We have a few student nurses coming in here as part of their curriculum. There is one who dons theatrical makeup-false eyelashes and heavy tan makeup which I find so inappropriate. Should not the lady's nursing instructor tell her it's inappropriate? Why have they allowed it this far? Every nurse in my unit has made a comment on it; we all wear makeup and feel that foundation helps protect US from various splashes. But the globs of eyeshadow and eyelashes NEED TO GO. What should I say, if anything .
I just don't like the image this student nurse is represnting.
Just a thought - sometimes people wear heavy foundation to cover something traumatic on their face. Does not explain the lashes, but we don't always know everything about a person just looking at them.
True cover makeup is not obvious. I work with a black woman who has a huge portwine stain on her neck, and I had no idea she did until one day when she forgot to put on her cover cream! Yes, it comes in all shades and should not be visible.
Some people are using it to cover inappropriate tattoos as well.
I used to be a Nursing Instructor and was AMAZED at the minimal rules we were allowed to make the students follow regarding dress code. I graduated in 1997 and was teaching clinicals in 2002-2003. The difference in what was deemed appropriate astounded me. We were sent home if our white scrubs were not pressed and we did not have our lab coat (starched and pressed). I had to tell several students that their "baby tees" with scrub pants...showing their belly button ring and tattoo on the lower back were not appropriate. To be fair, I have a belly button ring, but would NEVER wear anything that would reveal any portion of my torso at work.
True cover makeup is not obvious. I work with a black woman who has a huge portwine stain on her neck, and I had no idea she did until one day when she forgot to put on her cover cream! Yes, it comes in all shades and should not be visible.
Some people are using it to cover inappropriate tattoos as well.
if all else fails, couldn't the false eyelashes count as a heath hazard? I can't believe that they're SO stuck on that there's no potential for them to fall into a sterile field!
If there is concern about the FALSE eyelashes falling in the sterile field what abtout the natural ones... a hair from her eyebrow, a flake of skin..... Is she working in theatre???
On the other hald if she has hair that is faling over the patient that is a different story.
I personally do not think that the overdone fake tan and makeup and hair is a good look anywhere but if she wants to drag herself out of bed that bit earlier in the morning it's her perogative. At the end of the day people could look at me and say "gosh she has no makeup on, she must not take very good care of herself and therefore she is not a good nurse" Works both ways doesn't it. I am learning that what is normal to me is not necessary normal to everyone else...
TY for bumping this thread! A few weeks ago, a woman stopped by our department dressed in a leather blazer and matching miniskirt, a leopard-print top with a neckline below her cleavage, stiletto heels, and a very dark fake tan.
The woman was in her 50s. :sofahider I'm not sure what her job title was, but she was a bigshot from somewhere. She would have been a very attractive woman had she dressed in a manner appropriate to her age and job duties.
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Privately approach this student's CI (clinical instructor) and express your concerns.
Since I've moved to Texas, I've observed a great deal of healthcare workers with excessively heavy cosmetics. I wear makeup too, but some of these other women have gone "over the top" and look like "a hot mess." In my humble opinion, a pound of makeup on one's face doesn't look professional.
I almost spit my drink out when I saw you said "a hot mess"....hahahaha I always look at those people and say, "they would make a great circus clown"..thanks for making me laugh:yeah:
Remember, in this litigenous society we live in now, someone might sue if you criticize their makeup and say you are discriminating against them because of it. I've seen a few things that were taught in nursing school when I went that need to be reinstituted now. i.e makeup, hair, fingernail polish etc.
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I don't understand the wisdom of approaching the CI. Surely the CI is very well aware of how this person presents themselves. I agree that there may be a reason heavy make-up is necessary that the classmates don't know about, but even if there isn't, obviously the school has chosen not to ask the student to tone it down.
I'm there with ya, blue. Our unit nurses do not wear acrylic nails but we can use clear or pastel nail polish. If it was up to our infection control officer, we wouldn't be allowed to wear makeup!! (we'd also have to gagg her!) We do have one of the lowest VAP and CLI's in our region. We also bust ass in our unit, so heavy makeup, false eyelashes and prissy outfits wouldn't work here.
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I have seen with our nursing students that thongs are something that should not be worn under white pants...lol.
They come in with these tight shirts and low rider scrub pants or they roll down the tops of their scrub pants.
I guess I am just getting old but I find it very unprofessional and I think it sets these young ladies up to not be taken seriously in their profession dressed the way they are.
disneydiva21
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why do you care ? if shes a good student leave the girl alone
now if her scrubs shows cleavage and her bottoms are low slung then i can see your problem