Nurses And Hair

[bainbrig]

I’m sure that in the old days nurses couldn’t wear fringes etc - too unhygenic. Yet nowadays it seems there are no rules.

When did it change?

[spathiphyllum]

I'd say they had a spiked fringe lol but i'll happily accept that i'm wrong.

[rowanwitch]

Fringes were allowed but no hair could fall beyond the point of your chin when your head was bent forward. So if it wasn't short it had to be tied back or clipped securely. It also had to be a natural human genetic colour. I remember this clearly the human but was left out originally and I came In with blue highlights. I was challenged but at the time I was able to, and did respond that it was a natural genetic colour. The colour of a mandrill's @r5e. They changed the wording soon afterwards.

[hc4361]

The NHS started in the 1940s and here is a nurse from that time with plenty of hair on show

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1030666/Oh-nurse-youve-changed-The-women-whove-served-NHS-decade-experience.html

[woofgang]

bainbrig how old are the old days that you mean?

[rowanwitch]

But in those days they wore the same apron all day, heaven knows what was living in it. They didn't have disposable gloves for dirty jobs, and no one was monitoring infection rates....

[retrocop]

hc4361
Methinks Bridget Ryan of the 70's set is a little economical with the truth about her age (54yrs). My wife started her training, the year after, in 73 and remembers her. My wife is in her mid 60's now and started nursing at St Mary's Paddington aged 20yrs. :-)

[retrocop]

They cleaned the floors of blood and other body fluids, worked in the sluice room and knew how to make beds properly (or else) and had to keep their little cuffs clean doing it. :-)

[spathiphyllum]

did they use sawdust retro?

[Pyxis]

rowanwitch QUOTE
Fringes were allowed but no hair could fall beyond the point of your chin when your head was bent forward. So if it wasn't short it had to be tied back or clipped securely. It also had to be a natural human genetic colour. I remember this clearly the human but was left out originally and I came In with blue highlights. I was challenged but at the time I was able to, and did respond that it was a natural genetic colour. The colour of a mandrill's @r5e. They changed the wording soon afterwards
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Lol lol lol! :D :D

Good for you!

[Pyxis]

I'm always a bit surprised by some canteens/cafeterias etc, where the food handlers wear a silly little cap perched on their head, and/or people with hair not tied back.
If ever there were a place for ensuring a hair doesn't fall into your work, it's a food serving place.

If they don't consider it a risk, scrap the silly caps, then!

[ubasses]

Found Hc's link interesting,. Retro it was dated 2008 so Bridget Ryan would now be mid 60's.

[healthtimes]

I think this depends on the department or hospital you are working on. As long as it looks neat and tidy and not covering your eyes, it should be fine.