Question About Stretched Ears

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Hey everyone,

I'm currently a senior in high school and I will be in the nursing program this Fall 2012 for my freshmen year. I plan to get my Master's in Nurse Practitioning and I either want to work in pediatrics or labor. One problem I have is that my ears are stretched to one inch. I live in Indiana and stretched ears are actually really common here. My friend's sister is a Phycatrist and her ears are 1 1/2 or close to 2 inches. I just wanted to get some input on some nurses that work at hospitals and was wondering what the requirements were and or if their hospital didn't like ear stretching.

First of all, I'm impressed with the question.

The LTC and attached hospital I work for policy is no vis able tattoos they must be covered, small stud earrings only, hair a color that can be found in nature( mine is very red never been questioned) must be worn off the color, no fake nails or nail polish

The above was pretty much the same as the LPN school I attended, and what the RN school I'm starting in January stated.

Good luck!!!

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My tattoos don't get in the way of me giving the BEST care to my patients.
Speaking as a patient, I personally don't care whether you have tattoos or not. I don't really care what you look like, so long as you are clean, well-spoken, and seem to know what you're doing.

However, you should know... Not everyone shares this opinion. Not every patient you run across will be as "open-minded." I'm not justifying their perspective. Yes, it's politically incorrect... But such perspectives do exist.

Some patients do not care how good at your job you are. They know that they hate/or are uncomfortable with piercings/tattoos/blue hair, etc. and there's nothing you can do about it, since it is likely that they have held this opinion for a long time.

This is the contrast of the "halo effect," where people assume that just because someone is good-looking/professional-looking that they are great in all other aspects. Psychology 101.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
I don't have one tattoo on my body and all this thread is doing is making me want to go get a full sleeve...

And then go work at a church camp. Or a nursing home.

I think I have some unresolved rebellion issues.

Having spent a lot of my youth at church camps....I think that visible tattoos are actually way MORE accepted there than at the hospital!

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