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hi

i'm new to all this but i need help........i'm a first year student nurse and my final assignment for this year is to write a report about " are visable tattoos morally wrong for nurses? "

although i can find lots of opinions regarding this i'm really struggling to find actual evidence with regards to reports/journals/articles

any ideas greatly welcomed

cheers

chelle :)

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Specializes in Family Practice, Emergency Nursing.

I know most professional employers would frown upon visible tattoos on medical professionals. If you look in most job requirement expectations of attire there usually is a section on body piercings and tattoos being visible and how inappropriate/unprofessional they are.

I currently have 3 tattoos and I plan on getting a couple more. All of mine have meaning and are strategically placed on my body for this specific reason. I don't want to come across as "unprofessional" so I don't have an issue with hiding them. I also think it's a generation thing. I know my grandma would be turned-off if she saw a nurse with a sleeve of tattoos. But it seems that most people my age have tattoos; it's no big deal.

I don't think it's morally wrong as long as you can hide them, but that's just my opinion.

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Specializes in Nursing Education.
hi

i'm new to all this but i need help........i'm a first year student nurse and my final assignment for this year is to write a report about " are visable tattoos morally wrong for nurses? "

although i can find lots of opinions regarding this i'm really struggling to find actual evidence with regards to reports/journals/articles

i think you're going to have a difficult time finding reports/journal articles about this because it is more of an ethical issue than a scientific one. look over your assignment instructions, maybe you could do your paper more on the 'pros and cons' of visible tattoos.

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Specializes in IMCU.

Make sure you clearly define "moral' for this.

Unless the had something extremely offensive. I am not a fan of them myself but morally wrong? I don't think so.

There are a lot of discussion threads on this topic.

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Specializes in Infusion, Med/Surg/Tele, Outpatient.

If I remember correctly, certain conservative christian sects, islam, and judaism all specify that the body is not to be marked/tattooed. So if you are defining nursing morality to be among the judeo-christian-islamic teachings? But my argument then would be why can't everyone regardless of religion be a nurse?

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Your 'evidence' can come from interviewing hiring managers at local hospitals and their feelings on visible tattoos I suppose, but really the "moral" of something is very subjective. You can't prove a moral, so "evidence based" regarding it is a stretch. You can probably only offer evidence of opinions one way or the other.

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Specializes in IMCU.

Have a search of CINAHL it gives a number of articles. I don't think I can post the results here due to copyright.

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