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...

Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.
No you are very wrong,I try to be competent and safe and looking "good" has never been my major rules,I just think that some of these rules are too much...

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

I'm gonna get in trouble but what the hey....

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Loveshospital,

Why are you even going into nursing at all? What do you know about the dress codes at the hospitals and what social workers are required to wear? What difference does it make if you have to wear your hair up every day? Would you rather dip it in someone's barf or diarrhea or have someone hock a loogey in it? Why do you post if you're just going to put other people down when they don't agree with you? FYI - Scrubs CAN look professional, all it takes is taking the time to iron them and make sure they are neat and clean. At our facility, nurses and doctors are identified by the color of their badge, so it doesn't matter what people wear. Our docs don't wear lab coats. Our nurse educators and discharge planners do, but no one has ever mistaken them for a doctor. I hope I never have to be your patient. It sounds to me like you don't have your patients at the top of your priority list.

I have no complains from my patients yet,on contrast to my other classmates,and I'm sure that you will run into more unhappy nurses than I'm,however I dont wish you that...

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That was, hands down, the hardest I ever laughed at any post.

Sometimes, it's just the simple things that do it for ya.

Thank you.

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Wish I had more students like you, wake everything up a bit

You ARE having a bit of fun here aren't you?

As they say here: good onya!

Of course I bring a lot of fun to clinicals I often chalenge my instructors!:p

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.
That was, hands down, the hardest I ever laughed at any post.

Sometimes, it's just the simple things that do it for ya.

Thank you.

You are welcome...I have more....

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You are welcome...I have more....

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You use computer while at work!!Shame on you,dont let you boss find out,LOL!:zzzzzYou dont want to be viewed as one of those "myspace" nurses.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

OP, when I was in nursing school, I thought there were some silly rules too..But it comes down to this:

You need to pick your battles..

I went through 12 years of Catholic school so as silly as I may have found some of the uniform requirements, I just dealt with it. You won't be in school forever and when you are a nurse, find a place to work that doesn't have a strict dress code. I know my hospital doesn't. They wouldn't dream of telling us we can't wear Crocs-I think the union would have something to say about that. Even in the OR we can wear nail polish(both techs and RNs as long as it is not chipped-no fake nails)-I usually don't bother, because I think the upkeep would be a PITA.

Trust me, in nursing, there are a lot bigger fish to fry..I think you need to let some of these smaller things go.

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i'm wondering if the op is even from this country?

i'm sensing some cultural differences...

leslie

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.
You use computer while at work!!Shame on you,dont let you boss find out,LOL!:zzzzzYou dont want to be viewed as one of those "myspace" nurses.

Not that it's any of your business but I'm at home.

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i'm wondering if the op is even from this country?

i'm sensing some cultural differences...

leslie

Yes,I'm a U.S citizen...

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

But are you originally from another country?

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