Nursing and tattoos

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  1. Do you have any tattoos?

    • 716
      No, never would
    • 525
      No, but would like to
    • 712
      Yes, but only one in a discreet area
    • 83
      Yes, but I wish I didn't
    • 990
      Yes, I have more than one, but less than ten
    • 132
      Yes, my body is a living canvas

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:D Just thought we needed a new poll...

I have five tattoos. All are covered by my scrubs. The only time you can see them is in the summer, when I am not at work. One of my friends, who is also a RN has about 15! They are ALL covered by his scrubs. :roll

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I have a tribal caduceous at the small of my back. It was designed by a couple of corpsmen that I worked with in the US Navy. For that reason, it will forever remain priceless as a token of the bonds created in the armed forces.

On another note, it almost cost me a job. I was reaching across the counter in a coffee shop and it could be partially seen above my drawstring pants. The hospital administrator happened to be there. He tried to stop my hire for the position he accepted me for the day before. I take pleasure in the fact that I eventually left that small, conservative town. The tattoo was definitely a better option than the town.

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:kiss hello all who read..... lol just thought i'd say i got 2 tats on my writs and i have had them every sience i was about 14-15 yrs. old. and now i hate them now that i have been doing nursing for past 10 years. when i work in hospital , i wear lab jackets so there not seen. and some people think becuse of them, iam not a good nurse. and just because someone has a tat. doesn't mean they don't know there job, as a nurse. iam very good at what i do, and nursing was a calling for me. not 2 many people say they like there jobs, well i do, i love to go to work every day, and some times even on my days off. nursing is a big part of my life, and my 14 year old daughter, is getting it in her blood 2. and when she becomes one she will be a very good one at that.

its not in how you look or what you wear, its in how you care for, patients, residents, clients, ect......... and remember if your care is less then excellence , then you lump me in with you as a poor nurse. give the best care . make us all look good at what we do. and pass it on.............. have a great day and dont forget to :D

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I have 3 tatoos. Nefertiti on my upper right arm. a rose with my oldest son,s name on my right calf, and a hummingbird with my youngest son's name on my left shoulder. They are covered at work and are usually seen in the summer time. Even on the occasion if I wear a skirt at work, no one has ever mentioned it. :nurse: :nurse:

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Originally posted by realmean1

8 tats for self, wife has 8. Our last ones were 1 mo. ago and we are 48. The last tattoo I will get will be D.N.R. across the chest.

LMAO!!! Spoken like a true nurse. :chuckle

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DNR: I love it!! I told everyone of my friends from work. :roll

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Specializes in Cardiac/Vascular & Healing Touch.

just remember, one day when you're old, the spider on your tummy will be an octopus! My sis in law has "tomboy" inside her arm. I keep thinking about how that is gonna look when she is a 70 year old "tomboy"! She is a riot! But tattoos are just not for me. I like to wash off my art work after the day is done! :rolleyes:

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I have always wanted a tatoo, around my ankle, eagle feathers with a dream catcher in the center of the band, with (of course for me) a wolf in the center of the dream catcher... but I am a diabetic with a bone marrow problem(not a big one) and have this fear of having my foot fall off due to an inadvertant infection... I may just do it for a present for my 60th birthday (that will give me a good number of years to get over being a woosie).

As an aside, I have a cardiac cath done (first and hopefullly last) last year... I was a nervous wreck lying on that table (typical nurse) and along comes my cath nurse, had his scrub sleeve rolled up like he had a pack of cigarettes in it but I could see his tattoo... it said St. Al... it made me feel better... the again it could have been the narcotics...

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I have a Ga peach on my breast and a butterfly near my butt under the pantyline. They are not for anyone else to see, and the scrubs cover them up.

When I turn 90+, I am going to look like my grandmother - a beautiful Indian/black woman with hardly any wrinkles, a small waist, flat stomach and hourglass figure. That is how she looked in her early 90s when she passed. *fingers crossed*

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Specializes in Everything but psych!.

I got one in my wilder years....when I was 38. A small delicate red rose on my (L) side of chest. It peeks out of my neckline at times and people always comment about it. I like it. I've never been sorry I got it. It always reminds me of a special time in my life.

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Again, this is just an opinion and everyone is entitled to do as they wish. I personally do not like tattoos. I think it is unprofessional. Just working with patients who are elderly now with old fadded out tattoos it does not look good. Why ruin a beautiful creation (your body) with permanent ink and scaring? I just don't think people think about the long term affects of tattoos and piercings.

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I have a bracelet tattoo just above my right wrist that goes all the way around. Its forget-me-nots (the Alaska state flower) and now that I no longer live in Alaska, it serves to remind me of home. When I wear my lab coat or long sleeves, it is covered. Most of my patients/residents think it is very attractive. I have alway wanted a tattoo, ever since I saw my uncles when I was about 6 - I was fascinated by it! It took me until I was about 44 years old to realize what I wanted. I have no regrets about it.

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