Help! Tattoo and Nursing School

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Hi all! I need some help. I am starting nursing school soon, and part of our uniform requriements prohibits visible tattoos. I have a small cross tattoo on the inside of my ring finger, and I am wondering how should I go about covering this up?? I am stressing about it so much, because Ive worked so hard to get to this point, and I'm scared that this could ruin everything. The tattoo means a lot to me. It is hardly noticeable, unless one was to stare intently at my fingers. Should I try and cover it with a band-aid? I know makeup won't work because of the hand washing, and the only think I can think of is a band aid, but how effective and sanitary is that? Please help!

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Specializes in orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes.

band aid. We had plenty of people that tattoos they needed to cover up. Can you a wide band ring to put over it?

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

I doubt anyone would really notice a tatoo on the inside of a finger, but just wear a ring over it. Plain band, easy to wash, no raised stones to catch on things. Most of your patient care will require you to have gloves on anyway.

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Specializes in Oncology.

Before you stress about it, see if anyone even says anything. I kind of doubt small crosses are the kind of tattoos that prompted that rule.

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