What Do Patients Feel About Nurses With Tattoos, Piercing And Dyed Hair?

[Dhars]

I would like to know as nurses in some countries aren't allowed to have visible tattoos, piercing, and dyed hair because they are deemed as unprofessional. Thank you so much for reading this and I appreciate your response! :)

[david small]

Yet another example of lowering standards. Professionalism sacrificed upon the alter of leftist propaganda. Human rights, my eye.

[emmie]

i have rarely seen a nurse with piercings or tattoos i don;t like them at any rate, dyed hair is ok i guesss.

[waterboatman]

I also dislike tattoos and piercings. I don't know any nurses that have them.

[Mozz71]

I couldn't give a monkeys. With all nurses have to put up with, having a dig at their personal appearance is out of order.

If they're willing to save my life, I wouldn't care if they look like Siouxsie Sioux.

[waterboatman]

I agree with you moz, it's just that I don't know of any.

[Mozz71]

I don't either WBM, and I personally don't much like tattoos either, but its all down to personal preference. I would imagine that doctors and nurses both have to take out piercings at work to avoid them accidentally coming out.

[emmie]

i am more concerned with how overweight many of our nurses are, recent visit to hospital made me blanch

[fiction-factory]

>Yet another example of lowering standards. Professionalism sacrificed upon the alter of leftist propaganda.

Really? I think that's a bit over the top,

Does that include male/female nurses who dye their otherwise grey or fake blondes? Leftist? I don't like tattoos but unless the said something like "HATE" I would trust them to do the right thing.

[spathiphyllum]

If im ever in need of a nurse, a tattoo piercing or brightly coloured hair would not stop me wanting them to help me.

It wouldn’t phase me if a nurse had tattoos or piercings in the slightest

[woofgang]

I think the problem is its a sliding scale thing.....if you google, you will find images of people who are covered in tatts, piercings, external ear removal, tongue bifurcation and so on....I am not saying they are bad people but to me they do look frightening. If you are laying down a rule its easier on all sides to have a clear standard that is easily administered and doesn't rely on judgement calls, so "no visible" is easier than "you can have this but not that" ....and of course in private medicine, as with any other private employer, the emplyer can set the rules that they like within reason.

[Old_Geezer]

I feel that their taste is questionable and I try not to let to affect my confidence in their other abilities.

[Ken4155]

I would hazard a guess that as long as he/she is good at their job, shows compassion and respect to their patients, their appearance matters not a jot to most people. Wouldn't worry me if they resembled 'Pinhead' on a bad day, if they made me feel comfortable and cared for, that's all that matters.

[douglas9401]

Yup, when it comes to health professionals nothing gives me more confidence than a vandalised version of the human body strolling into the room, ready to sort out what ails me.

[hc4361]

My diabetes nurse had a tattoo on her 50th birthday. It doesn't bother me - I don't judge a book by its cover. She's still a wonderful nurse :)

I am repulsed by tunnel piercings - I can't help it, especially when they are in the cheeks, but if they wear 'caps' to close the holes I'm not bothered. I have never seen a nurse with such piercings and I hope that if I did it wouldn't cloud my opinion of him or her as a nurse.

[Ken4155]

douglas; "............nothing gives me more confidence..........." See, it must happen quite a lot to douglas yet he isn't phased by it. In fact, it gives him confidence in the nurse's ability. :-/

[ToraToraTora]

It always makes me laugh when they say they are trying to be individual! So many are covered in tough stickers, piercings etc it's actually more unusual to have none!

[Electrochem]

Whilst I am not a fan of tattoos and piercings, I think that we need to let people be what they want within reason. As long as there is no risk to patients, then I don't have a problem. I don't care what colour someone's hair is. What I don't like is seeing nurses travelling to work in their uniforms.

[beso]

Wouldn't be the case in New Zealand where about one in five adults have tattoos with it more common among women. About one in three for adults below the age of thirty.

Among the Maori it is about half.

You would be surprised how many western women have their eyebrows tattooed because they plucked them into submission.

[ummmm]

Within reason it wouldn't bother me.

I've never seen an overly pierced or tattooed nurse.

Would a nurse be allowed to have lots of piercings though? As for hair, I really couldn't care less what colour it is.

[woofgang]

electrochem, are you sure they aren't community or practice nurses? Interestingly the infection transmission rate in community NHS staff in general, who spend the whole day travelling round in their uniforms and go so some most unsavoury places is very low indeed. Of course GP's travel to work in the clothes that they wear to see patients too...also most doctors.