manicured nails and being a cna

interceptinglight, CNA · Apr 8, 2011

Being a CNA is going to wreak havoc with your hands. You'll be washing them constantly and using harsh alcohol sanitizer a lot at work. You'll be doing a lot of very hard physical work, working with lifts and other equipment -- to be quite honest, manicured nails may not survive long at this job. You'll also be doing intimate care on people with very delicate fragile skin and having long nails might just be a hazard to them. I'd check with your facility's policy about nails, if there is such a policy.

I have a really beautiful antique engagement ring that I never wear at work. I'm really afraid I'll lose a diamond out of it, just because of how much I use my hands. Bottom line, your hands are the tool you'll be using the most to do this job, and you may find it hard to keep them looking glamorous !!!

yousoldtheworld · Apr 8, 2011

Some people I work with do, but I wouldn't bother - it'd be destroyed within a few days. And if they're long, you have a lot more risk about getting nasty stuff under them.

sarabellum1 · Apr 8, 2011

No point in getting manicures (especially acrylics). Longer nails pop through the gloves...really disgusting when you're wiping someone's a$$! And even if you keep them short...washing your hands a thousand times a day with harsh antibacterial soap and using hand sanitizer dries out your hands, nails, and cuticles which causes any nail polish to dry up and chip off. But, if you insist on getting manicures, do them yourself because you'll waste a lot of money having to get them redone so often.

cnamommyto2 · Apr 8, 2011

Thanks yall I was jw

hope1234 · Apr 8, 2011

Nails r notorious for causing skin tears. And it is really hard to get Poo out from under them. I vote no.

loriangel14, RN · Apr 9, 2011

If you are talking about acryllic nails, most places don't allow them d/t infection control issues.