Nurses with ear piercings

No problem at all!

You may have to remove the earrings and keep the tat covered during clinicals and at some jobs. My workplace allows tattoos at "managers discretion". My manager doesn't care as long as it's not excessive and nothing offensive or racist. Our earring policy is only two studs per ear but again my manger won't say anything as long as it's not too excessive. Clinical was all tattoos covered and only one stud earring per ear.

Note: it probably depends on the area you live in also. I'm in Texas so we might be more conservative than some of the more liberal states.

It probably depends on where you are. At my school you must cover all tattoos and remove visible piercings for clinicals.

I live in NJ. But going to college in PA. I will either work in NJ or PA or DE or NY. Does that affect my concern?

Nursing school (in NJ) had a policy that only 1 pair of stud earrings was allowed and all tattoos had to be covered. The hospital we did our clinicals at has a policy that all tattoos must be covered. Covering a tattoo on your finger can be difficult... can't really put a bandaid there since you constantly need to wash your hands. I have a friend with a tat on the inside of her finger and it hasn't stopped her from getting a job in the area. I don't think hospitals care so much about multiple ear piercings, maybe more so with the hole stretching. In any case, having lots of piercings and visible tattoos certainly won't help you get a job. And job seeking is rough in the NJ/PA region.

Nursing school (in NJ) had a policy that only 1 pair of stud earrings was allowed and all tattoos had to be covered. The hospital we did our clinicals at has a policy that all tattoos must be covered. Covering a tattoo on your finger can be difficult... can't really put a bandaid there since you constantly need to wash your hands. I have a friend with a tat on the inside of her finger and it hasn't stopped her from getting a job in the area. I don't think hospitals care so much about multiple ear piercings, maybe more so with the hole stretching. In any case, having lots of piercings and visible tattoos certainly won't help you get a job. And job seeking is rough in the NJ/PA region.

Definitely no hole stretching just regular normal earrings. so tattoo is a bad idea?

I would wait until you graduate to get a tattoo. I have co workers that have visible tattoos and most places they are fine. Regular normal earrings are fine just don't wear big hoops or anything dangling.

I had a curved barbell in my daith when I went on an interview. While talking with the nurse manager, she looked at me and said "That thing in your ear comes out, right?" So I took it out for my second interview and was offered the job. I'm willing to sacrifice a piercing for my career. They have yet to see the small tattoo on the back of my neck though. All of my other tattoos can be hidden with scrubs/shoes/and a watch. (I have 9 in total). And now I have 3 piercings in each ear (2 in each lobe, 1 per cartilage).

I had a curved barbell in my daith when I went on an interview. While talking with the nurse manager, she looked at me and said "That thing in your ear comes out, right?" So I took it out for my second interview and was offered the job. I'm willing to sacrifice a piercing for my career. They have yet to see the small tattoo on the back of my neck though. All of my other tattoos can be hidden with scrubs/shoes/and a watch. (I have 9 in total). And now I have 3 piercings in each ear (2 in each lobe, 1 per cartilage).

i have five more years to go. i think i can take mine out if i have an interview. thank you for your response. :)

Two lobe and a single helix in each ear here, with the first hole stretched to 6g. I wear plugs that look like studs in the stretched holes for clinical.

Depends on your school and where you do your clinicals. I have one kid in a nursing program and I told her to hold off on all the above mentioned. She puts a

clear plug in her nose. I have another in ROTC so she can have nothing, not even clear plugs, so she let her nose and cartilage close.

During my last clinical rotation, I asked my professor what she thought of tattoos because I was planning on a very visible one. She advised against it. So I would really consider that in the long run would I be willing to lose job opportunities due to ink. As others were saying, some facilities are fine with it and others are totally against it.