Industrial Piercing

1 I'm going to a four year private college for nursing in the fall. I just got an industrial piercing (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...strial_ohr.JPG) and was told that I would have to take it out for nursing school? Am I not allowed to have this piercing as a nurse when I get a job?
It will depend entirely upon your employer. They may dictate everything about your appearance other than the natural color of your skin.

​It's going to depend on your employer's dress code. There's no way to answer your question definitively, since dress codes vary from one facility to another, and also by region.

Put it this way if one is already employed has a highly sought after skill set and a folder full of job evals then probably not. However as a nursing student I would highly advise you to take it out when you are at clinical. It will also not be an asset when you go on a job interview.

You could also discuss it with your instructors or advisors when you start courses.

Nursing school dress codes tend to be a little more strict than employers' dress code policies. So while a future hospital might let you get away with an industrial, a nursing school probably would not.

Probably not considering most places only allow studs. No hoops or dangling earrings. Personally, I wouldn't want that in at work anyway in case a combative patient yanks at my ear. ouchie!

There are professional dress codes and they need to be followed. They can also be something a patient can get a hold of and rip out....or your stethoscope get caught on . Your school will probably have more objections than a work place but they would definitely be a No NO for an interview.

I need to ask - what is an INDUSTRIAL piercing??? My ears are multiply pierced but I never heard of industrial piercing. A #18 gauge needle, some ice and alcohol preps did it for me.

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Quote from amoLuciaI need to ask - what is an INDUSTRIAL piercing??? My ears are multiply pierced but I never heard of industrial piercing. A #18 gauge needle, some ice and alcohol preps did it for me.

TY. Ooooh - if it was that bar...I've seen many a nose, tongue, eyebrow, lip piercings. I tend to just stare at them. Don't mean to be so obvious, but it's like I can't avoid looking at them. And when I say I have multiple ear piercings, I have multiples. I find them distracting.

That piercing will be very detrimental to your safety. You are basically giving a disturbed patient a handle to rip your ear to pieces. And no, you are not always certain who is disturbed and who is not. Nor will you likely ever be in charge of making your own assignment and will not be able to avoid confused, disoriented or violent patients.