wedding rings at work

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Hi All,

I'm just curious if nurses even wear their wedding rings at work. Does it get in the way when you put gloves on, or get full of soap and lotion gunk?

Scratch people?

Do you wish you had a different style that worked better?

Just curious what most nurses do.

;) Tofutti

Specializes in OB, lactation.

I wear a plain band & leave the others at home, and no other jewelry.

Specializes in Critical Care.
even though im only a student and not even in the process of being married, ive always planned on getting a band tattooed on my ring finger. ive always thought wedding rings were expensive and i tend to lose things so its the best idea ive come up with. and my husband will have a tattoo as well so even if he does take the ring off, theres still the tattoo underneith that cant be removed lol

Of course, you haven't discussed this with that future potential husband. . .

And THAT, of course, is how the best made plans get laid waste. . .

LOL.

~faith,

Timothy.

I was also taught in nursing school not to wear cologne to the hospital. Patients have allergies, and the smell can be overpowering for many who are ill, NPO, etc

THANK YOU for pointing that out. It amazes me how many nurses I've come across on offices and hospitals who wear perfume or cologne. It's an all-around bad idea. Wear it in your offtime.

My mom has a wide rose gold plain band. As she got older (like late fifties-present), she had problems with it in the hospital and at home doing chores. Water and various cleansers/chemicals would get trapped behind the ring causing painful cracking and peeling. :-(

I'm debating between a plain gold band to complement the future engagement ring and a band with inset stones that's flat. Ultimately I think I'm going to have to go with the plain gold band for health reasons as stated in this topic. The mister is actually disappointed that I don't want an engagement ring/diamonds and is dead set on buying me something expensive. Neat, but eek.

Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

Oh totally! I do not wear perfumes to work at all! The only thing I do is put on a nice after shower body mist after I towel off...you know, that body spray stuff. I choose a very light clean smell like vanillia, and by the time I get to work...you don't smell anything but clean.

I wear my 1/2 caret wedding ring to work and I never take it off because I simply can't get it off. The only way this ring will come off is literally cutting it off. I have had two children since this ring has been put on and the pounds never seemed to leave me. I have lost several pounds over the years but they seem to find me time and time again. So over the years I have adapted. I am careful with my hand placements and our gloves are powderless. My ring gets caught on gloves every;) now and then but for the most part I have no troubles. I work with another nurse whose ring is 1 caret and has had very little issue with it. I cultured my ring after washing my hands to see how much bacteria grew (I have friends who work in Micro) and it grew nothing--so I guess our soap is very effective.

Tess

Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I am too worried about messing it up or scratching a patient, and we were never allowed to wear any rings in nursing school, so I got used to going without.

My husband, a cop, never wears his, he doesn't want the criminals to know he's married and get any crazy ideas.

It's funny, people tease us all the time that we're the un-married couple.:lol2:

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

I'll be wearing a plain gold band pinned to my scrub top, with the pin going through my brastrap (so i don't accidently take off the shirt and forget the ring). The gold band won't be the original wedding band either.

Of course, you haven't discussed this with that future potential husband. . .

And THAT, of course, is how the best made plans get laid waste. . .

LOL.

~faith,

Timothy.

i have discussed it with my boyfriend of 2 years and hes ok with it, he just doesnt like the talk of marriage, or kids lol

Specializes in Recovery Room (PACU), Surgical, ICU/CCU.

I don't have any problems with wedding bands at work, although I dont like wearing it just in case it prevents me from washing my hands properly, but I cannot understand people who wear all sorts of rings, high and low-sets and even gold bracelets and rings on every finger.

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I wear a plain gold band and an engagement ring that I had specially made - the diamonds are surrounded by a gold band and there are no sharp edges. My original wedding ring (1980) was purchased in Japan but I fell a few years ago and hurt my finger, it swelled and had to be cut off and then I lost the pieces (except for the diamond).

So...long story short, I have my original solitaire set in an "eternity" bracelet that is soldered on my right wrist - it doesn't ever come off but I have had it for 7 years and never bump it or get it caught - it is tighter than most bracelets.

Specializes in NICU.

I didn't want to take off my wedding ring everyday so I chose a plain white gold band (polished edges, brushed center for some interest) as my real ring. My engagement ring stays at home now. The only problem I have with the ring is that I favor the alcohol-based gel hand santizer over washing my hands most of the time (if they're not soiled) and use that stuff probably 50 times a night. I end up with a yucky build-up on my ring that I have to scrub off when I get home.

The wedding ring issue is an interesting one...I noticed that I did not see any where in the responses that folks are WEARING GLOVES!!! As a nursing faculty person, I mandate that students wear gloves for EVERYTHING they do and DOUBLE GLOVE if infectious, or potentially infectious circumstances exist.

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