Industrial Piercing

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I'm going to a four year private college for nursing in the fall. I just got an industrial piercing (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Industrial_ohr.JPG) and was told that I would have to take it out for nursing school? Am I not allowed to have this piercing as a nurse when I get a job?

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.

It will depend entirely upon your employer. They may dictate everything about your appearance other than the natural color of your skin.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

​It's going to depend on your employer's dress code. There's no way to answer your question definitively, since dress codes vary from one facility to another, and also by region.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Put it this way if one is already employed has a highly sought after skill set and a folder full of job evals then probably not. However as a nursing student I would highly advise you to take it out when you are at clinical. It will also not be an asset when you go on a job interview.

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Specializes in MDS/ UR.

You could also discuss it with your instructors or advisors when you start courses.

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Specializes in Orthopedics, Med-Surg.

Nursing school dress codes tend to be a little more strict than employers' dress code policies. So while a future hospital might let you get away with an industrial, a nursing school probably would not.

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Probably not considering most places only allow studs. No hoops or dangling earrings. Personally, I wouldn't want that in at work anyway in case a combative patient yanks at my ear. ouchie!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

There are professional dress codes and they need to be followed. They can also be something a patient can get a hold of and rip out....or your stethoscope get caught on . Your school will probably have more objections than a work place but they would definitely be a No NO for an interview.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

I need to ask - what is an INDUSTRIAL piercing??? My ears are multiply pierced but I never heard of industrial piercing. A #18 gauge needle, some ice and alcohol preps did it for me.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

look at the link provided

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I need to ask - what is an INDUSTRIAL piercing??? My ears are multiply pierced but I never heard of industrial piercing. A #18 gauge needle, some ice and alcohol preps did it for me.

If you click on the link in the OP then you will see

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Specializes in retired LTC.

TY.

Ooooh - if it was that bar...

I've seen many a nose, tongue, eyebrow, lip piercings. I tend to just stare at them. Don't mean to be so obvious, but it's like I can't avoid looking at them. And when I say I have multiple ear piercings, I have multiples. I find them distracting.

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