Ways to cover a hand tattoo for nursing school and clinicals

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Specializes in Certified Phlebotomy Technician.

Hi.

I was once young and dumb and got a tattoo on my hand and have to have it covered for school but I'm not sure how to go about it due to constantly having a wash hands and apply sanitizer. That right there just throws out foundation. I thought about a bandaid but wouldn't that just harbor bacteria. I'm so stressed.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Welcome to allnurses, Ashley! I personally don’t have any experience with tattoos that needed covering, but if you search you may find some posts that help. This is a quick search I just did and I see at least 2 promising topics on the first page of results that may have helpful tips.

https://allnurses.com/search/?q=Cover tattoo&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and

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Dermablend.

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How flexible will the school be with you? Because there's nothing wrong with wearing gloves every time you work with a patient. I do it just to hand them their food tray. The tattoo would pretty much just be in the hallway. If a water resistant bandaid can cover it, then it's covered and just put on gloves when you go in the patient's room.

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