Grooming standards.pptx

grooming standard's

1. Grooming Standard's

2. What is grooming ? Grooming refers to the activities and practices involved in maintaining one's personal appearance, cleanliness, and overall hygiene.

3. ABC of Grooming Grooming is a very important aspect of personality development. "A refers to appearance, B for behaviour and C for communication . Nurses must maintain a confident posture, dress code, hairstyle and express a caring attitude to patients.

4. Why Grooming is Important ? 20XX PRESENTATION TITLE 4

5. Professional Image Most nurses would agree that they want to be viewed as professional, intelligent, and competent. You need to ask yourself if your appearance mirrors that image. If you dress too casually, patients may question your professionalism and attention to detail. Example: Does a nurse dressed in cartoon- print scrubs establish immediate trust, authority, and credibility?.

6. Important Aspects 6 Hair Fingernails Makeup Clothing Shoes PRESENTATION TITLE 20XX

7. Grooming standards - hair • Hair longer than jaw line to be tied neatly into a bun & a plain black net to be tied around the same. • Only black bands / pins to be used. • Hair should be clean, non- greasy, free of oil, color and streaking.

8. Grooming standards – fingernails Nail Neatly cut , shaped and clean. Excessively long nails are not allowed. No artificial fingernails No Dark shade of Nail polish allowed

9. Grooming standards – uniform • Uniforms are your responsibility ensure that they are clean and freshly pressed when reporting for duty. • Uniforms are not to be worn socially outside.

10. Grooming standards - makeup • Makeup should be lightly applied. • Appropriate foundation suited to each skin type should be used to avoid oily looks • Eye make up should not be too heavy and should be checked often that it is not streaking. •

11. Eye shadow to be subtle and not too loud. Eyeliner to be thin, straight and applied neatly Perfume should not be overpowering, light and floral can be used. The use of perfume, is discouraged as it may cause respiratory problems for patients, visitors or co-workers. Don’t use many colours of bindis .

12. Grooming standards – shoes Use cotton socks to avoid smelly and sweaty feet. Footwear should fit well. Shoes are to be clean. Important that the condition of your shoes is maintained .

13. Grooming S tandards – P ersonal H ygiene Personal hygiene is very important. a.Take Daily baths, b.Use of deodorant, c. Daily mouth hygiene are essential for providing a professional image

14. Grooming standards – Identification card All employees should wear the identification card. If the I.D. card is lost or misplaced, please report to Human Resources immediately.

15. Office Staff 18 20XX Admin, PRE & sales team are required to wear business casual, from Monday to Friday and smart casuals on Saturday’s. Appropriate clothing for our work environment includes: business suits Trousers Shirts dresses and skirts PRESENTATION TITLE

16. Casual Saturday 19 PRESENTATION TITLE 20XX

17. Inappropriate Attire (also applicable to Casual Saturday) 20 The following items are not permitted in any area during normal working hours: Jogging pants. Halter tops/Spaghetti strap tops. Fire colors t-shirt/shirt/dress i.e., Red, Orange, Yellow Miniskirts. Any form of clothing that is mesh, sheer, see-through or otherwise revealing. Any form of clothing that is generally offensive, controversial, disruptive or otherwise distracting Any form of clothing that is overtly commercial, contains political, personal or offensive messages. Plastic flip-flops or sandals. Beach footwear. 20XX PRESENTATION TITLE

18. Compliance 23 Departure from appropriate grooming, hygiene and attire standards will result in employee counseling and/or disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Theme days are occasionally approved by the institution and/or appropriate department when a deviation from these guidelines is appropriate, and when the business necessities will not be affected. Personal appearance standards may be reviewed periodically and updated as deemed necessary. PRESENTATION TITLE 20XX

19. THANK YOU 20XX PRESENTATION TITLE 24