JBMax69

Hiya Fellow Nurses! This is my first time to respond on here, finally found something near and dear to my heart that made me wanna speak up.....I am a RN, Nurse Case Mgr in the outpatient clinic for a federal VA Medical Center.....there is no policy against tats here but I too feel that as long as they are not distasteful in nature they should not be an issue! I have 3 tats, one on my ankle, one on my upper arm, and my newest on the back of my neck....all with hearts and/or tribal.....I have never had a patient react negatively to my tats....in fact, I have had many positive responses...of course most of my clients have tats themselves! :) I do have 3 ear piercings bilat and have had more "ew" comments on those than about my tats--funny huh?! But once I explain that I couldn't wear earings when I was little r/t allergies so now I want to make up for that, the patients understand.... anyways, I'm rambling on, my advice is to be yourself and don't apologise for your life choices....the patient's will accept you for who you are if you emmit a caring positive attitude, and if your job doesn't then I who wants to work for them?? good luck, J