Will they make her cut her hair?

Butterfly3001 · Jul 31, 2005

ok i'm going to say it ...butterfly your boyfriend is a HOTTIE! lol lucky lady!

I know :chuckle :chuckle he is kinda cute.

deandean50 · Jul 31, 2005

No. they should NOT make her 'cut her hair". As pointed out there are many alternatives to CUTTING it. It is HER hair and Id think this school woulda tell her IF she had to cut it,and as far as I know, nursing schools do NOT MAKE one cut their hair. but they CAN ask her to put it up, wash it, groom herself so she looks presentable and make sure she is clean, but I think THAT IS as far as they can go, unless she doesnt conform to their standards, in which case she'd be rejected, so the choice would be hers.

I am a MALE nurse,, for 20 plus yrs and had long hair back when I went to nurse school, and tho they didnt 'like it", they couldnt 'make" me cut it, but I did tie it up! I stiil have it and simply tie it up! IMO

PennyLane, RN · Jul 31, 2005

butterfly-your boyfriend's hair is beautiful. An old boyfriend of mine was trying to grow dreads but his hair was too thin. His idol was Lennie Kravitz. He would be so jealous of your bf's hair.

SharonH, RN · Jul 31, 2005

I am pleased at the responses I have seen to this subject. I wear my natural hair in 2-strand twists which to some look like locs and if I choose I can leave them in and my hair will loc up. Currently, I take them down every 8-12 weeks and wear an afro for a few weeks just to try something different then I twist them back up. I wash my hair every week and so do most people with locs. I am very proud of my natural hair and frankly, I think that in the absence of visible dirt or noticeable odor, then people should mind their own business.

jeepgirl, LPN, NP · Aug 1, 2005

i think that what people are showing pics of and what the op is talking about is different. some people are showing braids, and others are showing dreads. butterfly's bf has really small dreads... which are a variety of dreads. there are just sooo many types out there it is unreal. they vary from person to person.

look at the pic on this site. i think this girl looks really good on them. the dreads i think that they are talking about aren't braids at all.. they are like controled tangles almost.

http://www.dreadheadhq.com/dreadpics/viewer.php?pic=0143_001

some people, however, get their dreads and maintain them per the neglect method. basically, the hair just mats up and dreads on its own... but your dreads won't be smooth and uniform, and will be random.

the basic line is, if they are not well kept, i doubt she will be allowed to keep them. however, if they are well kept, yeah, i see no reason that they shouldn't let her keep them. dreads can be kept clean like regular hair.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Aug 1, 2005

Because some were calling her "stinky" I felt I had to tell her privately that in the US we bath daily and use deodorant.

Some people DO need to have this stuff explained to them.

It's like people that get lipstick on their teeth. Wouldn't YOU like it if someone informed you that you had this problem?

z's playa · Aug 1, 2005

I've always wanted to know how dreads are created. Perhaps if I knew I could change my outlook on them. Right now as it stands..I'm with cheerful on this one.

Z

KrisRNwannabe · Aug 2, 2005

I think REGARDLESS of how ones hair is styled it should be kept neat and clean. And by regardless, I mean black, white, pink, yellow, whatever. If a white person had hair down to their waist no one would make them cut it. I will agree that I have seen some dreads that were less than clean but I have seen some hair on white people that looked liked in hadn't seen the inside of a shower in sometime. if it is clean and doesn't hang in the face then I say who cares! I personally envy the braided style of hair many african-americans choose. I think it looks wonderful and the people that can braid hair are very talented. I only wish I could wear the same style and have it look equally as nice.

OneThunder, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2005

There is a girl that has been in some of my classes that is applying to nursing school with me. I am not trying to be judgemental or anything, but she has dread locks, and I have taken Medical Microbiology and...do I need to say more? Do think they will make her cut her hair before they let her do clinicals? I've never seen a nurse with dread locks before.

I don't find a problem with dredlocks. I don't find a problem with piercings. I don't find a problem with tattoos. But I do find a problem with a society that can not embrace individuality. Maybe I'm too much a child of the 70's, but I don't believe in uniforms either. I worked too hard at my high school to abolish a "DRESS CODE". As soon as I graduated from nursing school I chucked my cap out the window of the truck on the expressway. I still don't trust administration (read here "the man") mostly because I was a part of an administration team for 10 years and I know how they work. If they do make her cut her dredlocks, I hope she gets a good civil rights lawyer. :angryfire

ceecel.dee, MSN, RN · Aug 5, 2005

OMG...I hope she doesn't cut it! She should cover it first. Creativity/open-mindedness in nursing is necessary!

kharing · Aug 5, 2005

OMG...I hope she doesn't cut it! She should cover it first. Creativity/open-mindedness in nursing is necessary!

Cut it or not, the issue is hygiene. I doubt the smell is just this person's hair.

Here in New Mexico, I've seen alot of Hispanic and White people with dreads. It's a popular and expensive style - that the wearer needs to maintain - and it's alot of work!

I wear my hair in boxed braids (taught myself how to braid after shelling out $300 a month to a hairdresser!) - but there's really not that must difference between braids and dreads. Dreads are beautiful - and I would love to wear them, but unfortunately there's still such a stigma about them... Women with braids went through similar troubles in the work place in the 80's and 90's.

Nancy Nurse 8 · Aug 5, 2005

yes, i agree. there is huge misconception about them not washing their hair, but it isn't true. you can wash your hair and pat dry. :)

yuppers!! we had a cna who was from an agency who had them, and she was also nearly finished with nursing school. she said she hasn't combed her hair in 5 years. she had a few beads in them here & there. anyhow, she said she loved washing hers, it was like a sponge when she washed and dried them off. she just squeezed the water out, like a sponge.