Got accepted to Nursing school...but I want a tattoo :(

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So a few weeks ago I got the notice that I was accepted to a nursing program at the local CC (which apparently is extremely competitive). I've started working on getting everything finished (forms and other stuff I need to get done). The thing is I want a tattoo haha. I'd like an ambigram on my wrist. Not sure exactly what to get, but I was thinking of the ambigram that says angel, and when you read it upside down it says devil...or I could completely get something else. I just don't want this tattoo to ruin everything and keep me from getting hired? :( The last time I went to the ER, the male nurse that was with me had a big tattoo on his forearm, so maybe its ok. I just wanted to know how the hospitals that you all work at take it? Is it something thats frowned upon, or do they not care? Should I wait until I graduate and get hired first and then get it? lol. blaah. I'm just talking too much now. Hope some of you could let me know how your facility takes tattoos.

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

I have 5 tattoos and a pierced nose, but I've been a nurse for 20 years and I guess it's easier to get away with it when you have experience. Get where you need to be and then get a tattoo.

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I have 5 tattoos and a pierced nose, but I've been a nurse for 20 years and I guess it's easier to get away with it when you have experience. Get where you need to be and then get a tattoo.

Oh really? Hmm Yeah I guess I might just wait. I just feel left out haha My friends and i are huge metal heads and we have a death metal band and they all have awesome tats. I on the other hand have not a single tat or piercing. -___- I'll wait like you said though. Good idea to get some experience first.

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IN THIS ECONOMY....I would wait! folks can barely get jobs as is.....

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getting hired is not the first concern...a lot schools don't allow any tattoos to show during clinicals. At mine, tattoos had to be covered fully by make-up, clothing, or bandages. Plus- no visible body piercings at all. Only 1 set of stud earrings allowed.

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Specializes in ICU.

With as many applications as my facility gets, they can choose the most professional (in appearance as well as actions and words) candidate out of all the equally qualified ones. I would wait until you're hired, or get your tattoo somewhere more easy to cover than your wrist.

Yes, some nurses that I work with have tattoos, but they also have years of experience and do their jobs extremely well. They'll get the occasional reminder about dress code = no showing tattoos, but they're not going to get written up or fired over it.

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Whoever wants to see what I want here it is lol

http://www.ambigram.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/angel-devil-ambigram.jpg

I just want the ambigram (without the background) on my wrist. I will have to wait though. Thank you all for the advice!

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The nursing school I attend does not allow any visible tattoos or piercings other than one set of holes in each earlobe. I think that's pretty standard.

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Specializes in geriatrics/long term care.

Work in long term care setting with an upscale conservative population. Tattoos definitely frowned upon here. None of the managers have them(myself included), and since they are against dress code(on visible parts of your body such as the wrist, neck arm etc), no one who was interested in advancement here would get one. Currently have a nurse who has to cover her neck tattoo with a telfa every day. Personally, it's not a problem because i don't want one. But for those that do, you want to remember that many hospitals and healthcare settings are affiliated with religions with "christian" or "catholic" missions and companies.

Could you get it on a less conspicuos site? Don't personally mind tattoos, but management must be concerned with the possibility of inadvertently offending someone if they find your tattoo inappropriate.

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Work in long term care setting with an upscale conservative population. Tattoos definitely frowned upon here. None of the managers have them(myself included), and since they are against dress code(on visible parts of your body such as the wrist, neck arm etc), no one who was interested in advancement here would get one. Currently have a nurse who has to cover her neck tattoo with a telfa every day. Personally, it's not a problem because i don't want one. But for those that do, you want to remember that many hospitals and healthcare settings are affiliated with religions with "christian" or "catholic" missions and companies.

Could you get it on a less conspicuos site? Don't personally mind tattoos, but management must be concerned with the possibility of inadvertently offending someone if they find your tattoo inappropriate.

Oh true....since upside down my tattoo would read devil..lol. Hmm.

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.
Oh really? Hmm Yeah I guess I might just wait. I just feel left out haha My friends and i are huge metal heads and we have a death metal band and they all have awesome tats. I on the other hand have not a single tat or piercing. -___- I'll wait like you said though. Good idea to get some experience first.

Awesome. I'm a huge metalhead too! \m/ All my tattoos are about the elbow so they can be hidden. I'm a charge nurse and it's important to at least try to fit in at work. At night I'm a long-haired headbanging tattooed demon! LOL

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Awesome. I'm a huge metalhead too! \m/ All my tattoos are about the elbow so they can be hidden. I'm a charge nurse and it's important to at least try to fit in at work. At night I'm a long-haired headbanging tattooed demon! LOL

LOL. Awesome!

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