oncology, Triage, Tele, Med-Surg.

Personally, I think tunnel earrings are very unattractive and make a person look rather silly. (sorry... it just makes me wonder why anyone would think that looks good?) But .... phycial appearances do not make the nurse. What's between the ears and what's in the heart is what counts. :redbeathe

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