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.
You're a bit off topic. I have a thread about whip its if you guys want to talk more about whip its. I don't mind. I created another about mental health if you are interested in that too.
Point is, you have NO credibility with which to make judgments about the image of nurses. Your value judgments are immediately 0 when you put emphasis on (mostly superficial) appearances over substance abuse.
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.
Working in psych I have no desire to look beautiful or handsome. I am there to work not find a mate.
Well, don't know what it says about my patients that they think I'm adorable...obviously they're wrong, since I have very short hair, don't even own makeup, and my scrubs, while clean, are most certainly not form-fitting.
Guess I get to tell Mr. John Doe next time he asks me out that he's obviously delusional, calling such a plain, nay, ugly nurse pretty.
And hard-soled shoes? That sounds like a herd of medical students if I have to start running!
Um, as a nurse and a frequent patient (I have lupus and RA) who gives a you know what, if nurses wear make up or hair looks flawless? My nurse practitioner doesn't wear make up and puts her hair up, and although she is naturally beautiful I wouldn't care either way. It's the way she treats me.: she's kind and smart.. And a good nurse.
As a nurse, I like to look cute while I work but that's my preference. I just feel more confident when I pin my hair back with stylish clips and put make up on. But in my opinion as long as you don't smell or look like you haven't showered, you're good.
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twozer0, NP
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Do you nae nae after all those whips?