Tattoos!

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Just wondering how common Tattoos are in the nursing field. Random- I know. :)

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A lot of students at my school have them, but they have to be covered unfortunately. It's too bad, because they're beautiful.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

Not random, there have been a bunch of posts about this. I have a lot of tattoos & plan on getting a bunch more. But I plan on getting them in places where there can be covered up because I know not all employers view tattoos the same way I do.

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I have just been wondering. I love tattoos and have 4 of them. I would love to get more however they are sometimes hard to hide working in HR ;)

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Um, not random at all----there are countless threads on this already =) Tattoos are everywhere, it's probably more common to find people with them than without them.

Just wondering how common Tattoos are in the nursing field. Random- I know. :)
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AFAIK you may run into problems at school, however I've seen plenty of nurses at magnet hospitals with them uncovered.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Oncology.

Definitely depends on where you work. In the ER I work at, I'd say something like 60-70% of nurses have at least one tattoo. They don't really cover them either. A couple nurses even have tattoo sleeves.

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Specializes in PCT, RN.

I have a sleeve and tons on my legs as well as my knuckles. I have to have them covered for school, but I have TONS of friends that have even more than I do and they do just fine with them at work.

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Definitely depends on where you work. In the ER I work at, I'd say something like 60-70% of nurses have at least one tattoo. They don't really cover them either. A couple nurses even have tattoo sleeves.

There's something so kickass about an ER RN with tattoos. There just is.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I have a sleeve and tons on my legs as well as my knuckles. I have to have them covered for school, but I have TONS of friends that have even more than I do and they do just fine with them at work.

How do you cover the tattoos on your knuckles?

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Very common. I have visible tattoos and have yet had to cover them, nor have they kept me from getting a job at a hospital. And I do plan on getting more.

I also work with lots of people who have tattoos...neck, full sleeves, wrists, etc. And don't get me started on the ED staff...I dare you to find an inch of non-tatted skin down there;)

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I have 6. They have to be covered during clinicals and some lab teachers want them covered as well.

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