Male nurse looks

karenG · Jul 8, 2007

welcome to allnurses...

not entirely sure i understand your' question.... are you having problems with the fact that you need to have clean hair and you would rather not?

I would prefer the nurses i work with to be clean and tidy- even look professional, not unkempt.....

but then when i trained back in the dark ages, we were not allowed to wear make-up/jewellery/hair had to be tied up if it touched your collar. nails had to be clean and cut short (and were inspected) and no nail varnish.

but not to want clean hair?? sounds like an infection risk!

K

albert6jed · Jul 9, 2007

thanx kareng for your opinion. ur opinion kinda help me to relieve my anxiety over things but i welcomed other's opinion about this kind of things. im aware about the risk of infection but i want to know the opinion of others

HeatherB,CST · Jul 9, 2007

See my answer to your similar thread in the male student nursing forum. I would like to add to that post one thing. Democracy does not mean you don't have to follow rules set by your school. I live in a democracy, but my instructor can (and would) surely kick me out of the program if I show up for my OR clinicals with a green mohawk, fourteen facial piercings, and a tatoo that says "Pay Up Sucker" on my forehead. Freedom to do whatever you want is not what democracy means.

karenG, I think what the OP was saying is that the school requires a "clean hair cut" which I take to mean he wants his hair longer, but the school requires a short haircut. I hope he doen't mean he's upset that he must use shampoo! LOL

albert6jed · Jul 10, 2007

ur right thanx for your opnion. My is school is just so tight in those kind of policies T_T not just like other schools in my area.

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Jul 10, 2007

Im just an old Hippy left over

and a Demo to boot

Hair does not determine how well you do a job

icie rn, ADN, RN · Jul 11, 2007

One of my favorite male nurses had a pony tail and a tat. Lordy, but we worked well together. We could get through a difficult shift and still smile as we left, he was all man but had that special touch patients appreciate. His wife was a nurse too but she was a little more stressed than Juan. He was killed in a MVA, going home after a shift we had worked together. He had just returned from active duty and was going to grow his hair back again. I miss him, he was a loss to all who knew him and a loss to nursing in general.

Keep to the rules of the school and then when you are done as long as you are clean, neat, even with long hair, it is the type of care you give that makes you a nurse.

Knoodsen · Jul 11, 2007

I have long hair that I wear in a ponytail. During my employment with a half dozen hospitals it has never, to my knowledge, been an issue. I have felt at times that some administrator or another would like to make an issue of it. I guess they can't. They seem to tolerate some pretty extreme characters, in my opinion. Maybe I'm just below the radar. I'm just a good nurse who has long hair. The customers aren't complaining about me. I don't know. Are hospitals too politically correct? After all, a lot of employers forbid long haired men. But, not hospitals. I have lots of arguments in mind if I am ever confronted. e.g."Do you have rules about how women wear their hair?" I am starting at a new hospital next month. During orientation there, someone pointed out a policy in their employee handbook. It says that men with long hair can only have one ponytail. Awesome. My personal one ponytail policy fits right in with this outfit. Don't we healthcare folks have more important things to worry about?

karenG · Jul 13, 2007

I wasnt saying anything about hair length these days.. thats personal choice and my best friend has waist length hair which he braids.

I would just say.. there are some situations in our job where hair can cause problems. having worked in medium secure units, I have seen nurses being swung around by long hair.. makes a nice handle to haul a person round by!

imho, nurse should be neat and tidy.. dont care if that means you have tattoos/beards/piericings/long hair/short hair or dyed hair... just be neat and tidy!

I was a punk in my younger days..... and got sent home many a time because my hair didnt meet the required standard. used to use food dye to colour it.. it washed out easily but i forgot to a few times.. pink and orange didnt go down well with matron!

K

Burnt2 · Jul 13, 2007

There's a guy in my unit who has a 2 foot long beard. he's been nursing in the ICU for 18 years though, so he's got tenure.

donsterRN, ASN, BSN · Jul 14, 2007

If it's a school rule, just remember that school is temporary and they won't own you forever...

In the early to mid 70's my hair was stick-straight down almost to my waist. Lots of guys were. My father moaned and complained and

!#^*)@$ so much about my hair (which was always very clean and tucked behind my ears or in a pony tail) that one day I just shaved my head. Bald. He left me alone after that. To this day, I don't know which freaked him out more...

Then came the mullet...!

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2007

I only shave every 3rd days or so now.