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

[TXRN44]

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....

[LocaW8ta]

I work in research where we can't wear them. I love that I don't have to worry about it. :)

[Alisonisayoshi, LVN]

For those who say they hate watches, I say skagen! It's a bit pricey (around a $100 for their cheapest) but it is so light weight you cannot feel it on. My former career is a card dealer/pit boss/table games manager, and let me tell you, when you deal cards you feel any watch on your wrist, except skagen... Bonus... They look nice too!

And yeah, I have an expensive model, and yeah I wore it as a CNA. :) it is pretty and it cleans easily and honestly I'd never wear a watch I was aware I had on my wrist because I hate the feel of them.

[dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN]

Thanks for the laugh. I really needed it. I've been banging my head against the Alamo trying to get admitted to University of TX RN-BSN completion. I think they can tell I'm a Yankee.

Good luck with that!

/tips pinky up

[llg, PhD, RN]

I hope this does come to pass for you. Unfortunately, there are MANY who planned comfortable retirements who lost that dream when the economy/stock market bottomed out during their investment time....and they lost the bulk of 401ks and other investments.

Hope you're not one of them, but also hope you have sympathy for those who DID invest wisely...but still came out on the losing end. Not all those who work late into life are doing so because they lived lavishly.

I know there are people who are poor through no fault of their own ... but there are also many nurses who make foolish choices with their money and then moan and groan about not having enough. Those were the people I was talking about in my post.

[DedHedRN]

I bet most of these nurses are wearing knock off replicas. I was at the hospital once and saw about fifteen nurses dash out to the parking lot because some lady was selling fake coach purses. They dragged her into the hospital and took her floor to floor so every nurse could buy one.

[Kyrshamarks, BSN, RN]

I promise you my watch is not a knock off. And actually those more expensive gold watches are less prone to bacteria staying on them than cheap plastic or silicone watches. Gold or even gold plate is toxic to all except two types of bacteria and those two types are not found in humans.

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

Whoops....working in the hood...thanks auto correct lol Seriously, we've had people jumped in parking lots and garages!

[HM-8404, BSN, RN]

I wear a Luminox diver's watch everyday I have worn for over 15 yrs. I like it because it is lightweight, waterproof, easy to read in low light, and almost indestructible. It is actually on it's 4th or 5th band. To replace it would cost about $300.

[SlyFoxRN, BSN, RN]

$300 is cheap for a watch...I wear a $2000 Movado watch to work, and I have no problems wiping it with alcohol is needed..

I'd rather do that than wear a cheap watch..I'm a watch person

[mind_body_soul RN]

The only items I wear to work are either a.) Machine washable in hot water or b.) Able to be cleaned with alcohol or a sani-cloth. I wear a cheap titanium wedding band at work. I leave my bling for my days off. :)

[EmmaZ06]

One of the wisest pieces of advice I ever got from a nursing instructor was, "If it would upset you to drop something in the toilet, I don't wear it to work." It has worked out well for me, I'm never the nurse frantically going through the trash looking for something they lost, because it was too expensive to just say "forget it I'll get a new one".

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

I have a higher priced bangle type Movado I wear daily, but not at work. It has no second hand and its not waterproof. Would I wear it to work if it did have a second hand and was waterproof, probably not. I also leave my 'bling' engagement ring at home and only wear it when I'm not at work.

For me its a plain gold band and some cheap watch I bought at Target.

I really don't care who's wearing what brand/priced watch or ring. If they lose it or ruin it, its on them while mine are sitting safely at home.