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!

as a parent I'd much rather an inspiring teacher with tattoos than a stuffy, boring teacher whose skills were debatable. That's true but having tattoos doesn't mean you're inspirational. It means you went to a tattoo parlour.

Jaques I don't know if your Hermione stroking a Siamese on your neck came about following years of careful consideration, or after a drunken night in Brighton.

I just clock your Hermione stroking a Siamese tatt.

That's true but having tattoos doesn't mean you're inspirational. It means you went to a tattoo parlour

Of course it doesn’t - I imagine that’s in response to a PP suggesting they wouldn’t employ an “incredible” candidate if they had tattoos. Which begs the question are they truly considering the needs of the students or of some perceived image?

I just clock your Hermione stroking a Siamese tatt

Not me dude, I hate cats

I would be reassured she was familiar with pain and be a sympathetic nurse tbh!!

is that really what goes through your mind?

Um depends OP. Dd was once treated by a lady covered in Disney tats quite useful for a pediatric nurse. However, have seen terrible sexist frightening actually just crap tattoos which I would think as unsuitable as a really sexist shirt.

Jaques but if that 'incredible candidate' was going to be placed in a public facing role, where, as this thread demonstrates, not all of the public approve of tatts, say teaching children where the parents who are paying the bills might object, you might think twice about that choice, and pick the other incredible candidate without the tatts.

That's true but having tattoos doesn't mean you're inspirational

Of course it doesn't. Who said it did?

The other candidate wasn't incredible, Tansie. They were merely, "very good".

That's true but having tattoos doesn't mean you're inspirational. It means you went to a tattoo parlour.
Did i say that tatoos increased your ability to do something?
Nope.

No! But then I have tattoos myself. What's the hospital policy?

Actually if the design would be safe enough to wear on a shirt for Pudsey day, I don't give a shit.

And let's face it, how many of you who sport tatts would have done were you born 20-30 years earlier?

Which implies 'fashion', doesn't it? - except it's a fashion you'll have to keep on wearing for the rest of your life. Unlike that jumpsuit or that rara skirt.

Cornetto yes a tattoo of first aid basics would be worrying! 😂

Perfectly, joking aside, the thing is 'First Aid Basics' have changed dramatically over the past 10, let alone 20-30 years!

So that tatt would be 'out of date' which is what I think a lot of people will feel about their tatts over the coming years.

An aside- you don't see Europeans covered in tatts, do you?

If you think that this is wrong then, well, you're wrong. OK, great discussion, thanks

We have fantastic numbers for students going to Oxbridge / Ivy League and going on to excel in their careers. Do you think that this is despite having non-tattooed staff?
I think it's probably because private schools by their nature are self-selecting and have above-average numbers of exceptional or sometimes just exceptionally hard-driven pupils.

Sorry hoist, did I imagine it or did you mention you have a PhD? It was such a passing mention I almost think I've imagined it...

An aside- you don't see Europeans covered in tatts, do you?

Well you see British people who are European in them. I'm not really sure what your point is though?

Tats. Some like them. Some don't mind them. Some don't like them. Some really don't like them.
Tats are not a"protected " characteristic.
Tat lovers .. don't be so defensive.
My late father had tats. My dh has a tat. My brother and his wife and kids have tats. My brother in law and his wife have tats.
Both sides ... get over yourselves.
Don't make assumptions about the other.

I think it's probably because private schools by their nature are self-selecting and have above-average numbers of exceptional or sometimes just exceptionally hard-driven pupils.

Nah, and definitely not to do with the endless resources the parents have to help their children in their education and pay for new wings of unis to be built

I don't know the reference ElderlyLady, and Google doesn't seem to either.

Prat -look up 'obtuse'.

Lostinsunshine - were it as easy as you announcing: "Both sides ... get over yourselves. Don't make assumptions about the other."

Oh, OK, then.

You rather overlook the fact that people don't 'make assumptions' about un-tattooed people because of the absence of tatts; but people do make assumptions about tattoed people due to the presence of tattoos. They do not carry equal weight, it is not a balanced argument.

Absolutely wouldn't bother me, if anything I think good for you having individuality! I don't have tattoos myself (could never decide what I liked enough to have inked on me forever - nearly had a Tasmanian devil tattooed on me, back in the 90's and am forever grateful I chose to spend my money on a pair of shoes instead!!!!) but I think each to their own! As long as you're good at your job, what difference does a bit of ink make?

hoist you're getting sidetracked.

The tatt/no tatt discussion isn't about PhDs, it's about the fact that, whether tattoo-wearers like it or not, others do make assumptions about them, like whether to date or employ them.

Tatt wearers are outraged about this, but it doesn't change the fact.

Interestingly, you see far fewer tattoed doctors in hospital....