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We can wear make-up but were told to keep it subtle. Only natural haircolors are acceptable and we can wear 2 pairs of earrings. Both must be small and tasteful. Ponytails are ok...no visible tattoos. Uniform dress is very regimented. Must always be in complete uniform with ONLY all white shoes....nametag, etc. They frown upon wearing your uniform to class even if you are leaving from the hospital...they want us to change out of the uniforms, which I can see the rationale behind...but it is a pain in the butt to carry extra clothes.
I teach for a community college. This program is being ran almost like a military school. When I was attending the same college many moons ago, our lab instructor literally got under the bed to see how well we put a bottom flat sheet on the bed and if there were wrinkles underneath the bed.We were expected to all dress alike, hair off the collar,(no ponytails) one pair of post earrings or none at all, only a wedding ring allowed with no diamond set (so as to not accidentally hurt a resident/patient) , no make-up, no fingernail polish except clear, fingernails trimmed where they could not be seen above the fingers, no perfumes, tattoos hidden, no necklaces, and no going to the store in your uniform after clinicals.
What about your schools? Are/where they the same? Just very curious.
Essentially the same when I was in nursing school. I am happy to see some programs actually have higher standards and push their students to pay attention to detail.
There is no dress code for classroom appearance but when in clinicals we obviously have to wear our scrubs with white shoes. Women are supposed to wear their hear in a pony tail.
Thankfully my school is fairly liberal and realizes there are more important things than if we look exactly like they want. Although there are a few "old school" instructors that could be rough in clinicals -- thankfully I never had to experience them.
KarynicaRN
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I teach for a community college. This program is being ran almost like a military school. When I was attending the same college many moons ago, our lab instructor literally got under the bed to see how well we put a bottom flat sheet on the bed and if there were wrinkles underneath the bed.
We were expected to all dress alike, hair off the collar,(no ponytails) one pair of post earrings or none at all, only a wedding ring allowed with no diamond set (so as to not accidentally hurt a resident/patient) , no make-up, no fingernail polish except clear, fingernails trimmed where they could not be seen above the fingers, no perfumes, tattoos hidden, no necklaces, and no going to the store in your uniform after clinicals.
What about your schools? Are/where they the same? Just very curious.