Tattoos and nursing

raincitynurse · Jul 4, 2011

I have a massive chest peice.Go to Target, buy a kids t-shirt.They have really hight necks, wear under scrub top.

Problem solved!

JSlovex2 · Jul 4, 2011

:uhoh3:I have a tattoo of a lotus flower below my collar bone and am going to school for my associates in nursing. I am worried that finding a job will be hard.

look into getting that puppy removed. laser removal is usually done in sessions so you can pay a little at a time. i have a tattoo on my wrist which i cover with a bracelet at work, but i may have it removed eventually. i never thought i'd say that and even though i hate to admit it (and i deny it to my husband who hates it) i even hide it when i'm not at work. he says, "you hide that bc you know it looks stupid" and i'm like, "no i don't! i don't care...i like it." LOL. it was a lot cooler when i was 19 and "different."

nep1980 · Jul 4, 2011

I had a clinical instructor with tattoos. I can't speak for other areas but the Philadelphia area hospitals have tattooed nurses.

GiantJerk · Jul 4, 2011

You don't need to get it removed. Just figure out a way to cover it up. No worries.

linearthinker, DNP, RN · Jul 4, 2011

If I interview you, it will be. I would not hire you. I don't want to be represented this way.

When Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius, Carly Fiorina, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Patricia Horoho and Queen Elizabeth II start sporting visible tats, I'll consider a different stance. Until then, professional women don't, period.

ErinBSN · Jul 4, 2011

I have 7, 6 are easily covered one is to the back of my neck (it's a cross)I think a lot of the stigma with tattoos has changed in the past 10 years. it it's a problem, I can cover it, but I chose to tattoo because it's my way to express myself. That being said, I respect those who do not like it, they are generally from an older school and follow the old thought that a "professional lady" should never be tattooed. be ready for whatever, just know how to cover up and you will be fine.

Art_Vandelay · Jul 4, 2011

If I interview you, it will be. I would not hire you. I don't want to be represented this way.
When Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius, Carly Fiorina, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Patricia Horoho and Queen Elizabeth II start sporting visible tats, I'll consider a different stance. Until then, professional women don't, period.

Sandra Day O'Connor has a tat. She has the scales of justice on her posterior cheeks. :lol2:

linearthinker, DNP, RN · Jul 4, 2011

I said visible.

IdrilRN, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2011

I worked with two different nurses who had old timy looking, faded ink pen ,jail house looking f word and s word and a words on their fingers and or fore arms, very visiable, but didn't seem to bother anyone that I know of.

linearthinker, DNP, RN · Jul 4, 2011

good lord.

JSlovex2 · Jul 4, 2011

If I interview you, it will be. I would not hire you. I don't want to be represented this way.
When Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius, Carly Fiorina, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Patricia Horoho and Queen Elizabeth II start sporting visible tats, I'll consider a different stance. Until then, professional women don't, period.

I agree. Mine is on my wrist which is obviously a very visible place, but I always cover it (and have always covered it at interviews or parent/teacher meetings) bc it's not professional looking and I am a professional so I want to be perceived as such. The bottom line is that no matter how acceptable tattoos have become, there are people who don't like them. You have to adapt to those people or else quit complaining that you can't find a job or whatever the case may be.