Pierced ears; need advice

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I've been looking to get my ears pierced for a while now. I decided to wait until the end of my first semester, to get a feel for how others may perceive a male nurse with pierced ears. I actually have clinical with a male nurse that has, you guessed it, pierced ears. It doesn't seem to be that big of a deal in my area.

What do you guys think? Would it be best to leave them un-pierced, or possibly try it out and just take them off if it becomes an issue?

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I don't think it is just pierced ears....it's the spacers as a body mod I have seen facilities have issues with.

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All this discussion over ears is ridiculous. Wear your earrings before and after clinical not during. As for spacers... Good luck being taken seriously. I guess I'm an old man at 25.

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You have 3 options:

1. Suck it up and follow the rules.

2. Choose a different school or workplace.

3. Fight the rule via the standard manners in place for such issues, but be prepared to go back to #1 or #2.

You don't have enough time in nursing school to wage trivial personal battles at the administration level. If you're transgender and want to wear a scrub dress, then that's probably a fight worth taking on. But if we're talking about a dude wanting to wear earrings for no other reason that he just wants to, then save that energy and get through school. Usually, workplaces have more relaxed policies.

It's only 2 years, man. It's ok to go with the flow.

I didn't see the dates, I apologize for dredging up an old thread. I can't figure out how to delete my comment.

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

The guys at my clinicals have to take theirs out so you might want to wait until you have a longer break so that taking them out doesn't cause problems for you. In general, for professional appearance, just don't. A lot of these clinical sites you go to may be potential future jobs so you might want to stack everything in your favor as much as possible.

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I have pierced ears, diamond studs, and a couple tattoos on my arms. I let my skills do the talking. I've never caught flack for having my ears pierced and every patient loves my tattoos if they even mention them.

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I always took my earrings off before going to clinical.

If I forgot to take them off, my teacher spots them right away

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