Tattoos?

Sleeves or any cover up doesnt matter to me. i'm used wearing thermal under my scrubs anyway haha

Sleeves or any cover up doesnt matter to me. i'm used wearing thermal under my scrubs anyway haha

I take that to mean that you work where it is cool, or even cold. But will you always work there?

I wore long johns under my uniform when I worked in X-Ray. Now I do home care, where air conditioning is not always available ...

I don't have any tattoos, but most of my coworkers do. I'm one of those people that wants one but can never decide on what I want and am scared once I get it I wouldn't like it. Our facility policy is as long as it is not offensive it doesn't have to be covered, but it is at managers discretion so if you have a super strict manager you could have problems. My manager is laid back so none of my coworkers have to cover their wrist ones (no one has full sleeves).

I'll give you the advice my coworkers give me. If you get a tattoo put it somewhere that is covered with shorts and a tshirt, especially your first one in case you decide you're not as fond of it as you thought you would be. Don't start out with a full sleeve, get something on your shoulder/deltoid area so it covered in scrubs anyway and you can decide later on if you want to keep extending down to full sleeves.

I don't have anything on my arms. yet. (well, a small semi-colon on the inside of mt wrist). but I wear long sleeve t-shirts all the time. I don't like just a scrub shirt anymore. I have 5 tats and planning for more. Part of my midlife crisis Got my first one at 50. Almost everyone I work with has at least one. from 25 to 65. Age and education and tattoos have no correlation. Most of the pts have them too!

I absolutely love tats! But i would say don't get a sleeve past the wrist/sleeve line, so you can hide them if needed. My specific hospital has a very lax policy on them, just can't be anything offensive or inappropriate. Lots and lots of nurses here have them, have probably seen 10+ with sleeves

Since most young patients have them, they will appreciate a nurse who also has them.

I have half a sleep and forearm tattoos. Long sleeves for interview, long sleeves for work, no one knows unless I see them outside of work. So its never a prob for me.

Might be but from previous posts, he's not a nurse.

in another post, he also stated that getting your ADN, is "just a little bit harder than highschool"

Dont feed the troll lol

Tatoos on professionals makes me cringe, to each his own though.

Tatoos on professionals makes me cringe, to each his own though.

I don't get this. If you like art, you put it up in your house. Your skin is the same thing, why not decorate the walls?

I like tattoos and actually have one. I chose to get it on my back where it is only seen by people I want to see it. I wouldn't be completely comfortable having one where it could be seen by anyone.

I work with great nurses that have tattoos and also some that aren't so great. Same to be said for nurses without tattoos. So I guess what I'm saying is that like everything else in life a tattoo doesn't define your skill as a nurse anymore than having red/black/blonde hair does.

I don't get this. If you like art, you put it up in your house. Your skin is the same thing, why not decorate the walls?

Don't get me wrong i actually like seeing tattoos, just not on professionals for some reason (sounds shallow right?).