Imagine a hospital in which all nurses and doctors exhibit professionalism, beauty, splendor, and awe among colleagues and patients. A place where the people taking care of you appear greater than human, larger than life, infallible figures, portraying an image that captures total trust and total confidence from those nearby. What a wonderful place that would be. But alas, we have work ahead of us.
This thread is designed to discuss the importance of impressions in nursing. While many nurses take pride in appearing beautiful or handsome, many walk in to work with a case of the feck-its when it comes to appearance. Unfortunately I feel that nurses are much worse than doctors in this arena. Where I work the majority of female doctors wear their hair down, liberally apply makeup, wear form fitting clothing, and hard soled shoes. They try to appear as beautiful as they can. Likewise, the male doctors come in with tailored clothing that had been ironed, they have well-oiled hair, nice watches, and other things reminiscent of the show "General Hospital."
Meanwhile, in the ICU I've worked in, we've got a female nurse with a buzz cut, one woman wearing a pirate-like black eye patch, nurses with baggy wrinkled scrubs, nurses wearing those ugly skechers shapeups, everyone wearing their hair up or back in a plain boring pony tail instead of letting it flow, men or even women with untrimmed or unneatly trimmed facial hair and people exhibiting other drab or and in my humble opinion, embarrassing features. I feel like no other college educated profession dresses down as much as nurses do and it bothers me.
What do you think of nurses and the images they portray in the professional setting? Use this thread to talk about what you like or dislike, what you think should change and what shouldn't.
At the time Nightengale first started her work, hospital caregivers were lower-class, often indigent and disreputable. They were considered one step away from prostitutes - and a small step at that.
These were the rules all young working women had to live by if they wanted to be considered "respectable".
And yes I believe even Flo's actions were in question ...
I, for one, look just like George Clooney in ER...
Honestly, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I am such a distraction to the staff and the patients. At least three needle sticks are directly attributable to staff sneaking peaks at me while they're handling sharps. I've actually been sanctioned by the board and my probationary terms require that I remain unshaven, wear oversized unisex scrubs, and can only shower once per week (in order to generate an off-putting odor).
I, for one, look just like George Clooney in ER...
Honestly, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I am such a distraction to the staff and the patients. At least three needle sticks are directly attributable to staff sneaking peaks at me while they're handling sharps. I've actually been sanctioned by the board and my probationary terms require that I remain unshaven, wear oversized unisex scrubs, and can only shower once per week (in order to generate an off-putting odor).
Some parts of this I don't quite believe.
I mean, I heard Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt haven't always showered much/used deodorant. They still have to beat women off with a stick.
And pheromones! TPTB would want you to shower those suckers away!
At the time Nightengale first started her work, hospital caregivers were lower-class, often indigent and disreputable. They were considered one step away from prostitutes - and a small step at that.
These were the rules all young working women had to live by if they wanted to be considered "respectable".
I, for one, look just like George Clooney in ER...
Honestly, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I am such a distraction to the staff and the patients. At least three needle sticks are directly attributable to staff sneaking peaks at me while they're handling sharps. I've actually been sanctioned by the board and my probationary terms require that I remain unshaven, wear oversized unisex scrubs, and can only shower once per week (in order to generate an off-putting odor).
You're still hot, though. And that's what matters.
I am appalled that no one can see the wisdom in the original post. Comfort and practicality mattering more than looking good? Somewhere in the world Derek Zoolander is crying for you!
I mean if I get to work and see a coworker with no makeup on I make her wear a mask or paper bag for the entire shift. What's that? You can't see where you are walking with a paper bag over your head? Well you should have thought of that before you dared to step into this hospital looking like a basic plain jane!
How can the OP be expected to endure seeing a buzz cut on a woman at work? Where is the humanity?!!! And an eye patch? Unless you are Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill and you are rockin' a tight fit body you should not even think about wearing an eye patch. That person should be ashamed of herself.
For anyone who was thinking of writing me a response to rip me down, relax! It is sarcasm. I'm pretty sure the original post was mostly fictitious and written to amuse the person who wrote it. I for one thought the post was hilarious.
Sigh...I guess I need my makeup artist Tyrone and my assistants to have a fan and lights angled perfectly while I administer those enemas when I return to work...
If the OP was a joke, it is not particularly amusing. If it was not a joke, it was a shallow and ludicrous topic for discussion.
Shallow and ludicrous as it is, it's popular.
How can the OP be expected to endure seeing a buzz cut on a woman at work? Where is the humanity?!!! And an eye patch? Unless you are Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill and you are rockin' a tight fit body you should not even think about wearing an eye patch. That person should be ashamed of herself.
The problem with the woman with the military style buzz cut was that it was cut so close to her scalp that you could see like, pimples from ingrown hairs or something, and a wart/mole thing on the side of her head. That is just freaking gross.
CBlover, BSN, RN
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And yes I believe even Flo's actions were in question ...