Lori McKeown thinks that employers have the right to set a dress code, writing: “Welcome to being an adult and employers having the right to set dress codes, etc. While you have the right to wear tattoos, piercings, style of clothing etc, employers have the right to set these work place rules. Hospitals serve a diverse population, and not all people feel the same as you.”

Elizabeth Fantham, however, believes a patient in need of emergency assistance wouldn’t refuse it because of tattoo preferences.

“It only hurts the employer,” she says. “They could be losing out on the best employee they ever had. I can't imagine someone having a heart attack and refusing help because the person has tattoos.”

Learning not to judge someone on their physical appearance is not a lesson that should not need to be taught, and with the pressure nurses and doctors are already under, we think it’s fair to say that tattoos should be the last thing on the list for hospitals to worry about.

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