Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

[SheriLynnRN]

I went to nursing school and was a CNA in Maine, and we always called hospital gowns "johnnies". When I got my first job out of school at a hospital in NC, I sure got some curious looks when I asked people where the clean johnnies were kept, usually they thought I was talking about a commode...hehehe

Anyway, my sister is in nursing school back home and we were chatting about this today, I was wondering exactly how regional of a term it is?

[macckp]

I went to nursing school in Springfield, Mass. & we called them johnnies. When I moved to Ohio, I also got strange looks when I asked where the johnnies were. Out here, they are just called gowns. Our pads are called chux.