You cant be fashionable for nursing.

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Ok so I was told by my instructor that one cannot be too fashionable in nursing.What she meant by it is that you cant have your hair down (I have a hair that is medium-lenght and layered so it doesnt really touch my neck,so I dont see the problem why cant I wear it down.Also she she mentioned something about the nails,they cant be too long.Ok I agree with this because the lenght provide the site for microorganism colonization,however why cant they be painted???It is not like it willrelease the odor which then can be offending to the patients.

Rules are rules but in the reality how many of you nurses put your hair up and wear no nail polish to work.Just curious...

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My hair is short, but deal with one demented person mad at you and trying to grab - you'll put it up! It can also get into icky things, and ick gets around more than you can imagine on the floor.

Nail polish chips and schmutz can get underneath and fulminate into major ick. Besides, try washing your hands 100 times a day and keeping polish on, LOL!

It's all about the ick.

:)

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Specializes in Gerontology.

I believe the theory is that nail polish can chip - and bacteria can get into those chips and breed.

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Never mind the fact that the nail polish can chip and fall into wounds and such.. Creating more opportunity for infection..

There are reasons for the rules. For both the patients and the nurses protection..

:)

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My grandmother told me fashion is for people who don't have style.... (is there a smiley for tongue in cheek remarks)

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I understan why you can't have your hair down and wear nail polish, but I wore those Gery's Anatomy scrubs that are a little fitted to my CNA clinicals, and the instructor, who will also teach clinicals in my nursing classes next semseter, said I won't be allowed to wear that in clinicals, b/c they are too "cute". She said we have to buy our scrubs, let her scrutinize them before we take off the tags!!!

What's the point? White scrubs are white scrubs, the fitted ones look less sloppy! If they are going to require a certain look, they shouold just have everyoen order the same scrubs!

Sorry- you got me into a rant!!

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I understan why you can't have your hair down and wear nail polish, but I wore those Gery's Anatomy scrubs that are a little fitted to my CNA clinicals, and the instructor, who will also teach clinicals in my nursing classes next semseter, said I won't be allowed to wear that in clinicals, b/c they are too "cute". She said we have to buy our scrubs, let her scrutinize them before we take off the tags!!!

What's the point? White scrubs are white scrubs, the fitted ones look less sloppy! If they are going to require a certain look, they shouold just have everyoen order the same scrubs!

Sorry- you got me into a rant!!

Yeah I have those cute nursing schoes that are open hill and my instructor had problem with it but all the other hospital staff loved it!!!!

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

I hated white scrubs. I didn't have to wear them in school. Our uniforms for clinicals were blue. But when I was an extern we had to wear white scrubs.

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My grandmother told me fashion is for people who don't have style.... (is there a smiley for tongue in cheek remarks)

My grandma told me to always think for yourself (is there a smile with the tongue sticking out)

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Never mind the fact that the nail polish can chip and fall into wounds and such.. Creating more opportunity for infection..

There are reasons for the rules. For both the patients and the nurses protection..

:)

But all of the nurses still dont follow those rules though...

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I understan why you can't have your hair down and wear nail polish, but I wore those Gery's Anatomy scrubs that are a little fitted to my CNA clinicals, and the instructor, who will also teach clinicals in my nursing classes next semseter, said I won't be allowed to wear that in clinicals, b/c they are too "cute". She said we have to buy our scrubs, let her scrutinize them before we take off the tags!!!

What's the point? White scrubs are white scrubs, the fitted ones look less sloppy! If they are going to require a certain look, they shouold just have everyoen order the same scrubs!

Sorry- you got me into a rant!!

Our uniforms were the dumpiest, most evil Caribbean Blue nightmares you could imagine.

I think that clinical instructors like us to look dowdy.

Just suck it up.

:wink2:

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Right now you gotta suck it up cuz you are in school. There are ways to look fashionable in scrubs. At my workplace, we can wear print scrubs but they have to have ceil blue in them, I found online lots of cute scrubs with ceil blue. I wear my hair down, I wear a little bit of makeup, my nails are plain though.

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