Tattoos in Nursing

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Oct 25, 2015

Please refrain from insulting one and other, it serves no purpose apart from derailing a thread

Stay on topic

Farawyn · Oct 25, 2015

And use the quote button ! It's right there!

Please.

ActualNurse · Oct 25, 2015

Oh brother! Why is this even a question? Nurse is not synonymous with saint. If you have a beautifully done tattoo that is colorful and artistic, who cares? You should display it proudly.

It should be about substance. This is bordering on the fashion police. It should be about patient care. Do tattoos affect the nurse's skill set. Does dying your hair change how you deliver care to atients? Does it make ou less able to deliver care?

ActualNurse · Oct 25, 2015

And use the quote button ! It's right there!
Please.

substance

It should be about

Farawyn · Oct 25, 2015

substance
It should be about

To which substance are you referring?

Thank you for using the quote button.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Oct 25, 2015

And use the quote button ! It's right there!
Please.

To be fair, the mobile site does not contain the quote button. Therefore, someone who is posting from a mobile phone or tablet might not be able to quote the member to whom they are replying.

I am currently posting using my tablet, but I know how to manually use quotation tags when the quote button is absent on the mobile site. Just a FYI. :)

ActualNurse · Oct 25, 2015

To which substance are you referring?
Thank you for using the quote button.

I was a patient once and heard two nurses yelling at each other in the med room as I walked down the hall Screaming at the top of their lungs angrily. I was more concerned about how this would impact on my care than whether or not they had tattoos I have concerns about angry nurses who an't get along with each other and how this impacts on patient care. If they can't be civil to one another, how will they come together in an emergency to work as a team to save a patient's life? It was very frightening for me as a patient. Substance is about patient care delivery, nursing skill sets, job performance. Superficial is about skin ornamentation, makeup, hair color, clothing preferences. The nurses' skill sets and ability to care for patients is more important to me than their skin ornamentation, makeup, etc. unless it impacts on the skill set. I would rather have a nurse with a tattoo, dyed hair and makeup who can save my life than one with no tattoo, undyed hair and no makeup whose skill set is lacking. That is the difference between form and substance, between what is on the surface and what lies beneath.

ActualNurse · Oct 25, 2015

I was a patient once and heard two nurses yelling at each other in the med room as I walked down the hall Screaming at the top of their lungs angrily. I was more concerned about how this would impact on my care than whether or not they had tattoos I have concerns about angry nurses who an't get along with each other and how this impacts on patient care. If they can't be civil to one another, how will they come together in an emergency to work as a team to save a patient's life? It was very frightening for me as a patient. Substance is about patient care delivery, nursing skill sets, job performance. Superficial is about skin ornamentation, makeup, hair color, clothing preferences. The nurses' skill sets and ability to care for patients is more important to me than their skin ornamentation, makeup, etc. unless it impacts on the skill set. I would rather have a nurse with a tattoo, dyed hair and makeup who can save my life than one with no tattoo, undyed hair and no makeup whose skill set is lacking. That is the difference between form and substance, between what is on the surface and what lies beneath.

Sorry I made a typo. I meant to say angry nurses who can't get along with each other. I would include nurse who bully and harass their co-workers.

ActualNurse · Oct 25, 2015

Sorry I made a typo. I meant to say angry nurses who can't get along with each other. I would include nurse who bully and harass their co-workers.

If nurses are disrespectful to one another, how do they treat their vulnerable patients? Is it about power trips and superficiality or is it about patient care? I have had some very caring nurses with strong skill sets looking after me who also happen to have tattoos, dyed hair, etc.

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Oct 25, 2015

"Another post about tattoos in the workplace (outrage)"

*post gets 105 comments*

Jensmom7, BSN, RN · Oct 25, 2015

To be fair, the mobile site does not contain the quote button. Therefore, someone who is posting from a mobile phone or tablet might not be able to quote the member to whom they are replying.
I am currently posting using my tablet, but I know how to manually use quotation tags when the quote button is absent on the mobile site. Just a FYI. :)

Are you talking about the app? Because all you have to do on the app is tap the post you want to quote, it goes blue, and a list of actions pops up-quote, thank, edit, etc.

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 25, 2015

To be fair, the mobile site does not contain the quote button.

I can't speak for Android, but the iPhone does indeed contain a quote button. I use it regularly.

Or, what Jensmom said in the thread above this one.