Wedding rings that sit "high" up vs. gloves

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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?

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

that is why I say, safer at home. for you, for your patients, for infection control. It is not wise to wear jagged, high settings in clinical areas. if you need to wear gloves, these things will eventually cut them , the patient or yourself and expose you to potential infection. Not worth it.I have a gorgeous multi-diamond/gold wedding ring that I leave at home. Don't want to lose it, don't want to increase infection risks. It's really best this way.

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I have a very plain, simple, thin wedding band that I wear. I either wear it to clinicals or leave it at home.

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

We don't wear hospital scrubs, we wear our own. Rings can't be worn in the NICU so the only other alternative for our staff is to leave them at home.

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

Our OR trick...always pin through the scrub and around the bra strap. You can't possible forget that way since you can't get your shirt off :chuckle

Never ever put it in a pocket though...no matter how impatient the surgeon is, no matter if he screams because your not scrubbed yet and he sees you in the room getting a pin...learned that the hard way!

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Umm, you know you are maried. Leave them at home when you work.

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Sorry, meant to say married...

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when I go to clinicals (I am a student) I leave the stones at home. Christmas, my husband bought me a very inexpensive gold band at walmart. I am very happy to leave the good one at home.

I too was taught that we could spread micros in between the stones.

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I wear my ring to work. We use the thick non-latex gloves. One of the first things I did was make sure that my ring would not tear my gloves (I pulled that sucker tight). My wedding band also has diamonds in it so if I decide to stop wearing my ring, I still have "bling" :chuckle Myn ring doesn't sit really high though- I was really picky when we chose rings, b/c I knew I had to wear gloves all the time. -Andrea

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You could be like my friend who wore her 1.5 carat ring everyday until she noticed "it" was gone and the prongs remained. I'm for the no ring or the plain band. Or as someone said you know you are married so you don't really need the ring to prove it.

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I leave my rings at home. Consequently now I rarely wear them at all. And that's ok - I'm not into jewerly at all. :)

steph

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

The diamonds or stones on rings often cause tears in the gloves, so it's not good to wear rings under the gloves. I know this from experience. Also, even when performing care for patients that does not necessarily call for donning gloves, the rings are bacteria collectors...another good reason to leave them at home. :)

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You could be like my friend who wore her 1.5 carat ring everyday until she noticed "it" was gone and the prongs remained. I'm for the no ring or the plain band. Or as someone said you know you are married so you don't really need the ring to prove it.

That happened to me during my first marriage. I was scrubbing in to go into OR to observe a case. I did not notice that the diamond had fallen out until much later in the day. Never did recover the diamond. My "then husband" bought me another set for my upcoming birthday. I didn't pick out the first set, but I did the second set. :) Anyway...after that incident, I often left the rings at home. Heck, most guys aren't as hung up on wearing their wedding bands all the time........why are women so hung up on wearing wedding rings all the time? :uhoh3:

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