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1. Tattoos in the workplace

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   That's what I'm sayin, and honestly what would happen if someone came up to me and told me to cover my tattoo and I didn't have anything to cover it with? Would I have to abandon my patients and be sent home? The sleeve I used to wear in nursing scho...

2. Tattoos in the workplace

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   I get it maybe my manager is just trying to warn me that if I ever want to be in a management type position I can't be covered in tattoos. Still though I'm an extremely professional person, and having tattoos shouldn't keep someone from getting a job...

3. Tattoos in the workplace

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   This is a direct quote of the policy: "Tattoos must be covered as much as possible. Employees who have a visible tattoo that could reasonably be considered degrading, offensive, or demeaning to patients, family members, co-workers, or management must...

4. Tattoos in the workplace

   KB4848 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey all! There was recently an email sent out by our manager talking about dress code and how patients or other staff can ask us to cover our tattoos if they are offended by them. There's no actually hospital policy stating we aren't allowed to have...

5. New nurse advice please!

   KB4848 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, So I had my first day off orientation yesterday a little prematurely as my preceptor called in sick leaving everyone with six patients. It was supposed to be my last day of orientation but they decided to pull me off early and gave me...

6. New nurse and I had a breakdown at work

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, thank you all so much for your input and comments! I really appreciate it a lot. As an update I went to my manager and told her I decided it would be best for me/my family to switch to a weekend day shift. As luck would have it there was somethi...

7. New nurse and I had a breakdown at work

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   It's really just working nights, I have to be up during the day on my days off for my daughter so trying to be up normal hours four days of the week and then going and working nights on the weekend just isn't going well for me and since I've started ...

8. New nurse and I had a breakdown at work

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   So I went and spoke to my educator and she also had me meet with my manager and they seem to think the solution is that nights just aren't for me and they don't have any spots available on days. So they want me to take these next two days and think a...

9. New nurse and I had a breakdown at work

   KB4848 replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

   After working my last shift last week I had a class I had to attend until 12 that afternoon and then go meet with educator so I was basically up for 24 hours by the time I got home, and through out the whole week I was just exhausted because wasn't a...

10. Nursing school stress

    KB4848 replied to ashelly's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is hard, but you can do it! Are you feeling like you can't focus to study because you're overwhelmed by the amount of information you need to go over? If so you just need to take a few deep breaths and start with one thing and go to th...

11. New nurse and I had a breakdown at work

    KB4848 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I'm a new nurse and this past weekend was just a disaster for me at work. I'm still in orientation and I'm working in the CVICU. I went in Friday night just already not wanting to be there. For the past week I've had a lot going on at home...