Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

Nurses General Nursing

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To the smokers I work with, please do yourselves and patients a favor by brushing your teeth after smoking. the smell of smoke makes me gag, and I feel sorry for your already nauseated patients.

To the supervisor that baths in his cologne... don't. it smells horrible.

To the nurse with the huge blond hair. it looks like a bomb was set off in your hair. did you use a whole bottle of stiff on it? and you may want to wear better fitting scrubs, I'm curvy as well, but I don't like to show my curves at work.

Yes, I do like to wear make up and manicured nails( no chipping, or fakes nails) to work everyday. not only does it make me feel good but patients notice as well. looks are first impressions, and I like to make a good one.

I have to weigh in here. Manicured. You can have a "manicured" lawn. It simply means trim and neat. Not necessarily two inch nails with blue paint. My nails are manicured - they are short, clean and sometimes have clear polish. A nurse came in to start an IV on my mother with two inch long, dirty, chipped nails and I told her no. Infection control!

If the comments had come from someone who wasn't a Christian would you all have been so offended?

Because that's what I'm reading into many of the comments. That it came from someone who is a Christian so how dare you offend me. And then when a person can't debate the subject they start to attack the poster for grammer errors. Just like someone said regarding the make up issue, that is also so much like high school behavior.

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If the comments had come from someone who wasn't a Christian would you all have been so offended?

Other than the poster's name, there is no indication in the OP that she/he is Christian. But someone coming on here and telling people "do this, don't do this" is going to ruffle feathers. How people look at work is their business, and if it's an issue, their supervisor's.

If the comments had come from someone who wasn't a Christian would you all have been so offended?

I find bigotry offensive no matter what religious beliefs might be held by the person espousing such bigotry.

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