Hygiene After Hospital Shift

I'm wondering how you (if you're a nurse or a student in clinicals) take care of YOUR personal hygiene after a hospital shift. Do nurses usually change out of their scrubs in hospitals, are there locker rooms available, etc.? Does anyone take any particular precautions like showering with anti-bacterial body wash afterwards? Do you always wash your hair after each shift?

Although I am absolutely going forward with pursuing a career in nursing, the potential to catch something still scares me so I am wondering how you all take precautions to protect yourselves after you are done with your shift.

Specializes in Surgery.

Yes, shower when I get home. I can't get over feeling like I have a germy film on my skin and begin to cook dinner for my family like that, but that's just me :-)

Specializes in ICU.

I wash my fruit and vegetables because of pesticides, E-coli, etc.

Specializes in Critical care.

I come home take off my scrubs, put pajamas on. Go to bed. Take shower in am.

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