A nurse with self harm scars on her arms.

[Cacoethes]

in nursing i don't think you can cover below the elbow anyway for health and safety. i may be wrong though.

personally, it really depends on what mood im in if it triggers me or not, but as has been said, you cant trigger proof everything.

good luck with your nursing, i really hope you do well :)

[x_broken_hearted_x]

I am a nurse and have been the past 3 years. No one is ever approached me nor asked me what my scars are or what happened.The only scars people ask about is the ones on my arm where i have had surgery numerous times.

No one seems to acknowledge my sh scars. I've seen people look in my workplace but look away, but no one has ever asked about them till this day (tomorrow i go into work and everyone asks lol)

If anyone asks you about them do not give them anything personal, let them know "battle scars" thats all you have to say.

I also have not self harmed in many many years, they seem more noticeable to yourself, but probably not anyone else.
I am not sure about the covering part because even in mental health you are not allowed to wear anything below the elbow. depending on where it is you are going such as a home etc privately run but most places within the NHS you have to be bare below the elbow.

I also wondered when i started nursing what people would think and what to say if anyone asks. The scars are just noticeable to me and probably not anyone else as i see them every day

[x_broken_hearted_x]

And ...1 out of 20 mental health nurses used to self harm or had someone very close to them who did. People do not want to be a mental health nurse just because it is a career, most of them will just like. Most mental health nurses have personal experience on a level, weather it might be a family member, themselves or someone close to them such as a friend.

[frenchhorn]

I wouldn't be triggered by seeing scars on a nurse, I would feel quite inspired and it would give me hope that if someone who used to self harm can have a career they want then maybe so can I. I'm not sure if I would open up more to them though, as for me whether I open up and talk to a nurse is down to their personality.

[Ballerina123]

Thanks for all your replies.
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