Tattooed nurses

[CaptainCabinets]

Would you be put off by a tattooed nurse? At the moment I’ve only got them in places a patient would never see but I do plan to add some to my upper arm in the near future.

Just want to hear your thoughts and reasons!

“User” abhors religious dress too, apparently.

Have you just joined to spout vitriol?

Side note, I also work as an HCA while I’m doing my training (I’m still a student nurse) and plenty of my colleagues have visible arm tattoos and not one of our elderly service users have ever commented negatively on them. Some of them even ask to have a closer look!

I get why you think people might be though, I am a childminder I have a few visible, one quite large on my arm and always feel conscious that people might be put off bringing their children to me. I would love to have more but have put it off, probably because I think it would affect my business but then it hasnt put people off so far.

Nope, I have them myself! And the staff who treat my mum have them, friends who are doctors and nurses have them - I don't judge by tattoos at all

Tattoos are a very visible (aggressive) projection of personal beliefs

Yup I’m very aggressively projecting a love of Emily Bronte.

surely you don't expect to be taken seriously as a person with cat and Harry Potter tattoos.

I'd love you to explain why.

but surely you don't expect to be taken seriously as a person with cat and Harry Potter tattoos

I have a HP tattoo and have had no issue being taken seriously.

Yes, I'm a teacher and I'm just about to undertake my Doctorate.

I've never once had a problem with being taken seriously. Why would an image on my skin have anything to do with my professionalism or how my brain works?

You do realise how a brain works?

Oh my gosh! I love Harry Potter!

It doesn't really matter if we all think it's fine, if a distressed person, particularly an elderly person, who you are more likely to meet in hospital doesn't like it, why are they in the wrong?

They are not in the wrong sunshine but they are being judgemental. Hopefully the care they get will overcome their prejudice. As it might if that prejudice included race or fat people, men with a moustache or people with a tattoo.

The NHS is an organisation in crisis. It is therefore unsurprising that dysfunctions, such as a widespread belief that service users’ feelings are less important than those of care providers, are prevalent

User, are you seriously saying that the NHS should cater for every little prejudice it comes across in the service users? Staff are white, black, brown, have accents, tattooed, bearded, bald disabled. Should a black woman not work in the NHS because some service users won’t like it? It’s who they and the care they provide that counts.

As well as my Harry Potter and cat tattoos, I have a bright purple wheelchair with Star Wars stickers on it.

Does that make me less able to do my job too? Strangely enough, the children I teach seem to love them all.

You cant compare being black with having tattoos. It is insulting. Recieving racial prejudice is not chosen.

I hope your employees are smothered in tattoos under their clothes. How on earth would you know that you were employing someone with tattoos or not unless you asked?

I also have a cat tattoo on my thigh

Sorry that was @hoist

Honestly, I'm not eloquent enough to explain to anyone why a tattoo from a children's book is not a good idea for someone who has their eyes on a career where they need to be take seriously.

Your modesty is becoming, but it'd be great if you could try to explain. I'm intrigued, especially as there are posters on here saying they ARE taken seriously in their careers despite their HP tattoos.

As someone who employs a lot of teachers (I have a PhD but few employees do) I am yet to meet one with a Harry Potter or cat tattoo. I'd say the chance of my employing one is slim to none.
You'd better have some good ideas for how to tell them they didn't get the job; I'm no expert but I suspect that 'because you have an HP/cat tattoo' is not that watertight.

@hoist

Another thing: would you tell them that you hadn’t employed them because of their tattoos? Or would you think of another reason because you know the real reason is irrational?

Oops X-post with Nikita!

You are really unlikely to get a real world view on this topic in MN in all honesty. Everyone falls all over themselves to let you know how non-judgmental they are.

But you WILLL be Judged, and it is legal to judge you and to discriminate against you for tattoos. So think carefully before doing it.

Honestly, I'm not eloquent enough to explain to anyone why a tattoo from a children's book is not a good idea for someone who has their eyes on a career where they need to be take seriously

Otherwise translated as “I can’t”.

I did chuckle a bit over the Harry Potter and cat tattoos. It's your choice but why?

Honestly, I'm not eloquent enough to explain

I can tell.

I did chuckle a bit over the Harry Potter and cat tattoos. It's your choice but why?

Because I have autonomy over my body and I wanted them.

I'm a successful teacher. Again, a picture on my skin has no impact on anything whatsoever to do with my job role. It's never once had an influence on anything, and I've been successful in every job interview I've ever attended.

Thankfully, I teach my pupils that they are all individuals in their own right and that diversity is wonderful and to be celebrated. Hopefully they won't grow up to be as weirdly prejudiced and judgey as some on this thread.

When i went to college we were told to modify our email addresses so they werent [email protected] or [email protected]
We were told to be as non descript as possible to be professional and avoid negative connotations.
Surely this is the appearance version of that. And i do think mnet is pseudo liberalist at best