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Should a male nurse with chesthair wearing a scrub top be required to wear a T shirt?

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 08:40 AM
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It wouldn't hurt the uniform companies who are selling millions of uniforms to the medical industry to give some choices other than color to medical professionals. These guys have it made. Scrubs for everyone! Same fabric throughout the industry for the most part and minimal choice as to style. Wow, they give you choices in prints that look like they were designed by a grade school kid!

Wouldn't it be nice to have one of them offer a scrub top for guys that accomodated a t-shirt, a fly for your mechanical parts, white fabric that was heavy enough to cover your undies, and use the new fabrics that repell bacterial organisms?

Looks like there is no choice but to buy into their corporate rape.

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by allamericangirl
It wouldn't hurt the uniform companies who are selling millions of uniforms to the medical industry to give some choices other than color to medical professionals. These guys have it made. Scrubs for everyone! Same fabric throughout the industry for the most part and minimal choice as to style. Wow, they give you choices in prints that look like they were designed by a grade school kid!

Wouldn't it be nice to have one of them offer a scrub top for guys that accomodated a t-shirt, a fly for your mechanical parts, white fabric that was heavy enough to cover your undies, and use the new fabrics that repell bacterial organisms?

Looks like there is no choice but to buy into their corporate rape.
You are sooooo correct !

Guess we just don't rate high enough on the respect scale. Heck, we're not INDIVIDUALS.. we're just mere working machines ! There just might even be a conspiracy behind this !
"Let them start becoming individuals and excercising CHOICE, we're in big trouble ! Next thing you know they'll be THINKING and demanding safe nurse to patient ratios, and OMG perhaps even insist on lunch !!! "


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Old Jan 15, 2005, 09:53 AM
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I think it is a bit ridiculous to require hairy men to wear t-shirts. Like some other posters have pointed out, men have hairy arms too. I sure hope no one would require long-sleeves.

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 10:05 AM
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Ok, I work in veterinary medicine, so my response is somewhat different. I think all should wear a t-shirt beneath their scrub tops. I am also prior military so of course I am biased. I think the nice tight undershirt ( I am talking about the ones you get from the UNDERWEAR department) looks so much more professional. Also, I never havea problem with mine hanging below my scrub sleeves. I think it depends on what size shirt you get truly. If they are fitted properly, like a second skin almost, they should not hang too low. Also, they now have the sleeveless option that my husband has gone to for hot summer months (he is a police officer).
Melanie R. Parham, RVT

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 10:38 AM
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This thread has made my day!

If we're going to talk about fashion emergenices in medicine, I've seen far worse than some creepers popping out of my male collegues' tops. If we're gonna make a rule about wearing t-shirts beneath scrub tops, I'd suggest adding these to the list:

* No Spongebob Squarepants tops. EVER.
* Lime green scrubs. Are you kidding me?
* Tatoos of naked ladies on your forearms are REALLY cool when you're 19. Not so much when you're 34 and have two college degrees.

There's more.. I'm just waking up.

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ManEnough
This thread has made my day!

If we're going to talk about fashion emergenices in medicine, I've seen far worse than some creepers popping out of my male collegues' tops. If we're gonna make a rule about wearing t-shirts beneath scrub tops, I'd suggest adding these to the list:

* No Spongebob Squarepants tops. EVER.
* Lime green scrubs. Are you kidding me?
* Tatoos of naked ladies on your forearms are REALLY cool when you're 19. Not so much when you're 34 and have two college degrees.

There's more.. I'm just waking up.
i don't care if you are a surgeon... walking around with your surgical scrubs half way up your calves because of static cling still isn't acceptable!

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Old Jan 15, 2005, 11:21 PM
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Personally I like that added protection that a T-shirt gives me. Gee, just think of that next big glob of what ever being hacked right into that nice tuft of exposed chest hair! Hum, think that I will wear my T's, thank you very much.

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Old Jan 16, 2005, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by danfif
think of that next big glob of what ever being hacked right into that nice tuft of exposed chest hair!
Boy you know how to make a person gag!!!
OK I am going to stray from the original topic here!
Sorry snot in any form makes my throat clench!!! Good thing I work in veterinary medicine where most (keep in mind I said most not all) of our patients are not constantly clearing huge wads of snot out of their throat. Not much bothers me...abscesses, intestinal loop being vomited back up from where a dog ate them when her incision came open, teeth so rotten the only thing holding them in the mouth is the inch thick calculus...none of it bothers me. Let a cat get that thick stringy snot on me from an upper respiratory they are so prone to, or a prolapsed eye from some sort of trauma come in the door, or breast milk get on me...those things make me want to retch every single time I see them. I DO NOT know how anyone could work in human medicine either sometimes...people gross me out from the medical standpoint. If we get a client even thinking about vomiting, I have to leave the room for fear of doing the same!
Gotta love what we do!!!
Gotta REALLY love what yall do!!!!!

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Old Jan 16, 2005, 01:06 AM
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Yeah lets make a special scrubsfor various 'issues'...LOL
1. "Hair-ray" an exciting new male scub with a optional v-neck flap for hairier chests! Hey guys...now a alternative that best suits your mood. Break out the extra flap or dickie option, or leave the option at home and go wild!
2. "Busty Bests" a new supportive scrub with a built in bra for bustier nurses...special sale if you by the matching coverup with reinforced snaps so they don't pop open very time you bend over!!!
3. "Surp-as* Scrubs" a new fuller line scrub using timming looking prints and a built in support pannels for your tush! Guarenteed to make you look like you aren't litterally running your arse off!
4. "Florence Nightingale's secret"...a new line of white pants guarnenteed to hide those undie lines or prints! Our exclusive panneling will cover those areas and be looking white as snow, even if the rest of your pants are filthy!
5. "smile-eze" A new advance in techology built in to the scrubs that will send a low static shock if you are not smiling all the time at work. 100% admin approved! Optional remote for admin available upon request!
6. "Cover tat now!" New skin toned opsites to over piercings and tattoos exposed by even long sleeved scrub tops! 3 main skin tones available...overworked pale, coffee rush flush, and peachy keen!

LOL!!!!!!!! I would need 3 big time!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

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Old Jan 16, 2005, 10:25 AM
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TriageRN_34:
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