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I am a nurse too and we all wear our rings. The necklace idea is not good for us bc sometimes disoriented, confused patients like to grab at shiny, dangling things. I've never had an issue with gloves in over 3 years, if it's sized properly your ring will not come off in glove removal.
I'm not a nurse (I work in a lab) but I wear mine on a long black silk necklace and tuck it under my shirt.
I like having it on me all the time. I didn't like leaving it in my locker before I got the necklace. And since the necklace is long (24") it never falls out, so it can't get caught on anything.
I'm in my medical residency (currently a third year OB/GYN resident); because I operate, I need to take my rings off fairly often. One of the midwives at my hospital gave me one of those Brighton decorative safety pins (http://www.brighton.com/product/charm-holders/36956-16291/-abc-swiss-charm-pin.html) -- I wear it around my bra strap and put my rings on it. Feels more secure than a necklace, and I can always feel my rings on my chest.
All of the nurses I work with, including myself wear our rings. If I weren't wearing them I would leave them at home. The chance of something getting caught on that necklace is too great and I would never leave them in my locker.
Good point about necklaces getting caught.
I'm not worried about the ring slipping off my finger it's more worrying about the diamonds coming loose with too much hand washing.
Maybe the longer I have the ring, the less precious I will be about it hehe.
I love the clip and bra strap idea, that's brilliant.
I work in psych with residents who tend to get violent at times, so I can't wear a necklace because they can grab onto it and throw some punches. I only wear my wedding band because it's very flush to my skin and won't get caught in my gloves and fall off. My e-ring fits but sometimes when it's cold my fingers get super tiny and I worry I'll lose it. I do have a fake set for work that I wear when I remember to switch out of my wedding band and I leave my real set at home.
I'm a nurse and I used to wear mine at work and never had any problems regarding gloves since my ring is nice and snug. However, I'm clumsy and bash into things all the time (iv poles, side rails, walls, etc.). I was paranoid that I'd damage my ring somehow (or that c.diff would get in the nooks and crannies lol) so I bought a fake to wear at work. I'm not comfortable wearing it on a necklace. 3 of my coworkers are also recently engaged and none of them wear their rings to work, either.
I leave mine at home.
Had a friend many years ago who had a small skating rink on her finger....she pulled it off in a glove accidentally without realizing it. Never found it.
Plus--diamonds WILL chip.
Also worked in a small hospital with a relatively poor population and sometimes some shady people.
I just did not want to be a target in the parking lot later with my jewelry. 
Plus---think of the germs that can reside in your ring that you wear elsewhere??
I'm a pediatrics resident, and I wear my ring. The only time I don't is in e nursery cause I'm afraid of scratching the babies. I never had an issue with my ring getting caught on the gloves. But once I'm married, I'll probably just wear the band.
I work in a lab & tried just turning my ring around so the daimond faces my palm, but it caught on gloves all the time. I now use a safety pin & pin my ring on the inside of my scrub pocket. I was afraid a necklace might break & I'd lose the ring, and I don't want to leave my ring at home in case I do something before or after work (gym, grocery shopping, etc). I have not had any issues with pinning my ring inside my pocket- and one time the safety pin popped open but my ring only fell into my pocket so no big deal.
FWIW- gloves on and off over and over again all day can, over time, wear on the prongs. Cleaning chemicals can also erode the metal.
I wear mine. If I didn't wear it on my finger, I would leave it at home. No point in wearing it anywhere on you imo if it isn't on your finger....I have considered a fake for work in the past but never bothered. All the ladies at my work wear their real ones.
I'm not a nurse, but I work in a hospital. I work in one of the management offices so I enver have to take my rings off.
When FI does his medical school rotations and then during his residency, I konw he'll have to take his off often. Especially if he does a cards fellowship (he is currently leaning towards cardiology...specifically procedural based EP). That was the main reason we went with a tunsgsten ring. It was leagues and leagues cheaper than the palladium, platinum, or white gold. With all of his reasons and requirements to take off his ring, we figured he'll lose it at least once (especially early on while he's not super used to wearing it). He's told me that he sees surgeons tie their rings onto their scrub pant ties, and thinks that is a secure way to keep track of it. Whatever works best for him is fine, but I fully expect him to lose the ring at least once. Which is why a $300 tungsten band was a better option for us than a $1200 white gold band.
I am a RN in an ICU. I have worn it on my finger since day one at work. my ring is a solitare, less little creases for dirt to get into. With the hand washing my fingers do get smaller, but it has never fallen off. I am a klutz and am always banging into things and it hasn't chip it yet. I figure it was made for life- I will test that theory. :)
I'm a nurse and I wear my e-ring all the time. It has never fallen off or gotten stuck in gloves, but it is also a channel set band so that may have something to do with it.
Hi nurses!! :)
I wear mine with pride and haven't had any problems with it yet! I don't have a "hands on" clinical job all day every day - probably about 15-20% of my working week, but haven't had issues with hand washing or glove wearing. I AM a bit wary of that alcohol hand sanitizer - so try and wash my hands instead. I feel like its a privilidge to wear my e-ring, and after a long time waiting for a proposal (11 and half years with my FI - 4 months engaged) I am not taking my ring off for anyone!!
Have a good (quick, not too busy) shift :)
Thanks for all the replies - it was great hearing from all of you who just go ahead and wear them.
I ended up wearing mine all night, I didn't put it on the chain at all. I think if I go to a hospital in a dodgy area (I work agency) then I might just leave it at home. But it was a great conversation point with the patients. The old ladies especially all gushed :D hehe :)
I'm not a nurse but I have wondered about this so I found this thread very interesting (I have several nurse friends).
Is there any spoken or unspoken rule about the size of your e-ring (gem that is) and whether you can or cannot wear it during your shift? I know that my friends aren't allowed to have acrylic nails for hygienic reasons and I wondered if there was some type of safety concern or hygiene issue for larger e-rings as well. My married nurse friends just wear their wedding bands, not one of them wears their e-ring to work.
Just curious. :)
At most hospitals I have worked at they don't like you to wear rings with stones and elaborate settings as yes, they can carry germs. Plain wedding bands are accepted but most infection control managers, if you ask them, will tell you that not wearing a ring at all is ideal.
Obviously a lot of nurses don't listen though (like me last night - ha) and a lot of other nurses I used to work with would always wear their e-rings and wedding bands to work. However, most of them would remove them when they had to do a procedure. This always made me nervous though, because I would be so worried about losing it if I took it off my finger and slipped it into my pocket (which I have seen A LOT of nurses do!!)
Hence, why I bought a chain to clip it on just in case...
My hospital has a policy against wearing any rings with stones due to infection control risks. Here, if you are caught wearing your ring and refuse to remove it you can be sent home without pay. I wear my wedding ring on a chain around my neck, and leave my e-ring at home. I will probably get a plain white gold band with no stones at some point, just to wear at work.
I'm a nursing student, and our rules are as long as you don't rip your gloves, you can wear it, though when we go to the psych prision and the nursery the prefer us not to wear the ones with stones. I wore mine for all my clinicals because I just never take it off and had no issues. We have some profs with BIG OLE' rocks, HUGE elaborate rings and they always wear them and most of them are still practicing nurses. I think a lot of it has to do with policy where you work. Though I would make sure and wash it well.
I'm a soon-to-be PTA and will be doing alot of gait training and hands on with patients. When we went shopping for my e-ring, the jeweler was also a nursing student and she said when she's doing her clinical rotation, she put her rings in her shoes so she can feel it and knows that its safe. I thought its a good idea! I would probably wrap it in a cloth and put it on top of my foot so I wont be stepping on it plus it will have some room.
I'm not in healthcare, but my partner is. He says he doesn't think he'll wear his wedding band (plain... I think Tungsten) to work. he says that it will be difficult to get fully clean and you can trap germs under it. he says the females onhis floor go about 50/50 between if they wear their rings or not. The hospital he works at primarily serves un and under insured patients, so they tend to discourage wearing flashy rings just b/c the hospital doesn't want to be held responsible for anything. he did say that he hasn't heard of any of his coworkers engagement rings breaking their gloves (but also fully admits he didn't start pay attention to that until recently).
I do some advocacy work that sometimes involves going to hospitals. If it's late at night, I don't wear my engagement ring, regardless of the neighborhood. Just not worth it for me (even though my ring is insured). I never wear my ring to two of the hospitals that are really bad neighborhoods (leave in in this small bowl on an end table at home). I suspect that I'll just wear my wedding band for any advocacy calls, once we're married. Yet another reason why I didn't want to sauder them together (plus I like the option to wear just my wedding band - it's the less flashy one, but has more meaning for me personally).
I'm not a nurse, but I have had to spend some of my time in hospitals, unfortunately. I have not seen rings in cleaners, nurses or physicians hands. We have a strict no-ring policy in the hospitals in my country. I would think a cleaner/nurse/physician highly unprofessional if I'd see her/him wearing a ring. My aunt used to be a cleaner in the hospital and she definitely wore no rings at work.
I had no clue my diamond had a chip (over a carat solitaire) until I took it to a jeweler to be resized.
He said, hey...did you know you have a chip in your diamond? I was stunned and sickened.
He says it happens a lot, especially with bigger solitaires---they chip on the sides. I had NO idea that was even possible---always thought diamonds were the hardest mineral, et al.
Be careful out there!! 
When I used to work as an RN on the floors, I would never wear my engagement ring simply because I am a clean freak. The thought of hospital germs hiding inside my ring would erk me. But I am now a diabetes nurse specialist and do not do bedside care anymore so I can wear mine everday.
I am an RN in labour & delivery and I never wear my ring. I'm afraid of scratching the babies or it getting dirty with hospital yuckies.
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Hey ladies,
I'm a nurse and tonight is my first shift back on the wards following my engagement (I had a very long lazy holiday!!)
I'm wondering what you other nurses and healthcare workers do about your rings when you work??
Do you wear them on your finger or around your neck, or do you just leave them at home??
I'm wearing my ring on my finger atm but I have one of those Tiffany necklaces with a charm clip on it so I can whip it off and clip it around my neck when I wash my hands etc.