The best hairstyle for female student

[Raewynv]

I am planning on getting my haircut just before I start classes. I am just wondering what people thought was the best sort of hairstyle to have

[talaxandra]

Maybe check what they mean by not touching your collar - when I trained, a hundred years ago, our hair wasn't allowed to touch the collar if it was down. Mine reached 2/3 down to my waist and I usually wore it back in a plait, in two plaits tied together at the bottom (to stop them swinging into my patient field), in a snood, or under my cap (in theatre). And it wasn't a problem, even in ED, where I was sent back to the nurses' home because I wasn't wearing my starched white belt! (told you it was a hundred years ago... )

[Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN]

There was a hairstyle thread a while back that introduced me to the "sock bun", so I am going to return the favor and introduce it here! If you need long hair pulled up and back, but still neat, this is absolutely the way to go. Do a google or youtube search for how-to videos. I love this look, very professional!

[usalsfyre]

Think of how much extra time you'll have to study if you go with the Sinead O'Connor look...

[nurse2b013]

Maybe check what they mean by not touching your collar - when I trained, a hundred years ago, our hair wasn't allowed to touch the collar if it was down. Mine reached 2/3 down to my waist and I usually wore it back in a plait, in two plaits tied together at the bottom (to stop them swinging into my patient field), in a snood, or under my cap (in theatre). And it wasn't a problem, even in ED, where I was sent back to the nurses' home because I wasn't wearing my starched white belt! (told you it was a hundred years ago... )

I have to ask...what is a plait? And a snood???

[theantichick]

I cut off my hair before starting nursing school, and wish I hadn't. The short style looks great and is easy to care for... for about the first 2-3 weeks of clinical, then it starts getting hectic to deal with. I envy my cohorts who pull it up in a bun/twist/braid/whatever and go.

[Piggles]

Our class was advised to avoid ponytails in clinical because an aggressive and/ or demented patient could wrap it around their hand and pull you down. A safer alternative is to french braid it. We learned a way to escape if someone grabs a handful of hair, but if they wrap it around you're pretty screwed. I'm not very good at french braiding. I'm practicing over the break, trying different products to make it stay in place.

[pockunit, ADN, RN]

Plait = braid

snood = woven/crocheted net bag, sort of.

[THELIVINGWORST, ASN, RN]

goodness my hair is so curly and i am a chronic migraine sufferer and i get a headache if someone even suggests a tight bun...ugh...good news is even though my hair reaches my bra strap when straightened...it never touches my shoulder when curly...teehee.

im gonna go with either the southern tease bun or the sock bun on clinical days

[mpihl]

Look at your schools dress code for clinical. Our dress code is our hair must be pulled back unless its very short. Depending on what your code is might help you figure out what type of haircut to get.

[Sand_Dollar, BSN]

Off the shoulder for my school too.

The last two semesters I've wore mine in an A line until this holiday break when the front touched my shoulders, it was too long and drove me nuts! lol I have gone into a regular chin length bob.

[0402]

I never use a sock bun, unless I'm in uniform (USMC hair regs are fairly strict, but it works very well for that purpose). At work, I just put it in a pony tail and then the last loop around, I don't pull all of the way through- so there's a loop in the back, but it's not totally hanging down. At it's current length, I actually flip the last part back upwards, so it's a ponytail but then I have the ends falling down around the base of it, if that makes sense.

I would say short enough to have it out of your face on its own or with a headband/ barrettes or long enough to pull back.

[CrimsonAlchemist]

For my school, If we can look down and hair gets in our face, it has to be secured. I grew mine out so I can just ponytail it and bobby pin any bangs that might escape. Never had a problem with that.