Wedding rings that sit "high" up vs. gloves

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 28, 2005

Question: What do y'all do about wedding rings that sit kind of high up and tend to snag on gloves? Any tricks from you veterans? I've heard some cover them up with bandaids, others just take them off and wear them around their neck.... what's your solution?

I finally invested in an inexpensive solid band. From years of scrubbing in surgery, I was always losing my wedding band. And, now, to think of wearing an elaborate set is just not feasible for me.

live4today, RN · Jul 28, 2005

Question: What do y'all do about wedding rings that sit kind of high up and tend to snag on gloves? Any tricks from you veterans? I've heard some cover them up with bandaids, others just take them off and wear them around their neck.... what's your solution?

not wear them to work...wouldn't want the nasty crud nurses have to delve into to get into the rings diamongs or crooks and crannys. Yuck! :chuckle

sunnyjohn · Jul 28, 2005

I never wear my ring to work.

I would just die if I saw my poor little ring go down a scrub sink.

And then there is the yuck factor.....

ageless · Jul 28, 2005

I turn the the setting toward my palm when applying my gloves and never have a problem.

SmilingBluEyes · Jul 28, 2005

the best answer is to leave them at home.

fergus51 · Jul 28, 2005

Our nurses usually use a safety pin to pin them to their uniform. They are not allowed to be worn during the shift.

cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN · Jul 28, 2005

I turn the the setting toward my palm when applying my gloves and never have a problem.

Yep, I turn it inward when I wear gloves, and when I'm making beds, etc.. It's safer inside my palm. If I didn't wear my ring to work, then I would never get to wear it. I can't wear it in clinicals....

mattsmom81 · Jul 28, 2005

I stopped wearing it to work...it just got in the way anyhow. Tore gloves, caught my hands/fingers during cares, even scratched a patient once. Its safer at home anyhow. :)

ageless · Jul 28, 2005

not wear them to work...wouldn't want the nasty crud nurses have to delve into to get into the rings diamongs or crooks and crannys. Yuck! :chuckle

What crud are nurses delving onto without a gloved hand? :eek: :uhoh21:

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jul 28, 2005

I would leave mine at home, and wear another plain band at work.

ageless · Jul 28, 2005

Our nurses usually use a safety pin to pin them to their uniform. They are not allowed to be worn during the shift.

I have known nurses who have pinned their rings to hospital scrubs, forgot and lost them to the hospital linen service.