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showering: before or after work

this might be a weird topic but I am curious. when do you all shower when you're working? and if you shower before work, do you shower again when you get off, then again before you go to work?

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    Um....yes?

    I shower before work in upstairs bathroom, after work in basement shower stall. Can't be too careful.

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    Both, before and after work... but especially after work!!! Must remove all those nasty hospital germs ASAP!

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    Personally if I showered twice a day my skin would dry out so bad. I shower before I go to work. I don't shower when I get home, unless I had an extra nasty day. I don't change clothes or shoes before coming home either. I do leave my shoes right inside by the door and I change as soon as I get home. Maybe I'm just a gross person :laugh:. It really is all about personal preference and I started this topic when I saw a nurse I work with change into different shoes before she left. It just got me wondering if this was common. I don't change out of my work shoes but like I said, I leave them right by the door and they're strictly work shoes.

    I do what you do and never brought anything besides a cold home...that I know of....?

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    bath before, shower after

    need that hot soak before to loosen up but don't want to stew in leftovers later

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    I don't change out of my work shoes but like I said, I leave them right by the door and they're strictly work shoes.
    I don't change out of my work shoes, either. After my 12-hour shifts ended, I'd wear my work shoes throughout the house and never became sick.

    I think society is too germaphobic. Healthcare facilities are actually cleaner and more sanitary than most peoples' homes and businesses. The average community dweller does not deep-clean the house or apartment on a daily basis with industrial strength disinfectants, yet hospital surfaces are deeply cleaned and disinfected every day.

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    Shoot. I grew up in a house with roaches, mold and sewer problems. Not proud to say that. If that didn't kill me, my work shoes sure as hell won't.

    I don't change out of my work shoes, either. After my 12-hour shifts ended, I'd wear my work shoes throughout the house and never became sick.

    I think society is too germaphobic. Healthcare facilities are actually cleaner and more sanitary than most peoples' homes and businesses. The average community dweller does not deep-clean the house or apartment on a daily basis with industrial strength disinfectants, yet hospital surfaces are deeply cleaned and disinfected every day.

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    I shower after. The stuff I leave with is worse than the stuff I bring in.

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    not weird. I also shower before and after work.

    Then again, I shower twice a day on non-work days too, so....

    That's so much work!!

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    I shower the night before work and then after work. (I'm not a nurse yet, but as a PCA, I'm very intimate with the bodily fluids.)

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    Personally if I showered twice a day my skin would dry out so bad. I shower before I go to work. I don't shower when I get home, unless I had an extra nasty day. I don't change clothes or shoes before coming home either. I do leave my shoes right inside by the door and I change as soon as I get home. Maybe I'm just a gross person :laugh:. It really is all about personal preference and I started this topic when I saw a nurse I work with change into different shoes before she left. It just got me wondering if this was common. I don't change out of my work shoes but like I said, I leave them right by the door and they're strictly work shoes.

    LOL I am with you. I shower after work unless I work out the morning before. Then I'll shower again after work. Unless I had a spectacularly low body fluid day AND showered before shift, I always shower after work. The thought of laying in bed after enemas, suctioning, and blood flying everywhere just makes me want to burn my sheets. My water bill is already too high for constantly shower 2 times a day and I find it unnecessary lol.

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    this might be a weird topic but I am curious. when do you all shower when you're working? and if you shower before work, do you shower again when you get off, then again before you go to work?

    i shower before and after i get off of work. it helps me to destress?

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