Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

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I have been working m/s for almost 2 weeks and have noticed that so many of the nurses I work with wear either the Micheal Kors watches or coach watches. You wonder how I get close enough to notice this, but if you know the watches they are unmistakeable. I also notice that most of them wear their ginormous wedding rocks and since I am a newbie fresh out of nursing school, of course I leave my rock at home, but I was just wondering and polling you random nurses if you would risk wearing a very expensive timepiece or your wedding rings to work all day? Being so new, to me it screams INFECTION!!! lol. I wear my little old nursing school watch and feel so plain next to all the bling on the floor....

Eh, I get wicked bored of wearing scrubs all day. So I need to bling it up a bit.

More expensive watches seem to last longer. However, mine is a cheapie that is huge and rubber.

The ring thing.....if I had a huge rock, I would be scared of the wear and tear taking gloves on and off.

But I got a really nice coach bag..... ;)

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Specializes in Acute Rehab, IMCU, ED, med-surg.

It makes the time 7:30 on demand.

That's the kind of watch to have!

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My watch was $10 from Walmart. If it scratches, gets lost, or battery quits I don't feel so bad.

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Specializes in Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych.
My current facility doesn't allow watches which I think is a good rule. But after trying to pick poop out of various crevices in my watch when I was allowed to wear them, I certainly wouldn't wear a watch at work that wasn't truly disposable.[/quote']

So what do you use for HR and Resp?

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It's not the price of the watch that is an issue for me. It's the fact that it's a wristwatch. For infection control reasons, I have been wearing a pin-on fob watch as long as I've been in nursing, including student days (it's NHS approved; I live in the States but it's a danged-fine watch!).

I don't wear my wedding rings either. NO rings, NO wristwatch. I have no trouble remembering I'm married, and if I look down at my chest I'll see the time easily if I need a second-hand, or the wall clock if I don't.

Never did like the idea that bacteria so easily take root in watch bands, in the crevices of the timepiece itself, and let's not even GO there with diamonds!

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Are you married? Is your wedding ring with a diamond or a CZ? Because a CZ looks just like a diamond.

Just making a point. It's okay to like a good quality watch that will keep its color and its time for more than 2 years, and is pretty to look at. Some people purchase watches as jewelry, in addition to keeping time.

Agreed. I just don't understand why someone would even care about what kind of watch/ring/jewelry a co-worker wears. I was always too bust worrying about myself to take inventory of who was wearing what.

FWIW, my watch usually cost ~ $200.00. I wore a stainless steel Swiss Army watch. I loved that watch.

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The most I pay for any watch is 20 bucks. Sorry.

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
The most I pay for any watch is 20 bucks. Sorry.

Same here...at least for any watch I'm gonna wear to work.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

I hate wearing watches, so I only wear one at work. I can't imagine spending that kind of money on a watch, but I'm not really into jewelry. That's just me. How other people choose to spend their money and use their possessions is their business. They'd probably think I was crazy for buying a $50 skein of high end lace weight yarn, so I'm not going to judge. :)

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

We aren't allowed to wear watches or rings where I work, and I wouldn't anyways...working in the good, those homeboys would be wanting it!

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Specializes in NICU.

Not that I could afford such a watch ($300 is a lot for me) i wouldnt wear it anyway. With what I do in a day...*shudder*...my $14.99 glow in the dark Walmart watch does me just fine. also I don't wear my engagement ring to work because the diamonds poke out and would probably scratch someone! I wear my wedding band usually.

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Cheap watches only for work. No jewlery either. Off duty, different story. But you never know what can happen whilst working your shift.

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