Question about gauged ears.

it's been brought up before - if you search you may find the last discussion. As far as nursing school goes - a lot of schools have very conservative rules about jewelry - so the plugs in those schools would probably not be allowed. Many schools only allow wedding bands, wrist watches and medical id jewelry. Part of it is professionalism, part of it afety. The gauged earlobed can bet pretty big and the potential for a combative patient injuring or tearing an earlobe is fairly high in day to day patient care with certain populations.

Bear in mind that phlebotomy schools anf nursing schools often have very different views on what is proper. You may also find that getting a job may be a bit more difficult. No, they can't not hire you because your ears are gauged, but it can prompt them to find another reason not to hire you.

I have gauged ears and wear flesh colored silicone plugs to work, and I wore them to my Lvn program. No one ever mentioned them at school, so I don't know if they even noticed. I didn't ask about wearing my regular plugs because I would rather blend in at school and work.

The silicone plugs are only 6 dollars a pair on Amazon. I have multiple pairs to keep in my purse, my car, and at home. It makes it easy to change them real quick before work, and they are super comfortable.

I have gauged ears and wear flesh colored silicone plugs to work, and I wore them to my Lvn program. No one ever mentioned them at school, so I don't know if they even noticed. I didn't ask about wearing my regular plugs because I would rather blend in at school and work.

The silicone plugs are only 6 dollars a pair on Amazon. I have multiple pairs to keep in my purse, my car, and at home. It makes it easy to change them real quick before work, and they are super comfortable.

What size are your ears?

They are 3/4 of an inch.

I always wondered if nurses have gauged ears can they use them like extra pockets?

I never understood the whole gauge thing. Perhaps I'm just old fashioned but it seems a little silly to me. Exactly what does it express about you personally? (I don't mean this as a snarky comment I am serious)

The only people I know with them are teenagers so I always wonder about adults that have them.

Our program is very conservative. No jewelry other than a watch and a wedding band, no visible tattoos, no strange hair colors, hair must be away from the face and off the collar, no scents, one set of earrings (studs), no crazy make up, etc.

I always wondered if nurses have gauged ears can they use them like extra pockets?

LOL. I'm picturing a nurse with a saline flush syringe sticking through each earlobe... very fashionable, slightly edgy and 100% useful

I'm so square I don't even know what "gauged" ears are.

im not 100% sure, but i think the lobe stretching is similar to the lip stretching of the african tribes. How a suburban kid, goin to a nursing school has a link to that idk. correct me if im wrong.

its cool if thats your thing, but it looks unprofessional, at least to the older patients , they just think u have a gross floppy earlobe. (ive seen em. & they're not cute)

I don't think that's just for older patients... I'm 24, and I don't get it. I agree, not cute.Sorry if it sounds judgmental, OP. I just really don't understand the point.

im not 100% sure, but i think the lobe stretching is similar to the lip stretching of the african tribes. How a suburban kid, goin to a nursing school has a link to that idk. correct me if im wrong.its cool if thats your thing, but it looks unprofessional, at least to the older patients , they just think u have a gross floppy earlobe. (ive seen em. & they're not cute)

LOL. The Director of our nursing program has his ears gauged. My classmate does too and he just wore plain, semi-discreet ones throughout our clinical rotations and no one had any issues with it.

And regarding taste, to each his/her own, I guess. What some people/cultures view as hideous, other people/cultures would find it absolutely beautiful. It doesn't matter much to me how you look on the outside, as long you're a kind, compassionate nurse :)

I had no idea what you were talking about until I read some of the other posts. If you're cool with it...fine. But if you're expecting professional respect...not even all of your peers, much less all of the public (healthy and otherwise) are ok. Bizarre makeup (ie. goth lipstick & blackened eyes), kaleidiscope & daggered fingernails, fluorescent streaked hair or freaky haircuts, nose, lip & eyebrow piercings, etc all pose acceptance problems. And take this from a woman with almost 40 years of practice who has 5 ear piercings in my left ear and 4 in my right. Although I wear itty bitty pearl studs and tiny rings, I have changed them out for interviews. Just a thought...might not instructors (or employers) have an unconscious bias that could result in a lower grade or evaluation of your practice?? It's a possibilty I would think about. Also might they have to intervene with a frightened or concerned pt (like I once did for an African immigrant nurse with extensive tribal facial keloidal scarrings)? If you have to ask, you must have some misgivings, too.