I have a very important question that I'm hoping to get some help with:
My girlfriend is an RN and we've been dating for a couple years now. I've been saving up for an engagement ring (although buying one is still about a year away), and I'm pretty sure I have the design and what-not down but a thought occurred to me recently: what will she do with the ring while at work?
Something tells me that a diamond ring would get in the way of her day-to-day operations, and while I know she'd want to wear it, I wouldn't want it to impede her duties (which she obviously takes seriously).
So my question is this: what are some of the solutions you all have come up with regarding similar situations? Do you have a less expensive secondary ring you wear? Or do you just go ringless when you're on' shift?
I personally know two nurses who lost the diamonds out of their rings while at work. I wouldn't wear mine to work but I would ask her what she wants to do. I see it as a future possibility that all rings could be banned from the workplace for infection control.
Call me old fashioned but I wear mine everyday,..I don't work in a surgical setting though. Word of advice, buy the insurance! My policy requires that I have the ring into the jeweler every 6 months for inspection of the setting, they clean it, and tighten the prongs as needed. This will replace the stones if they fall out, as long as I have taken it in as instructed. My policy also covers a lost or stolen ring.
I wear my ring to work. My husband appreciates it when I do. We have insurance on it so losing it or damaging it isn't that big of an issue. As for infection control, I have an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner that I use regularly to keep the jewelry clean. It comes down to personal choice.
When my husband and I went ring shopping we told the saleswoman what I did for a living and she recommended a lot cut diamond. My ring doesn't rip through gloves and I wear it to work.
Diamond jewelry has an enormous markup in stores....We were too broke in the beginning to splurge on an expensive ring and I was fine with waiting a few years. We found my ring set at an estate sale. 2-3/4 carat platinum for 2K....original paperwork it cost 26K. Some people might have hangups with a "used" ring though, but I could care less. I would rather buy something used that is one of a kind than some run of the mill item.
I leave it at home for more reasons than one. I lost a small diamond out of mine while doing laundry at home one day. If I had been at work, it would have probably never been found. I wouldn't ever be comfortable having it on a chain or safety pin. It could get lost that way too. I've also had catty people at work that, once they saw my ring, obviously had some issues. I've had people go "wow, your ring is huge!"...It made me feel uncomfortable at times.
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My husband once commented that I didn't wear my rings when I was at work. He has extremely High Functioning Autism and though he is brilliant this thought set off a chain of obsessive thoughts that disturbed him greatly. "Why didn't I wear my ring, Didn't I like It, couldn't I just take it off to wash my hands etc...." I solved the problem of putting my rings on a sturdy chain around my neck. I also wear my Celtic Cross and unity charm on the same chain. Problem solved.
My husband is a paramedic and recently bought one for work. He loves it. God forbid his hand ever get caught in a stretcher or worse.... the silicone would tear. He loves it so much that I am going to buy one for myself.
I've found its better to leave it at home. In my area, all jewelry is a no-no although, some nurses get away with solid band wedding rings. Personally, I am super aware of germs and prefer to not even wear that. It's just easier to work with no jewelry plus, always have to keep infection prevention in mind.
I wear my ring to work. My husband appreciates it when I do. We have insurance on it so losing it or damaging it isn't that big of an issue.
Sometimes it's about more than the material. My rings, and his, were blessed during our wedding. That's irreplaceable. Plus, my wedding band is custom made, and the engagement ring style hasn't been made in 20 years, so replacing my set would be impossible. It's not worth that much risk, to me, to wear it during a certain 36 hours of the week.
DeeAngel
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I personally know two nurses who lost the diamonds out of their rings while at work. I wouldn't wear mine to work but I would ask her what she wants to do. I see it as a future possibility that all rings could be banned from the workplace for infection control.