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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Specializes in L&D.

No tatoos but have a naval ring.

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Why the HECK would someone want that permanently on their skin???

I can only hope she was under the influence of a mind-altering substance at the time! I remember that she had some explanation for it, but it was not memorable enough for me to remember what it was.

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I have 3 tattoos, one is a tulip, one is the letter S which are both on my abdomen, and the third is a lifeline with foot prints walking along it on my arm which is mostly covered up by my scrubs unless i am doing something that i require lifting my arm or something of the sort....many patients have noticed it and love it.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
I can only hope she was under the influence of a mind-altering substance at the time! I remember that she had some explanation for it, but it was not memorable enough for me to remember what it was.

There aren't enough drugs in the world to get me that high.

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Specializes in Psychiatric.

I have several...dolphins swimming around my right ankle, an Irish sun on my right arm, a cat on my left, and I'm getting at LEAST 4 more, and they are now/will be in places that can be covered while I'm working...Now as a student I obviously haven't had much experience in how patients react to them but when I was a waitress at a restaurant here in town, a guest saw the bottom edge of the sun on my arm and requested a new server...she said she didn't want 'some punk chick with that crap waiting on me' (her exact words)...LOLOL!!

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I toyed with the idea a few times but just couldn't get the image out of my head: me, female, at age 80, with tatoos on my wrinkled, sagging, droopy old-person skin. Kind of ruined the glamour for me!:chuckle

when I was getting my tattoo ankle!!:chuckle I also wish I knew at that time, that some day I will have one of my childen say to me, "Well Mom, you have one...!"

I haven't gotten there yet, but my four year old daughter just loves the fish on mama's ankle, so I can see her being the one to say it!:eek:

I have two small tropical fish on my right ankle.

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I have always wanted one, but I will never get one.

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I have tattoos, but it was before I decided to go into nursing. I was in alot of punk bands so tattoos were a prerequisite for rocking out.

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Tattoos are required for "rocking out"?

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I have a beautiful red rose on the inside of my left breast..By the time I am 80 it will be a long stemmed red rose.Ha!:lol2:

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I have 2 tattoos.

On my lower left back I have a chinese symbol for the dragon, which was the chinese year me & my son were born. Also I was married in the year of the dragon. It is considered the luckiest animal of all the zodiac animals, so it was special to me.

I also got my husband's initals on the small of my back, near the chinese sign. They are lowercase in black, with several small, colorful butterflies around them. It is beautiful, and only people close to me see them.

I love to look at them. If I ever have a daughter, I plan on getting a small fairy on my right hip.

Hubby has two as well: Merlin on his R arm, and my initals inside a sun on his L arm. SEXAH!!!!!

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i have one on my left breast....a long stem red rose with the stem sticking out of a heart...

i wish i had the money to get a few more...i think thier kinda cool....if a person doesnt go overboard.

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