Hairstles for nurses???

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I currently have sholder lenght hair and Im in the process of growing it out more. By the time I graduate form school Im hoping it will be a little longer. Will I be required to put it in a pony tail or pin it up if its longer than shoulder lenght?????

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Specializes in Urgent Care.

Unless it is super long, the nurses where I work wear it down.

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I currently have sholder lenght hair and Im in the process of growing it out more. By the time I graduate form school Im hoping it will be a little longer. Will I be required to put it in a pony tail or pin it up if its longer than shoulder lenght?????

My hair is shoulder length and I always put it in a ponytail or put it back up whenever I'm working in the hospital. The reason why is that you may have to bend over a patient to do a procedure such as a dressing change in an awkward spot and your hair can accidentally fall forward into the wound/questionable substance/sterile field etc. Gross for both you and the patient.

I have been at two different hospitals and haven't seen any rules specific for hair (except in the OR) at either one, but that's just what has been working best for me. :)

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A lot of the nurses where I work wear their hair down..but I just can't. I cannot stand having hair in my face when I am working with patients. I always wear it up in a clip or in a ponytail...plus it saves me the time to try to get it to look good..hahaha.

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

my hair is thick and down to my butt so i have to wear it in a ponytail. however, i was doing a wound the other day and my hair flipped over in it ...bun time....

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Specializes in NICU Level III.
A lot of the nurses where I work wear their hair down..but I just can't. I cannot stand having hair in my face when I am working with patients. I always wear it up in a clip or in a ponytail...plus it saves me the time to try to get it to look good..hahaha.

exactly what i do! plus if i wear it down, i need to comb it every now and then cause it's very fine... and i don't have the time nor place to do that.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, LTC.

Agreed. I wear my shoulder length hair up and most of the time in a clip, but once in a while I do a pony since my pony is only about 6" long. I think it looks more professional to have your hair up and sets an example for the ltc wing where I work as the only RN. I want the aides to see appropriate hair!

I also don't wear really big earrings, or heavy makeup. I just don't want to look like that stereotype of the naughty nurse! I have to admit when I see a nurse with really long hair down her back all I can think of is how many wounds that hair has been dragged into. Ew.

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Specializes in OR, Telemetry, PCCU, Med/Surg.

If you want to do something different with your ponytail... Remember those stylers from the 90s? You can pull your hair through it and create something a little different.

My hair isn't all that long, a little longer than shoulderlength. I usually wear it in a ponytail or bun. There are some fashion items you can use to make a little more interesting, stylers, ribbons, etc.

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Nothing personal against anyone here who does otherwise, but I think having your hair up is SOOOO much more professional looking.

Mine is past my shoulders and was up every day in clinical, and will be up every day I'm on the floor.

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Specializes in Telemetry, CCU.

I agree with everyone here. One day, JUST ONCE, lol, I wore it half up, you know, where you put the front pieces back and leave the rest down (my hair is past my shoulders). I couldn't stand it! I felt so out of place, I felt like it was getting in the way and it really bugged me. I don't plan on cutting my hair shorter, so ponys and buns it is for me :)

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I'm actually just getting ready to start a nursing school program but in our handbook it actually lists the rules of hair styles while we are in clinicals. Hair has to be pulled back off the face and off the shoulders. We also are not allowed to wear any type of earrings but studs and no rings but a "simple wedding band". It sounds like while in school these rules are pretty strict :nono:, when you get out into the professional field, things may be a bit more relaxed depending on where your working. have you found this to be true?

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