So here's a question for all you fresh new nurses out there living and learning along beside me...
While I was in nursing school, i always promised myself that when I got licensed I would get a tattoo on my lower back of the cadeuseus and the letters RN on either side. And now that I am an RN, the tattoo loving part of me still wants it, but I am still new and there is this thought in the back of my mind that I'm going to somehow lose my license and then what? I would have this tattoo forever. Am I just being a freak? And most importantly, do any of you have any freaky thoughts along these lines?
If you want it, do it. I have a bunch of large tattoos. Occasionally patients will see them and it tends to spark positive discussion. The only place I've had issues with having tattoos was in nursing school with dinosaur-aged instructors and fellow nursing students who were super uptight. You're you first and your job is a nurse. Do the things you want within reason, and try not to live by what you think others want from you. Tattooed or not, I'm a good nurse.
For my 18th birthday (and hopefully, finishing a year of nursing school ) I want to get a heart tattoo (as in, an actual heart, with the atria and ventricles). I figure, it's partially medical, partially just scientific, and partially it'll just look cool, so I should always like it even if I do end up changing careers someday. Although, I may end up wimping out when the time actually does come... we'll see
I got a tattoo while i was in Nursing School.... (still am, graduating July 14!).. i got a small butterfly on my lower ankle, and i plan to get another one this summer after graduation.... go ahead and do it!
) I want to get a heart tattoo (as in, an actual heart, with the atria and ventricles). I figure, it's partially medical, partially just scientific, and partially it'll just look cool, so I should always like it even if I do end up changing careers someday. Although, I may end up wimping out when the time actually does come... we'll see 
CoolHandLu
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If you want it, do it. I have a bunch of large tattoos. Occasionally patients will see them and it tends to spark positive discussion. The only place I've had issues with having tattoos was in nursing school with dinosaur-aged instructors and fellow nursing students who were super uptight. You're you first and your job is a nurse. Do the things you want within reason, and try not to live by what you think others want from you. Tattooed or not, I'm a good nurse.