Should nurses with long hair be required to wear it up?

[dura_mater]

Do you think this should be a requirement for doing bedside care?

Just wondering what your thoughts were on this.....

Personally, I always wear my long hair up whenever I am doing pt care. Not because I am required to, I just don't want it getting in the way, etc.

Does anyone work for a facility that requires this?

[HyperSaurus, RN, BSN]

No, Pepper the Cat, I said the one day I left it down in a pony tail, I realised the hard way what happens. I prefer to leave it in a bun where it stays out of everyone's way. I was just lazy that day--and it's not happening again.

[Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN]

No, Pepper the Cat, I said the one day I left it down in a pony tail, I realised the hard way what happens. I prefer to leave it in a bun where it stays out of everyone's way. I was just lazy that day--and it's not happening again.

My apologies. I interpreted your statement to say that you don't like to put your hair up because it gives you a headache, so you leave it down.

[HyperSaurus, RN, BSN]

Thanks--I read what I originally posted, and it did sound a little ambiguous.. It does sometimes give me a headache, but I'm pretty creative with getting it up and out of the way--if one style bothers me, I go with another.

Regarding whether it should be required, those in the military are required to ensure that their hair 'clears the collar', even officers--and they are still regarded as professionals. It really is a matter of safety and hygiene.

[nursel56]

Hair shouldn't hang forward, so I guess clipping it back is an option, but most of the nurses I know with long hair wear it up.