Nurse's hairdo's

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Hi. I am considering getting my brown hair highlighted with a lot of blonde streaks. My hair will probably turn out mostly light blonde. I have always wanted to go blonde, but I am not sure if we as nurses can have 'hip' hairstyles if you know what I mean. I once read that nurses are to keep a conservative look with basic hair color. I will be graduating before too long and don't want blonde highlighted hair to keep me from getting a job. :anbd: What do you as nurses think of highlighted hair? :rcgtku:

Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Speaking of highlights, I just had mine done yesterday at the salon. They were trying out a new technique for highlighting and asked me if they could highlight my hair and it was free. They came out really nice. They are not really blonde, more caramel and look very natural.

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Hey thanks everybody! Whoa. That is GOOD to know. Thanks! Talk about what they teach you in school... I had a rather old nursing professor my first semester and she was so strick about how we looked. We were lined up against the wall and inspected... I guess like the military? Anyway, those who did not meet her standards were fussed at and had to sit out of clinical. She yelled at me because I had a pair of nurses shoes on that had a little bit of gray on them and she told me they were unacceptable and that I need to go home and paint them all white! :eek: I was like 'no way, you have to be kidding me.' I told her they were authentic RN shoes and I showed her the nursing label on them ( I was on a budget and bought them at Wal-Mart). Well she told me to go home and paint them. I got marked down and humiliated in front of the class. :imbar

Anyway, I ended up having a good relationship with her and got an A+ in my clinical, but she was 'old school' and those nurses ran a very strict operation. Just thought I'd share that story. THANKS for the advice on the hip do's.

:onbch: Take care, E :p

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Oh heck -- people in our unit are constantly changing their hair color -- and it's always the talk of the day who did what to their hair - kind of fun, really.

Find a good colorist and have it look GOOD and professional. i have a very professional stacked bob type of thing and recently darknened my hair a lot -- but I get a lot of compliments from my co-workers and even the patients. I like to look good for the patients -- at least just look professional and upkept. I would want my own nurse to look that way.

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Thank goodness we don't have to adhere to those old Plain-Jane standards of nursing school!!! I do have a life where I don't want to look like "Nancy Nurse" thank you very much!! I was also very glad when they told us our caps were "optional"!! Even so, there are a lot of 'old school' patients who say they miss the caps & white dresses & thought they were more 'professional'! :banghead:PULEEZE!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, ER.
Hey thanks everybody! Whoa. That is GOOD to know. Thanks! Talk about what they teach you in school... I had a rather old nursing professor my first semester and she was so strick about how we looked. We were lined up against the wall and inspected... I guess like the military? Anyway, those who did not meet her standards were fussed at and had to sit out of clinical. She yelled at me because I had a pair of nurses shoes on that had a little bit of gray on them and she told me they were unacceptable and that I need to go home and paint them all white! :eek: I was like 'no way, you have to be kidding me.' I told her they were authentic RN shoes and I showed her the nursing label on them ( I was on a budget and bought them at Wal-Mart). Well she told me to go home and paint them. I got marked down and humiliated in front of the class. :imbar

Anyway, I ended up having a good relationship with her and got an A+ in my clinical, but she was 'old school' and those nurses ran a very strict operation. Just thought I'd share that story. THANKS for the advice on the hip do's.

:onbch: Take care, E :p

Sweet Lord above! They really did try to put the fear of God into us in nursing school, eh?

Don't worry so much, you'll be fine. :)

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No guard no guard for me........I like it short...

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i have never heard of anyone in management comment on hair style or color

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Specializes in LTC, office.

Our current dress code regarding hair states that hair should be shades of black, brown, blond and red. Your hair can be highlighted. Long hair should also be pulled up so it does not fall past your shoulders when you lean over.

Of course, both of these seem to be rules made to be broken.

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I'm "black Irish" and have currently bleached my hair platinum blonde in a style similar to Heather Locklear's. I'm way hip and plan on staying that way after I have a nursing license ;)

Do you mean Irish with black hair or half black and half irish? LOL

On Topic- A nurse I work with has black hair with red highlights. Really red, not redheaded red.

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Specializes in Acute Care Cardiac, Education, Prof Practice.

I have stopped telling my hairstylists I am a nurse when I get color with someone new...because they always make it so muted!! I have a short cut that spikes in the back, with a clean finished front in reds/golds/browns. I feel very professional in it, more so than a longer flat cut that I have to clip up out of my face (which eventually falls down and looks haggard!!)

Tait

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.
Do you mean Irish with black hair or half black and half irish? LOL

On Topic- A nurse I work with has black hair with red highlights. Really red, not redheaded red.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Irish

It's a term used to describe people of Irish descent with dark hair, as opposed to the stereotypical red hair that some people consider Irish. Actually only a very small number of Irish have red hair.

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Specializes in L&D, OB/GYN clinic.

I have worked with hair that was down to my waist, bald from chemo, and everything in between. I always had color that appeared natural, though. My post chemo hair is salt and pepper and CURLY! I am going all natural for now. I fought the grey color for lots of years and have now decided that it is flattering! Of course, any day WITH hair is a good hair day, in my opinion!

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